Sheer Absurdity

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Chaos, Crazy, Absurd

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:47:16 -0400

All of life is indifferent. It’s all crazy. And it’s all absurd. Think of all the things absurd in a day. A person plans their whole evening around being home in time for a TV show? Why are we so fascinated with TV? Watching other people live dramatic lives? Because that’s the meaning we assign it. And we assign everything in our lives meaning? Get the picture? But you know why photography is SO amazing? It captures absurdity, it captures harmony, happiness, sadness, emotion. Time and life itself stop for a photograph. That one instant can be caught forever and you see, I see why I live. Why I’m alive. One beautiful picture can make people stop, stare and understand.

The stillness of a photograph does not limit its purpose. For the image shown is not truly the only...

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:38:56 -0400

The stillness of a photograph does not limit its purpose. For the image shown is not truly the only image present. The scene that it presents brings to mind not only the action caught in that moment, but it brings to mind every action that led up to it, and forces the viewer to think of what comes next. In doing so it reflects ourselves. For we are not a preconceived beings with set destinies. The scenes that play out before the photograph that is our lives define us, for decisions were made and actions undertaken, however like that photograph, it still leaves space for all the possibilities that may come. The image cast before you, the image of myself, allows for so much more than you may see.

Camera, Camera.

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:37:00 -0400

What does a camera mean? A toy? A tool? A trade? For some, a camera is simply a trivial step within the endless menial staircase of their lives, but for others it is an accomplishment. To finally take what you have worked so hard for, to finally hold in your hands the shimmering beacon of hope and proof that every last bit of your effort actually mattered, is something beyond words for those select few. People will tell you photography is a pass time, not a career. Not a lifestyle. Not a way to capture the best of people of time of life. You tell me the meaning of life? I can’t define it. Neither can you. But photography can catch it. My parents told me photography was nothing, irrelevant and no, they will not buy me a camera. Nor will they permit me to spend my hard earned money on something so frivolous. My camera to me is my identity. I see the world, reality through that lens. By buying this item I sealed my own life. That was my choice, and clearly, it works for me.

emilygan: collage of 32 strangers in 32 days. [100 days...

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:11:27 -0400

emilygan:

collage of 32 strangers in 32 days. [100 days project]

theonlymagicleftisart: (soleá)

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:11:18 -0400

theonlymagicleftisart:

(soleá)

woodendreams: (by frflek)

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:11:09 -0400

woodendreams:

(by frflek)

Oh, Parents.

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:09:56 -0400

Today I had a parent yell at me, because their child was failing my class. I will never understand this, because any and all students who reach out to me for help will always get it, and so I told her this. It apparently was very upsetting. So I told her the truth. “Your child is loud, and disruptive and disrespectful. I can’t do anything to help a student who does not want my help and I’m not going to raise their grade unless I see effort put in.” She proceeded to tell me I was an extremely harsh, hateful person.

'...Thus, generation is not something we simply have. It is not among the laurels we can rest on. It is a struggle to define and develop the desirable parts of the “spirit of the times,” and it is endless. But it is possible.'

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:51:01 -0400

'...Thus, generation is not something we simply have. It is not among the laurels we can rest on. It is a struggle to define and develop the desirable parts of the “spirit of the times,” and it is endless. But it is possible.'

framenoir: LA Phil’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at...

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:50:00 -0400

framenoir:

LA Phil’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Walt Disney Concert Hall led by Gustavo Dudamel, in collaboration with Frank Gehry, Rodarte and Christoper Alden. Images by Autumn de Wilde.

To see more photos from the opera, visit Black Frame’s facebook page.

thesmithian: Architecture…acts as part of a larger social and...

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:48:56 -0400

thesmithian:

Architecture…acts as part of a larger social and economic ecology, or else it elects to be a luxury, meaningless except to itself.

more.

iconoclassic: orientaltiger: Grand Central Station, NYC, 1941....

Mon, 21 May 2012 17:47:51 -0400

iconoclassic:

orientaltiger: Grand Central Station, NYC, 1941. The light does not stream in like this anymore because the buildings around the station are too tall.

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Fri, 18 May 2012 16:52:56 -0400

something so broken, yet so beautiful.

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something so broken, yet so beautiful.

To leave home...

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:50:00 -0400

A little background on myself, for the curious. I left my home, when I was 17. It was no good, my family was beyond religious, and my father an addict. I couldn’t handle it, fighting, screaming, and being a good for nothing drain on their money, as my father put it. So, I left. There was no harmony at my home, no peace. I couldn’t live in such a chaotic place. I had to make my own life, one that made me happy. Now, I’m a photography teacher at a high school. Why photography? Why a teacher? Well, photography is the best form of art to capture happiness, harmony, sadness or absurdity. One snap, and you have caught time. It relaxes me, and shows beauty to others. It has that soothing ability. As for my choice to become a teacher, it is because I can surround myself with potential. Students who have a gift. Catch them young, change their lives. Help them, maybe when they need it most. As a teacher I see them everyday for 180 days. I have a real chance to show them how to live at peace with themselves. Even when all the forces around them are absurd they can be okay. The more people living with such a purpose, the closer the world comes to being truly civilized.

"Even though you can’t expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt...."

Fri, 18 May 2012 16:15:14 -0400

“Even though you can’t expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make that attempt. That’s art. That’s life.”

- Phil Ochs