Coping Mechanism
I am proud to know people who are blessed with common sense and intelligence and I am even proud to know others who are fearful, anxious and nervous. This globe-trotting virus is crazy and is causing a lot of fear,…
THE WRITTEN RECORD
Author: Chris
Constraints
Weeks ago, we were living on the greatest planet in the known universe but now we are living in quarantine for our own good and are living with constraints instead. We are learning that constraints can be beneficial. It is…
Doodler
I’ve never been accused of being a sketch artist or good at drawing but I am more of a “doodler.” My first attempt at comic book sketches was titled “Snake Eyes” that followed an ordinary snake fixed with two dice…
A Reminder
A reminder to self: when things are taken away (including this period of social distancing), it is time to appreciate what I have.
More Thoughts On Family Photos
I take a lot of photos of my daughter. She was born with a camera documenting everything like I was the paparazzi. There are so many pictures of her throughout the years it is difficult which ones to choose for…
The Music Of My Soul
“I don’t know why I was born with this belief in something deeper and larger than we can see. But it’s always called. Even as a boy, I knew that trees and light and sky all point to some timeless…
Laughter
Is still the best medicine.
The Pearl District
2020-03-06 C: Pentax K1000 F: 35mm ISO 200 MotoFoto color expired 2002 L: 50mm
The Muse
She is creative, talented and good at everything she tries. She inspires me like no one else.
Work From Home
Thanks to the Wuhan virus (COVID-19), I’ll be working from home between 7-45 days. I thought I’d document the start of this with a Polaroid black and white 600 film.
Practice vs. Belief
I’ve been taking a strong look at two similar but different philosophies recently and want to dive deeper. Stoicism and Taoism. I’ve studied, practiced and taught Christianity but these days I have a hard time coming to terms with so…
Sunday Night Smoke
2020-03-15C:PolaroidF: 600 B&WA: F8S: 1/1000L: Landscape
Future Proof
By the time my child and maybe one day grandchildren, rummage around ole Grandpa Denbow’s digital shoebox of photos left behind after my death, they’ll only be able to view his years of photographic experimentation at a postage-stamp resolution on…
Just Do It
Most people aren’t prepared to start a career in writing. Writing may be a gift in some of us but not all of us. Forming words into sentences and arranging those sentences in such a way as to not be…
The Experience
When I first started practicing meditation recently, I thought it was to make me more calm. Then it was to make me less reactive. Then to make me less attached to things. These things can happen if I do this…