“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
Tag: Micro
The first and final thing you have to do in this world is to last it and not be smashed by it.
Ernest Hemingway
Creating a reading list.
Mix in some fiction, non-fiction, classics and new authors.
Set a goal.
Start this Sunday.
In the entire twenty years of this website’s existence, I have never monetized it. No ads, no gimmicks, nada. It has been self-sufficient this whole time. But, all of a sudden I find myself in a situation where rising costs of server hosts and email hosts may be too much at the moment.
The domain for this website (chrisdenbow.com) expires next month.
The email address services (hello@chrisdenbow.com) also expires next month.
For the couple of hundred interested followers of this site, thank you for your interest through the years. If you have the kindness and appreciation for me and or this site, please consider sending a donation to help keep this site going for another year.
Apologies in advance. I am not use to this situation and I find it difficult to type these words. If interested, please send me a message to the above email address before October 24, 2022.
Thank you.
The latest iOS software version has been released this week and I have some ooh, ahh and WTHs.
Apple WatchOS has a new way finding tool built in to its compass. Why the hell didn’t Apple see fit to update the same Compass app design with Wayfinding in its iPhone?
I would enjoy equal use of this on both devices. Make it happen, Apple.
Almost two weeks without alcohol.
Minimal soda consumption in two weeks.
Currently 14 hours without smoking pipe tobacco.
It’s cool to use the computer, don’t let the computer use you… There is a war going on. The battlefield’s in the mind. And the prize is the soul.
The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, 1999
I am a mixture of both casual and intentional photographer.
Sometimes, the images come to me in a zen-like manner.
I wait, listen and feel for them.
Other times, I shoot deliberation and determination.
I purposefully plan and will them into reality.
I also take images to document as an autobiography of what is going on around me at the moment.
However, as Ansel Adams said:
“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
After nearly thirty years of photography I don’t feel like I have progressed to where I should be and want to be. I’ve almost always shot from the hip, never to be bothered with the technical. My images reflect this. I need to slow down, be more intentional. I need to spend
a hell of a lot of time alone before, during, and after the photography experience.
*Update* I need a project to kickstart this initiative, one that can build a body of work I can be proud of. I do not want to limit myself to one genre though. It is consistent, sure, but boring.
Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain’t this and that at all?
Jack Kerouac