http://blog.artwells.com what I've found Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:58:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over 25,000 candles have been placed in public shrines (and now private shrines) on nshrine.com. Though it was a public candle in a well-traffic shrine, I don't feel quite okay about linking directly to it here, as it was a candle of mourning. So I have mixed feelings about ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/11/nshrinecom-sees-a-milestone/ I feel pretty confident of my ability to frame a snapshot of a flat snapshot. I'm back to trying to understand how deeper things flatten in the camera. I suppose at some point I should learn how to represent depth well, but for now, I'm just trying to ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/11/seeing-a-bit-deeper/ Me: Hold on. Glove. Flora: Daddy, you don't have to take a picture. Me: No, I don't have to. I'm going to. Flora: Same thing. http://blog.artwells.com/2008/11/going-to-have-to/ I'm looking mostly for provocation to see myself differently. My life has changed a lot lately, and now I need to make even bigger changes. I'm exhausted emotionally and spending most of my time seeing how high and how low the mood swings can go. I have enough to ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/10/on-the-other-side/ cutting up the stinky tree # can't stop listening to this. help # http://tinyurl.com/32hsjt # stinkytree==hacked! # woke up ready, unfortunately that was four hours ago # with my magic hat and new sandal webbings, I am unstoppable # stretching # while falling # tinker toy catapult ftw, knights flying through the kitchen # INSOMNIA: CAPSOCK EDITION # there are ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/10/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2008-10-26/ After photographing thousands of gloves over several years, I can't recall ever seeing a removed glove finger all alone. Yesterday I saw the one on the left one block away from my house. The one on the right I saw yoday about twenty five blocks away. Please make up a meaning. ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/10/help-requested-ii/ Where and how I fit in has been in a swirl lately. I've had plenty to think about, too much to think about. Normally I look for signs to provoke new thought and to think differently. The most striking things I see now are those that stop thought. ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/10/finding-ground/ I was listening to Memo From Turner downtown. In between verses a 60s woman walked past and began speaking. I turned to see her among seven or eight bike staples, asking "Is this where I tie up my horse?" Then turning her head upward to ask the ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/10/tying-the-horse/ I was wandering around, waiting for the phone to ring when I found a great place to talk. As soon as I saw the bench, I saw the coyote. It walked by the bench and then into cover and turned to look at me. I was able ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/10/healthy-trick/ I'm normally pretty good at making up some sort of symbolic meaning for the junk I find. I'm coming up with nothing solid for this. It's a Stanley planer, made in England. I'd guess it's about 50 years old. Though the blade seems relatively new and sharp the rest is rusty. ... http://blog.artwells.com/2008/10/help-requested/