Time Passages
The Backstory -
In my own corner of the world, 2005 was dark, foreboding and generally overwhelming. I felt constantly dogged by loss, uncooperatve health and excruciating uncertainty.
Hopefully, I'll have a sweeter New Year.
I hold the same hope for you.
Witcher's Lamp
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The Backstory -
One hot, summer day, I made a decision -- based on equal parts pain and desperation -- to see an oral surgeon. On the recommendation of my favorite dentist, Dr. Juan Molina, I found myself in the office of one Dr. Seth Witcher.
While reclined in the very comfy examination chair, awaiting the arrival of the hero of this day's mini-drama, and chanting to myself that I was happy to be there, I noticed the bright, shiny exam lamp hovering above me.
Well, I thought. That's interesting . . .
In less time than it takes to tell the story, I was out of that chair, had my camera in hand, and was making myself right at home with that exam lamp; swiveling the crane arm around to get just the right angles, closing the window blinds because the sunshine was messing with my light
and completely forgetting that a man with a scalpel was on his way into the room.
When Dr. Witcher came in, he was very friendly and understanding and didn't even mention having me committed for a psych eval. Bless him. As an added bonus, the eventual slice & dice didn't even hurt!
The first of the four images, above, is one of the original lamp shots. The other three images are manipulations of that first shot.
Thanks, Doc!
Da Vinci's Nudge
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The Backstory -
Once upon a time, at the end of a day-long road trip with my one-man posse (hey, Joe!), I took a photograph (top photo, above) of a really BIG windmill. This was the very last shot of the day and I was using a new camera. ALL my fingers were crossed . . .
That less than stellar photo was imported into Photoshop where it was painstakingly manipulated into "Da Vinci's Nudge." The windmill blades remind me of illustrations of Leonardo Da Vinci's flying machine wing structure, which can be seen here.
Hence, the inspired title.
If Da Vinci is spinning in his grave over my folly, I DON'T want to know about it!
