krx72's PhotoBlog

smokestack in the sky

2009-11-23T13:26:37Z

went for a bike ride sunday, a long meandering no destination kind of bike ride. rode past all kinds of markers in all kinds of moods. images abound. here a smokestack in the sky.

me again

2009-11-20T14:15:54Z

haven't posted a self portrait in a while.... here i am. this is me. alive these days. strange last few weeks getting here. a few dark days but clouds have passed.

passing under a bridge

2009-11-03T20:42:56Z

this year a long journey. across tall mountains. over great canyons. aside mighty oceans. down empty roads. been lost. been found. been up. been down. walked. flew. ran. rode. cried. laughed. reflected. dreamed. never stopped. too afraid. one step. then next. here a shot passing under a bridge. as my journey continues. destination unknown.

requiem for a fall day

2009-10-29T12:52:36Z

iPhone shot taken sitting on a picnic table during a cool damp mid-day break in the middle of trinity bellwoods park in toronto. was alone with my thoughts amoung the muted colours. it was nice while it lasted.

combat baby

2009-10-23T17:52:07Z

iPhone shot leaving Metric concert at Massey Hall. Drunk. Alive. Invigorated. we used to leave the blue lights on and there was a beat ever since you have been gone it’s all caffeine-free and faux punk fatigues said it all before they try to kick it, their feet fall asleep yet no harm done no none of them want to fight me combat baby come back baby fight off the lethargy don’t go quietly combat baby said you would never give up easy combat baby come back combat baby - metric

soho rain (for g)

2009-10-07T11:48:30Z

warmth. desire. closeness. passion. love. discovery. joy. contentment. all of this flowing through me as i swam through the soho rain.

urban light (as seen in daytime)

2009-09-30T12:43:32Z

Chris Burden's "Urban Light" sculpture – LACMA Here shot mid day among the lampposts from the ground up. A cool piece of work though pretty mixed opinions when you look it up. BTW these are solar powered and all light up at night so enviro friendly. Pretty cool effect. I like it. And just 25 m away the B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden which is bursting with Rodin's... LACMA's range is amazing and a must stop for art lovers. From: Chase the Light blog Urban Light incorporates 202 antique cast-iron lampposts from various cities in and around the Los Angeles area. In the 1920s, each city designed its own streetlamps as a form of public art and civic identity. Over the past seven years, Burden recovered and restored many of these vintage one-and-a-half ton lampposts. When they arrived at the artist's compound in Topanga Canyon in pieces, they were sandblasted and missing parts, including the hand-blown glass lanterns and globes, were fabricated or salvaged from other lamps. They were then painted a medium grey and electrified. The artist catalogued each street lamp by individual type according to the year of its manufacture, its original location, its height, and the number of lamps it contains. The artist describes the street lamps as, "a statement about what constitutes a civilized and sophisticated society: safe after dark and beautiful to behold."

from the beach

2009-09-28T23:49:59Z

a couple of shots taken on a glorious california late afternoon, the wind starting to pick up as the sun sets off santa monica beach. i sat back and took it all in, contented, at peace.

i am a flower

2009-08-17T13:37:29Z

these days i am a flower soaking in the sun smiling back at the world around me despite all the noise despite all the pollution despite all the confusion despite all the hardship why? because i am a flower and that's what flowers do

beauty found

2009-08-03T10:17:51Z

so much beauty to be found just take a look all around allow it in and give it back then true beauty you shall not lack