January 2019 – Broken & Saved

Prevaricating Photographs

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019VinceLeave a comment

Lots of ink and electrons have been spilt over the perfect storm of confrontations in D.C. last week. I’m not going to spill any more over the confrontation itself; instead, I want to talk, and demonstrate, how our beliefs about pictures lead to the absurdity of the last few days.

Two of the biggest clichés attached to pictures are:

A picture is worth a thousand words, and
Pictures don’t lie.

Photography

Wolfbanefullbloodbigmoonredeclipse

January 21, 2019VinceLeave a comment

Obligatory eclipse pictures.

Books / Movies / Spiritual Journey

Searching for Dumbledore

January 19, 2019January 19, 2019VinceLeave a comment

We’re going to have to talk about Harry Potter to set the scene, but this really isn’t about Harry. If you’re not a Potter fan, stick around anyway. Of course, if you’re not a Potter fan, you’re probably not the kind of person who would end up reading this blog, anyway.

Music

Beating Grain

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019VinceLeave a comment

A thirty-three year old song popped up on my playlist yesterday. In the range of music I listen to, that’s about middle-aged. (I go as far back as Sinatra, who actually came up as I was writing this, and as far forward as last week.) This song’s pretty special, though, so I thought it was worth talking about.