Dangers of Audience Capture

It’s not good for us to be chasing information down rabbit holes each day. But then, it’s also not good for those who create these rabbit holes. Social media influencers – like Nicholas Perry – can become brainwashed by their audiences. Read the story “The Perils of Audience Capture” by Gurwinder on his Prism sub […]

Symbolism of the Cross

Intersection of Sequence, Cycles & Correspondence (From a work in progress) The cross has great religious symbolism. Yet, viewed from the perspective of sequence and correspondence, the horizontal and vertical lines creating the cross represent the intersection of linear and non-linear time. In this sense, the vertical line represents the movement from the past on […]

Port Charles at Night

It’s almost as if we are seeing the above scene from a drone at night. We are by a harbor as the sound of seabirds can be heard. It is a foggy evening. Below is the sound of activity in the railroad yard. In the background to the right, the downtown area of the city. […]

Hallucinatory Culture

______________________________________________________ Maybe just a few of us feel things are getting strange today. I’m not taking a progressive or conservative view. Or a Democrat or Republican one. Left or right wing. It’s something that crosses party lines. Something a discipline – in academic terms – hates. Something beyond the world of the discipline. Something interdisciplinary. A […]

Rich’s Place Above Rathbone

__________________________________________________________________ Sure it was a party given by my good friend (of over twenty years) Rich. And it was a great party at that. Given right below the view from my done shot above. Starting at 5:30 in the afternoon of a rainy weather day in Columbus, Ohio. I called Rich at around 9 in […]

Magic Woods

To My Wonderful Friend Mort Rest in Peace “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” Ralph Waldo Emerson “I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, For going out, I found, was really going in.” John […]

Crazy Products, Bald Eagles and Rabbit Holes

_________________________________________ We are living in an age of crazy, wondrous products.  We’re also living in an age of crazy, wondrous claims about products. And, the ability for these claims to saturate the media ecology surrounding all of us. better than the Sony wireless, noise canceling headphones I’m wearing right now. A day between projects. Some […]

Sony RX100 VII Test

July 2, 2022. A warm evening in Columbus, Ohio. What would be a better place than nearby Harry Buffalo to test out the Sony RX100 VII with an external mic. Here, the external mic is the Sennheiser MKE 400 shotgun mic. Excuse the few instances of shaking as I didn’t bring a tripod and simply […]