I see her all the time when Sharon and I walk in nearby nature preserves. She draws a crowd of photographers and birders. During a rain delay, I introduced myself and talked to her. She has catalogue over 300 birds at Green Cay. Her overture to do a book was rebuffed. She left in mid- conversation when the rain subsided. “I got to get a bird,” she said.
Category: art
Purple Haze
In The Jungle, The Mighty Jungle
Mouse That Roared
Waitress, South Beach
11 Street Diner, South Beach Has Sol
This lovely woman served us at the 11th Street Diner in South Beach. At first, she said no when I asked to make her portrait. She left with some dishes and returned. “I don’t like having my picture taken, she said, like many others, especially women, “but for some reason I will let you.”
A recent rejection almost ruined a workshop I attended, a mistake I won’t make again. No, I will keep asking and shooting, but no more workshops, especially with beginning photographers. They suck your time and the leaders time and they think they know more than they do.
She wrote out her e-mail address and I gave her a card. Her name was Sol, like it rhymes with soul. In Hebrew, I thought of Sol, peace. Sent her the image and she wrote back: “I really love the image, was a special moment for me. Thank you!!” Made my day.
OK Today
Must be doing OK, cause I look like I am. Doing the best I can with what I have and trying not to worry about what I missed out on, failed at or didn’t try.
South Beach Beauty
Erase the Past
This typewriter eraser by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen sits outside the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach FL. Don’t you wish there was an eraser that could change your past?
Rachel Mitchell Is Less Than Impressive
Looks like a long term prosecutor who walks and talks the line. She rights wrongs against abused women in the land of Joe Arpaio. Did I say Joe Arpaio? She’s cold and dispassionate. Her use of hands is as off-putting as her unnatural eye movements or lack thereof. Just outrageous that the Republican men scum team couldn’t do it themselves. How different would the bottom line have been if they just let the accuser tell her story and then pointed out the uncontested weaknesses, instead of what this hired gun will do? Just more kabuki