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  • Pool Reflection

    Pool Reflection | Bellevue, WA | 2015 We are walking sacks of water, right? Scientists say human bodies are composed of 60% good ol’ H2O (babies are closer to 70%), with most of that sloshing around inside our cells. No wonder the majority of us like to swim. Wading into a pool is a return…

  • Windshield

    Windshield | Ellensburg, WA | 2014 Sunlight ricocheted twice for me to see this windshield reflection. Take a second to ponder that miraculous feat. Photons zoomed 93 million miles to reach Ellensburg. They then bounced off the ornate facade of the Downtown Pharmacy, then smacked into the car’s windshield, then

  • Stare

    Stare | Bellevue, WA | 2014 A quote from American artist Chuck Klosterman: “Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of

  • Light

    Light | Wenatchee, WA | 2014 I can’t help but stare when a single light glows in darkness. The bright center represents all that’s good: warmth, purity, hope, knowledge, life itself. It holds back gloom and despair. Also, the spectrum of fading illumination is an everyday reminder of our

  • Night Shed

    Night Shed | Wenatchee, WA | 2014 Night casts familiar objects in new light. I often see the true shape of a tree, building or mountain only after darkness falls and shadows rise. Likewise, night can

  • Space Needle

    Space Needle | Seattle, WA | 2014 Ten years ago, my brother and I were visiting Seattle and taking photos along the waterfront when I was attacked by a crazy man. He grabbed me from behind and began choking me, squeezing my neck, pressing his fingers into my eyes. He screamed that I was a…

  • Hangers

    Hangers | Bellevue , WA | 2014 Curators at the Bellevue Art Museum most likely don’t consider their coat room as an exhibition space. But the hundreds of hangers under overhead lights cast artful shadows that change hourly, depending on visitors’ outerwear whims: what’s hung, how it’s hung, where it’s hung. No kidding. Like digital…

  • Doors

    Doors | Twisp, WA | 2014 Doorways symbolize change and transition. They’re portals from outside to inside, living room to kitchen, and — for you imaginative types — from this reality to … well, to somewhere else. While doors come in all shapes and sizes, the most creative expand on

  • Daybreak

    Daybreak | Wenatchee, WA | 2014 I see hope in the day’s first light. The rising sun burns away night to reveal the fresh, new moment underneath. Yesterday’s mistakes can be

  • Walk

    Walk | Moses Lake, WA | 2014 Walking Uplifts the Spirit, a poem by Wilfred Peterson Breathe out the poisons of tension, stress and worry. Breathe in the power of God. Send forth silent prayers of goodwill toward those you meet. Walk with a sense of being a part of a vast universe. Consider the…