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Observer| Vancouver, WA | 2011 The bond between observer and observed can be stronger than you think. With gaze locked on, say, a flower, the observer can lapse into a false sense of control — a belief that attention can be broken off at any time. But don’t forget that the flower returns the gaze,…
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After Class | Twisp, WA | 2012 Signs of life linger after everyone’s left. A whiff of perfume, a wet ring from a cold glass, the angle of a chair hurriedly abandoned. Sometimes the room retains a palpable impression — a vibrant personality or strident attitude not quite ready to depart.
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Homestead | Waterville, WA | 2012 Every old homestead has a voice. When Canadian weather pushes through gaps in walls and around collapsed roof beams, the fading structures can whistle, hum or wail. Add a veil of vapors rising from the fields and perception gets tricky. Was someone weeping in that darkened doorway?
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Spring | Wenatchee, WA | 2010 Feel the Northern Hemisphere tilting towards summer? The vernal equinox, perhaps underway as you read this, reintroduces direct sunlight to plants, animals and the pale-legged us. Juices begin to flow. We open to light and warmth. If conditions stay right, we blossom.
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White Shoes | Wenatchee, WA | 2011 On her way to an early-morning shift, the hospital nurse turned shadow lines into a hopscotch court. She leaped past darkness and frolicked through light. Not a bad way to live, if only from your car to the emergency room.
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Truck Dog | East Wenatchee, WA | 2011 Some dogs cower in the bed of a pickup. Some yip frantically at passing vehicles. But this guy owned that shortbed. Calm, observant, even a bit regal, he patiently sat and waited while the traffic lights went through their interminable cycle. When the light at last turned…
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At Lunch | Wenatchee, WA | 2011 An underrated exercise in self-evaluation is the solo meal. No friends, no smartphone, no book or newspaper. In fact, no distracting data except that gathered by your own senses. Flavors, textures, aromas, emotions, memories, context — all produced or triggered by the burger or burrito you’re chewing. New…
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Lobby | Wenatchee, WA | 2011 Stand in the overheated front entry of this century-old hospital, now a senior home, and you can hear the thump-a-thump of a basement boiler or a passing truck or the building’s slowing heart. A statue’s glance directs visitors down a hallway where, on this day, residents have packed belongings…
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3 Pears | East Wenatchee, WA | 2008 Bodies mesh together — me and you, us and them — because our bulges and curves fit just right. Spooning. Like fleshy puzzle pieces. Sometimes something similar happens with personalities. One person’s exuberance swells to fill another’s depression. Difficult to know who’s leaning on whom.
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Sunflower | Wenatchee, WA | 2008 Common, everyday things call for scrutiny. Fork tines up close, a dog’s rough foot pads, a dangling bloom. Observation begins to unfold the mystery.
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