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Sunday, December 31, 2006
Thursday, December 28, 2006
In memoriam 2 (Say it loud: We'll miss you, James Brown!)
Photos taken outside the Apollo Theatre in Manhattan's Harlem, where James Brown's body lay in repose Thursday afternoon. As you've read by now, there was a massive throng of fans who waited hours to pay their respects. These are faces from that crowd.
In memoriam
Country road at dawn, Iidaka district, Sosa City (formerly Yokaichiba), Chiba Prefecture, Japan, April 1998, by MichaelI just learned today that a blog friend in India has died.
Anu was a very talented and creative young woman whose poetry reflected her transcendence of the acute renal failure that changed but did not detract from her life.
I won't say that she suffered from her condition, because she didn't. She was an avid student of aikido and a person of boundless optimism. Her medical situation was an annoyance, what with the constant dialysis treatments, but not an obstacle to enjoying her life to its fullest. This was an inspiration to me and to all the other friends she made through her blog.
In a cruel irony, it wasn't renal failure that claimed her but an automobile accident Dec. 12, according to a posting on her blog by a friend.
I hadn't been in contact with her recently. But I'm reposting this photo from February because she commented that she enjoyed it.
Photo courtesy Aikido of BombayUPDATE: It's now Friday afternoon, and I found the memorial page posted on the Web site of the Mumbai aikido dojo where Anu (Anita) studied.
It features a beautiful photo of Anu, giving me the chance to see her face for the first time. Far more importantly, I got to see her spirit through her blog, and through her always generous comments on mine.
She will be sorely missed.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
The picture within the picture
A friend and fellow photographer with a far more discerning and disciplined eye than mine suggested I look at the photo in the preceding post in a different way.
My friend -- who also is my mentor -- spotted within my composition a more compelling one that suggests a sumi-e, or Japanese brush painting.
And so here it is, with my deepest thanks to Bill.
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