February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire...
– E. B. White
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November 2011
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Tequila, scorpion honey… Tequila, liquid geometry of passion…...
– Tom Robbins
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Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow.
– Imogen Cunningham
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October 2011
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What a damn pleasure it’s been to eat, drink, and work in the company of Tiffany Patterson, Chris Dreyer and Mark Anderson over the past two weeks. The German superlative ‘uber’ — attached to the word ‘grateful’ — is an understatement. When it comes to firsts, this one takes the cake. “For Connor” is on display at the Museum of Art and Culture...
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Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of...
– Leo Burnett
September 2011
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
– Aristotle
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MATTERS.
Even on days when everything I produce is crap, there’s always a part of me that returns to the computer at night and feels like the luckiest girl in world. Sometimes, for me, this whole business of photography is not about the creation of images at all. It’s about the privilege of being surrounded by people who are doing something. Something that matters to them. Which, it turns...
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The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.
– Susan Sontag
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August 2011
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FAITH.
NEED | WANT is a juried art exhibition sponsored by the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture and Terrain. I learned last week that one of my photographs has been chosen for the show, and I have to say — it makes me feel warm and fuzzy to think there might be others who share my interest in Catholic crucifixes. Weird, I know.
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I just had an idea that went right over my head.
– Lawrence Welk
July 2011
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There is no such thing as a weird human being. It’s just that some people...
– Tom Robbins
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wanderlust or bust? →
i’ve been contemplating a quiet resurrection of wanderlust. the first time around, i bit off more than i could chew. rookie-move. but that was three months ago, and i somehow feel a little wiser now.
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LEMONADE.
geordie: You know that fires are scorching across the desert southwest right now, right?
amy: Yep.
geordie: I bet there's gonna be droves of people making their way here soon, fleeing the flames.
amy: Hmm. Maybe
geordie: We need to be ready.
amy: (Pause)
geordie: With lemonade stands.
amy: Lemonade stands?
geordie: They're gonna be thirsty.
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50-hours. One short film. Chris Dreyer and Tiffany Patterson rule. I really must learn to play the accordion.
June 2011
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Storytelling is what lights my fire.
– Hope Davis
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