Friday, September 21, 2012 at 7:51AM There’s a nineteenth century French novel called The Red and The Black (Le Rouge et le Noir). There’s also a Blue Oyster Cult song of the same name. Neither of them have anything to do with this picture of a Japanese Maple and a Sugar Maple tree that I took in 2010. Just thought you should know.....
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 8:40AM One of my favorite sounds is that of a pair of woman’s shoes as they hit a hard wood floor, after she has slipped them off, while sinking into my couch. Or her couch. That simple double “clank”, within that context, conjures up excitement, even if I think of it right now, nowhere near my couch or a hardwood floor.
Like smells, sounds are extremely evocative. Just think of how hearing a song can take you away to a different time and place. Certain sounds, like the one I just described, are like songs for me. They take me away. Like Calgon.
When I would hear a woman’s shoes hit the floor, it meant possibility and opportunity. She was planning on staying for a while. She was at ease enough to remove an article of clothing. She was settling in for something, be it a lengthy conversation or a passionate love fest, or something in between. All good. And she was making it easy for me to offer her a foot massage. And I give professional grade foot massages.
All of that came up for me when I saw these shoes in the back of this car.
You should see me when I go shoe shopping with a girlfriend....
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Monday, September 17, 2012 at 3:37PM One morning about four years ago, my sleep interupted by a screaming luminant moon blasting photons into my bedroom, I took this picture. Unable to go back to sleep, I watched the moonlight shimmer and dance across the ocean until it set a few hours later.
Friday, September 14, 2012 at 7:45AM As a kid, I kissed lots of ass so that I would be liked and accepted. I've stopped that ridiculousness. As a man, this is how I kiss ass now. It's infinitely better.
(I'm actually biting ass in this photo. It's just as much fun.)
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Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 7:30AM Pensive, Introspective, Sexy, and Stylish: just how I like my mannequins.
