Perusing Infinity
Pathos and Irony: Industrial Still-Life in Japan 12, Tokyo, Japan
After hours, the world is asleep and the machines, pale and grand, come to life in the stillness of the night. It is in these machines that the photographer Tetsugo Hyakutake finds the untouchable, almost ephemeral beauty, when the steel and copper almost glisten in the street lights. The steel beams and cranes are no longer cold, inanimate objects. Rather, their beauty is revealed to the night, but only selectively, only to that one late night passerby walking home from a night shift, tired gaze fixed to the unexpectedly bright, precise angles of the machines. (more…)
Love and Lust
“He settled in my chair, ever so carelessly. He looked like he belonged in my room more than me and I felt that I needed to get away from his persistent gaze.
Long ago, it was exactly what I wanted. To be with him in one room, under a spell of lust. But long ago I wanted much different things than I do today. At twenty two, perhaps, I would pull the chair with him in it closer to me. I would play a game that i knew I would eventually lose. I would succumb to hid words and his touch. (more…)
Unquestioned Ideals
When isolated, ideas and ideals seem so clear and so defined. Standing up for those ideals seems like an effortless and righteous task. After all, in a perfect world, in a controlled environment, every idea is either black and white, sinister or pure in nature and is contained within very clear boundaries, with its respective villains and heroes. (more…)
Irrational Fears
Boogeyman (2005) – movie poster
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Roots and Wings
Shinji-Turner Yamamoto - Hanging Garden
We have the responsibility to give our children only two things in our lifetime – the roots and the wings and, as some may now or some may eventually find out, the hardest part is never the wings. The roots are there to bring us back to where we came from, but the wings will take us places where we can become someone else. Someone our own parents might not even approve of, but someone that we feel the most comfortable being. (more…)
