Complicating things is easy. Anyone can do it. It takes no special skills, no formal training. Hell, children master it and they are still in the early stages of development. However, simplifying things…now that is hard work. Boiling situations, problems, tasks, and processes down to their essence and then working to resolve them in a way which is both satisfactory and reasonable is a skill which (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘people’
simply put, don’t complicate
Posted: October 15, 2012 in Observations and CommentaryTags: complex, complication, ego, life, people, progress, random thoughts, regress, simple, simplicity, Wonder Woman
life in the big city: culture clash
Posted: July 23, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: culture, diversity, life, Life in the Big City, melting pot, New York, NYC, people, Photography, The Clash, urban
culture clash
life in the big city: fleeting moments
Posted: July 14, 2012 in Life in the Big City, PhotographyTags: life, Life in the Big City, lovers, New York, people, Photography
fleeting moments
moments with strangers 2
Posted: June 11, 2012 in PhotographyTags: imagination, life, lovely Ms. Trask, New Jersey, New Jersey Folk Festival, people, Photography, photos, random, Red, strangers
cute couple
Back in April the lovely Ms. Trask, Red, the sister unit and her brood, and I spent a few hours at the New Jersey Folk Festival. While I do enjoy listening to local bands cut their teeth my secret pleasure is this event provides me with a terrific opportunity to photograph people I don’t know. I like to think you can surmise a lot about a person when you catch them in (more…)
moments with strangers
Posted: February 18, 2012 in PhotographyTags: creativity, imagination, life, people, Photography, photos, random, strangers
I love seeing people just being themselves, going about their business, living their lives. Trying to capture those moments, especially with folks I don’t know, is one of my favorite photographic pastimes. Every now and then I’ll catch a person in such a way that (more…)
the gift that keeps on giving
Posted: December 20, 2011 in Observations and CommentaryTags: Christmas, family, friends, holidays, life, people, random
Did you ever notice when you reach a certain age it’s much more common for a name to drop off your holiday card list rather than make its way onto it? I find my list shrinks every year, if only by tiny increments. It’s a curious thing. There was a time everyone, and I mean everyone, who occupied space in my life at that moment received a card. I guess simply knowing that many people was (more…)
Trask Avenue 
a flicker of hope
Posted: July 5, 2016 in Observations and CommentaryTags: awareness, human, kindness, life, people, positivity, society
During a recent episode of Chopped, that sadistic show on The Food Network where accomplished chefs attempt to cook elegant meals out of disparate ingredients, one of the contestants was asked why he chose the restaurant business. He said he always (more…)