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shadowy light

when driving thru the altamont hills on stormy, cloudy evenings, i sometimes think about an old buddy ... we spent some time up here, before the wind turbines appeared.

 

years ago, one evening after work, we left Berkeley and wound our way thru these hills in search of the infamous Rolling Stones concert ... we got a little lost ... we ended up kicking back with a group of other lost souls on a hill near this picture, overlooking the concert in the distance ... we enjoyed both the company and the music drifting up to us ..... but, it was a dark night that night ... in more ways than one, as we later discovered.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert

 

my buddy always seemed to have a piece of charcoal in his pocket, and would create some incredible sketchs .... dark slashes, swirls ... dark, threatening skies ... shadows and spectres .... the dark side of life we knew ... but always areas of light showing thru ... some people thought they were too dark , scary .... but i always thought they were moody and beautiful.

 

this image reminds me of him .... he'd like the grainy light.

 

R.I.P. ol' buddy .... i miss you.

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