Halfway to Now...
I've been cleaning, going-thru, sorting-out--using the woodstove's nightly fires to cull the clutter of too much stuff. Of course, I don't burn negatives--(just tax records and old love letters)--and I found this Tri-X neg just the other day.
Half a lifetime ago. I'd just turned 32, had just landed at my new job, (part-time darkroom guy at the Oregonian). Recently divorced; the old truck barely ran, (some things never change), and then in a few days the nearby local volcano was going to erupt!
I can't tell my PastSelf to get ready for the eruption of Mt. St. Helens--and get myPastSelf in position for the million dollar photo. Probably a good thing, too. I'd have gotten too close, and crispy-crittered myself in the ashflow. It happened to a friend of mine.
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But--in a more general vein, if PresentSelf could give PastSelf a bit of counsel...?? (perhaps only the most vague advice might be allowed?)--it's be, most of what you worry about, never happens anyway.
PresentSelf could probably take the same advice for the journey onto FutureSelf as well.
Halfway to Now...
I've been cleaning, going-thru, sorting-out--using the woodstove's nightly fires to cull the clutter of too much stuff. Of course, I don't burn negatives--(just tax records and old love letters)--and I found this Tri-X neg just the other day.
Half a lifetime ago. I'd just turned 32, had just landed at my new job, (part-time darkroom guy at the Oregonian). Recently divorced; the old truck barely ran, (some things never change), and then in a few days the nearby local volcano was going to erupt!
I can't tell my PastSelf to get ready for the eruption of Mt. St. Helens--and get myPastSelf in position for the million dollar photo. Probably a good thing, too. I'd have gotten too close, and crispy-crittered myself in the ashflow. It happened to a friend of mine.
.
But--in a more general vein, if PresentSelf could give PastSelf a bit of counsel...?? (perhaps only the most vague advice might be allowed?)--it's be, most of what you worry about, never happens anyway.
PresentSelf could probably take the same advice for the journey onto FutureSelf as well.