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Photo captured along the King Range via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens at Mattole River Beach on the Lost Coast. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Photo captured via ND8 filter off the Oregon Coast Highway, U.S. 101, at Humbug Mountain State Park in Curry County. State of Oregon. "State of Jefferson." 2013.
I'm closing out the year with this, a quick photo from the new art installation on the river (Subtile
- designed by Federico Díaz). It's an odd one with all of these small reflective discs - but it grew on me as I sat there with the wind gently moving the circles. It had a ripple like effect - which was fitting for it being along the river.
The Great Blue Heron holds special meaning in Native medicine, where it represents self-reflection:
As it stands very still in the water, it sends reflections of itself to itself, providing insight into one’s unique purpose in life, mirroring ‘what is’, and inviting quests for understanding how its own path fits within the whole.
The heron symbolizes the journey of self-realization, beginning with the development of the skills to build inner strength and achieve certainty of purpose, the courage to delve deep, and the resulting joy of discovery - of awakening.
"The apocalypse is finished, today it is the precession of the neutral, of forms of the neutral and of indifference...all that remains, is the fascination for desertlike and indifferent forms, for the very operation of the system that annihilates us. Now, fascination (in contrast to seduction, which was attached to appearances, and to dialectical reason, which was attached to meaning) is a nihilistic passion par excellence, it is the passion proper to the mode of disappearance. We are fascinated by all forms of disappearance, of our disappearance. Melancholic and fascinated, such is our general situation in an era of involuntary transparency." (Jean Baudrillard - Simulacra and Simulation, On Nihilism trans. 1995)
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"praise, I do not reproach, [nihilism's] arrival. I believe it is one of the greatest crises, a moment of the deepest self-reflection of humanity. Whether man recovers from it, whether he becomes master of this crisis, is a question of his strength!"
(Friedrich Nietzsche, Complete Works Vol. 13)
so here i am, at the end of this chapter.. (view on black!!)
and with a sense of certainty, i'll bid my student life goodbye in two days and embrace the life of a poor-fessional. yes. you heard me right.
i doubt i will go back to the books again for now and the very foreseeable future! so yeah! no more exams, no more homework, no more revisions!
Strobist Info:
SB900 into 32" brolly box at 1/32 power, in front and above subject, triggered via cybersyncs.
SB800 bare at 1/32 power, directly behind and below subject, triggered optically.
Photo captured via HDR technique of photography at the site of where the Little Sur River drains into the Pacific Ocean on the El Sur Ranch property in Big Sur. Monterey County. Late January 2013.
Photo captured on northbound U.S. Highway 97 in the census-designated place of Macdoel. Siskiyou County. "State of Jefferson." Late February 2013.
Photo captured from Trinidad State Beach in the city of Trinidad. Humboldt County. Mid September 2013.
Photo captured along the beach at Ma-Le'L Dunes in the census-designated place of Manila. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Strobist info: Subject is facing a mirror. 1 bare strobe is pointing away from mirror directly in front of subject. 1 strobe strobe (shot through white umbrella, set at 1/8) is 90 degrees to the left of subject. Cleaned up wall-clutter in mirror with PS.
Photo captured near the decommissioned Punta Gorda Lighthouse from the Fourmile Creek along the King Range via Minolta MD Celtic 28mm f/2.8 Lens at Mattole River Beach on the Lost Coast. Humboldt County. Late November 2013.
Photo captured along the beach at Dry Lagoon. Humboldt Lagoons State Park. Humboldt County. Early May 2013.
Photo of Indian Tom Lake captured off Highway 161 near the Oregon State Line near Dorris in Far Northern California. Siskiyou County. Late February 2013.
Photo of the site where Highway 1, the Shoreline Highway, terminates at U.S. Highway 101; where Northbound U.S. 101, the Redwood Highway continues the rest of Highway 1's journey along the Pacific Coast through the rest of Northern California, the states of Oregon and Washington, captured in the census-designated place of Leggett. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
Photo captured at the Vista Point at Junctions California 92 and 35 in San Mateo County. Early 2013.
Photo captured near the town of Point Arena and near the Point Arena Lighthouse Station. Mendocino County. Late March 2013.
Photo captured at a cattle ranch along the Lost Coast via Mattole Road. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
Photo captured along Dyerville Road at Founders Grove near Avenue of the Giants. Humboldt County. Late May 2013.
A wonderful day to not only enjoy the scenery before your very eyes and soul, but also to dial the necessary parameters on your camera and forever treasure that particular moment in time. Photo of False Klamath Cove captured off U.S. Highway 101, the Redwood Highway, in the town of Klamath. Del Norte County. "State of Jefferson." Early August 2013.
Our character tries to find herself while the artist, Dani Shay performs her song, "So Easy, I know"
Photo looking towards Trinidad captured from the Vista Point on U.S. Highway 101 in McKinleyville. Humboldt County. Late January 2013.
Photo captured near the Modoc National Forest on Highway 139 in Modoc County. "State of Jefferson." Late February 2013.
"One final paragraph of advice: Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast.... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and expore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards!"
~ taken from "The Earth Speaks" by Edward Abbey
To all of my flickr friends and family,
Thank you! Although this year has had it ups and downs... and most of the events that have occurred this year will eventually be forgotten..... this one thing I can say for sure..... each of you have inspired me and have a special place in my heart. Thank you for blessing my 2006...... Best wishes for the New Year!!!
See you in 2007!!!!! Huge hugs and southern smiles! :)
Lindsay