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My dear Flickr friends, I can no longer stay quiet! I am a mother of 5 and a grandmother of 9 and as by now you all know how important the family unit is to me.
I am watching doctors and professionals walking away from their jobs because they are afraid of being sued for saving a life!
Isn't it a little hypocritical to allow hanging or death by lethal injection and yet not to help an abortion to save a child or a mother. Where does government come into this question? Can we not leave this up to the mothers and the professionals. Believe me, there are few mothers who would willingly abort outside absolute dire circumstances. Are we to tell others how to live, when it is hard enough to make our own decisions.
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
Gorgeous A990 AWB clone. 28th Annual East Coast Indoor Nationals, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD, December 2, 2017.
28th Annual East Coast Indoor Nationals, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD, December 2, 2017.
The owner let the painter just go nuts on this, and the results are spectacular. 28th Annual East Coast Indoor Nationals, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD, December 2, 2017.
San Francisco, CA
Tonight, I'm taking a moment off by opting out of a few events I normally would have attended. Given another day, I'll back to the grind, working on an art report for Warholian about 111 Minna's current art show, "Lethal Injection", featuring works by Robert Bowen, Isaac Pierro, Nicolas Giraud (100taur), Philip Lawson, and Ransom & Mitchell.
(in this photo: Philip Lawson and Robert Bowen await their turn to speak about the artwork they created for Lethal Injection)
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This paint job is so new that the lettering only has a drop-shadow on this side. 28th Annual East Coast Indoor Nationals, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD, December 2, 2017.
Execution chamber in a prison. The two slots in the wall (behind the injection table) are where the guards shoot the prisoner who chooses death by firing squad.
**UPDATE**
This is the exact same room that Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed in by firing squad on June 16, 2010**
PROFOUND.
The most profound spiritual question that I have been asked since being on Flickr has been a surprise to me. It's this: How do you photograph in the darkness without being afraid and while still remaining safe?
To my amazement, the result of this woman's sincere question has brought to mind an entire philosophy of my life . . . my thoughts on light and darkness. Of course, it's not really appropriate for an intellectual discourse of darkness and light to unfold here on Flickr. But the goodness in this little scarecrow icon is perfect for this quote. Set in a backdrop of autumn that for some, creates a celebration of darkness, I've been thinking deeply about her question.
But in this setting and as for me, this I know and can state most briefly: That which I deeply believe and try to practice has changed me as a human being and how I experience other people as well. The journey has been defined by tremendous growth.
One of the most profound movies I have ever seen - also a life-changer - was that of the true life story: "Dead Man Walking". Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, authored the non-fiction book which was later made into a movie starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarrandon. The final scene (the walk to the execution) is not one I would post. But the movie is an awsome testiment of a real-life woman's journey in living in a world where her belief in light is more powerful than the darkness. The impact through her on others - especially the murder - is an amazing true story.
Her impact upon me was to help me see how far I had to grow on this life's journey.
Sr. Helen saw "beyond" ~ she saw the good within each person, even the most self-confessed of evil men, the accomplice-as-murderer whom Sean Penn portrays. She believed that EVERY person matters and is not beyond grace. Even when I could not exactly define my thoughts and the changes which came about in me as a result of this movie, I recognized the profound goodness and light within Sr. Helen and knew that I wanted to be able to walk next to or even in darkness and still keep lit the inner candle of goodness which is not me, but what I profess.
Grace and forgivess are profound examples of goodness, in my opinion. Likewise, I believe are humility, amends-making and finally asking forgiveness when we know we've harmed someone. Goodness, like seeds, can begin taking root from this act.
The goodness she carried extended to all parties: the convicted killer and both of the victim's families. How difficult a line she walked by extending this hard toward darkness and balancing with reaching toward innocent victim's families. An amazing woman to walk safely through such an odd journey.
So I guess I'm less afraid because of how I see "good and evil" in the world. But make no mistake, Sister Helen was still afraid and out of her element in all this darkness. I, too, am not completely fearless in the dark. But I will not allow darkness to dictate to my choices. Nightshooting in safer settings is one of those carefully-modulated choices I make.
It truly is easier recognize good than it is to define it. But we know it when we see it. Who would have thought Flickr would have brought about such a profound spiritual insight about light vs. darkness into my life? Go figure.
Blessings on the journey to each who reads this story,
nightshooter09
Sodium Thiopental is one heck of an interesting drug. You probably recognize it as the "truth serum". Did you know it's also the first of three drugs administered in an execution by lethal injection? The ampule contains 1 gram of the drug. A typical dose in a medical setting would be somewhere in the 200-400mg range for a normal sized adult. The dose delivered for a lethal injection would typically be about 5 of these ampules.
It's a rapid-onset, and short-acting barbiturate general anesthetic. In small doses, it tends to make people agreeable, and talkative. In larger doses, it makes you go night-night.
This ampule was manufactured way back in 1956.
San Francisco, CA
Plenty of catch-up on projects and reports this week, and plenty of shots I'm excited finally start sharing. Here's another one of my favorites from 111 Minna's group art show, Lethal Injection.
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Infographic explaining the lethal injection process, which is how Nevada executes its death row prisoners. Aldus FreeHand, 1991. The inset illustration is a vector version of a courtroom artist-style watercolor I created for The Reporters TV show, 1989 (I was a media witness for two executions that summer).
I've updated the Media page with a PDF copy of the "Lethal Injection" group show article, written for Warholian.com. You can also check out my select batch of photos on www.meganwolfephoto.com under Galleries > Freelance.
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I had the special opportunity to shoot for FAMSF’s ArtPoint Sneak Preview event for “Lethal Injection” at 111 Minna last Wednesday night. Got to meet some excellent artists such as Philip Lawson, Isaac Pierro, 100Taur and hang out with my homie Robert Bowen.
Event images will be up soon on ArtPoint’s Facebook page. In the meantime check out Nastia’s write up and shots from the event.
hifructose.com/2012/08/02/lethal-injection-artpoint-artis...
This is how they do it now ( from 1982 to present ), they put the condemed to sleep, here's the medium they use, a IV bag of saline, to carry the drugs to kill the condemed
Controversial billboard by Dallas radio station 97.1 "The Eagle" showing Timothy McVeigh being injected by The Devil