I have a tale to tell

Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well

I was not ready for the fall

Too blind to see the writing on the wall....

If I ran away, I'd never have the strength

To go very far

How would they hear the beating of my heart

Will it grow cold

The secret that I hide, will I grow old

How will they hear

When will they learn

How will they know....

"Live to Tell" Maddona(1986)

The end of a long abandoned farm in the middle of the DeKalb,IL. windfarm. Wind energy may be renewable,but old farms aren't....

Kaffee ist systemrelevant.

"of systemic relevance" is definitely something I never said before or as much as I did during this pandemic.

I spotted this at a window of a café in Lüneburg.

"Art is an evolutionary act. The shape of art and its role in society is constantly changing. At no point is art static. There are no rules." - Raymond Salvatore Harmon

IJ-Hallen, Amsterdam-North

Welcome the Chinese Year of the (Heavy) Metal Rat!

Carpe Diem, Baby 🔥

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Bikes are another of my obsessions to photograph, sadly not to ride. Although I don't take many, this one was in Pisa.

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35mm Rollei RPX 400 Film.

Nikon F4, 20mm, red filter.

Developed and Scanned at home.

love yours. by Grullon Concepts and a view of the George Washington Bridge

What I wish for you all. Well, most, but not absolutely all (purely based on actions).

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Petroglyphs, taken in Capitol Reef National Park.

I can't sleep series.

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Song Inspiration: Fun.: Some Nights

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A piece of graffiti at the entrance to a laneway in the next town.

Dan Andrews is the Premier of the state of Victoria in Australia and Melbourne is that state’s capital city with a population of about 5.1 million.

The residents of Melbourne have spent a cumulative 260 days in Covid-19 lockdown which is currently the world record.

Some 62.9% of all the Covid-19 related deaths in Australia have occurred under Dan Andrews watch in Victoria and despite New South Wales having 1.5 million more people than Victoria, NSW has half the total number of deaths recorded by Dan Andrews' Victoria.

The words written here by the graffiti artist are the words on the lips of most Victorians.

When I look at some photos of Dan Andrews, I am reminded of the late great Albert Collins song “Lights are On but Nobody’s Home”

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You are now entering a fun, free zone

Aren't you? Good citizen? Punctuation does matter I suppose.

Well, you can’t be too careful. Or maybe you can.

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Can we start over?

Can you love me like you used to.

So how could you look me in the eyes and not see what I feel inside.

When you kissed me I realized that may be existing wasnt such a bad thing if I got.....

Sometimes the message isn't doesn't always get through.

Excerpt from thepaintedchurchhawaii.org/guide-to-the-painted-church/:

This present church was erected in 1899 by Father John Velghe. He was a Belgian and a member of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Society, familiarly known as the Picpus Fathers. Father Damien, the Leper Priest, was a member of this Society. Without any professional training and using house paint on ordinary wood he beautified the church with his paintings. In those days few Hawaiians could read and so he taught with pictures-most successfully. He spent over four years with saw and brush to complete the structure and was then recalled to Belgium where he died in 1939.

The exterior of the church is noted for the belfry, called a little master-piece, and the lattice work entry. Inside, the eye is overpowered by a reproduction of the vaulted Gothic nave of the Cathedral of Burgos in Spain. Father John had studied theology for two years in a town close by. Fortunately, he didn’t realize such an illusionary perspective, the sense of depth, was considered impossible and so he went ahead and did it. The mat behind the altar covers nothing, it was a devise of the artist.

The Hardwriting on the Wall at the Feast of King Belshazzar. On the wall is written in Hawaiian, “Ua Emi Loa Oe Ua Pau Kou Aupuni / Make No Ka Pono” literally, “You are found wanting. Your kingdom ceases. Should die.”

archive find

This again was a part of the Chelmsford Art Trail, which is sadly no longer with us. I've added the words later at home and at least I have the originals which I'm in the process of restoring to full grandeur.

I can't sleep series.

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Song Inspiration: Fun.: Some Nights

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Twenty years ago / a former dweller / erased some of the sentences / and covered it all / with wallpaper.

another moment of everyday life during a walk

Yes, we're CELEBRATING! Stay tuned! Within the quotations are references to some words which pertain to our book (and this image, in a way):

Old-Fashioned:

in that we're talking about a real book that one can hold between two hands!

Full Acceptance:

in that the characters in the book accept one another in an unusual, untraditional way!

Grandpa:

a "lost" character in the book.

Writing from the HEART:

every word was written from my heart.

"Will you love me in the good old-fashioned way?

When my hair has all turned gray,

Will you kiss me then and say,

That you love me in December as you do in May?”

~ James Walker ~

“Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.” ~ anon ~

“Whatever happened to that old-fashioned Grandpa? If he still survives, he must be hiding in the small towns. You sure don't see him very often in the big city. The big-city Grandpa has gone big time. . . . He is the life of every party . . .” ~ Hal Boyle ~

“The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that.”

~ David Soul ~

“My writing, like everything I do, comes profoundly from my heart. I believe that if you follow your heart you will be successful in one way or another. Old-fashioned as that might sound, the philosophy is true.”

~ Kim Elizabeth ~

If anyone is interested, the bookstore's website is Here.

And my facebook photo page too. :)

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Meatpacking District: Premier Veal Co. Building in the West Village off Westside Highway in NYC on Friday afternoon, 31 August 2007 by Elvert Barnes Photography

Premier Veal Co. "Cow" Graffiti Mural by Antonio “Chico” Garcia

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Meatpacking District: Premier Veal Co. Building in the West Village off Westside Highway in NYC on Friday afternoon, 31 August 2007 by Elvert Barnes Photography

Premier Veal Co. "Cow" Graffiti Mural by Antonio “Chico” Garcia

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Learn more about this mural and building at vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2011/04/veal-pumping.html

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A Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Vietnam 1968 4th Division Vigil to the 44 soldiers killed and 1 Missing in Action . Vietnam Veterans Memorial . www.vvmf.org . Veterans Day Celebration . Constitution Gardens . National Mall . NW . WDC . Friday afternoon, 10 November 2006 . elvertbarnes-freedom.blogspot.com/2006/11/12th-infantry-1... . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography

Trip to Baltimore . Aboard MARC Train #520 / Northbound Train between Halethorpe and West Baltimore Stations MD . Friday afternoon, 19 August 2011 . Elvert Barnes Photography

Railroad Graffiti

Mass Transit Exploration

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(ok. one more book photo). :)

Chelsea Market . www.chelseamarket.com/ . West Village / Chelsea . 10th Avenue . NYC . NY . Friday afternoon, 31 August 2007 . Elvert Xavier Barnes Photography

BLACK LIVES MATTER Posters affixed to wrought iron gates at Lafayette Park at 16th and H Street, NW, Washington DC on Thursday afternoon, 27 August 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography

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Elvert Barnes Thursday, 27 August 2020 Trip to Washington DC docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/27August2020

Elvert Barnes BLM Plaza Memorial Fence @ Lafayette Park DC docu-project at elvertxbarnes.com/blmmemorialfencedc

I can't sleep series.

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Song Inspiration: Fun.: Some Nights

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Byron Bay, NSW, Australia

"Wish it, believe it, and it will be so." - Deborah Smith

Someone left a message.

Kodak Tri-x film

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Ilford film

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GRAFFITI ALLEY street art on North Howard Street between North Avenue and 19 1/2 Street in Baltimore MD on Monday morning, 27 May 2019 by Elvert Barnes Photography

Scotty MASK tribute mural by Adam Stab and NETHER

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WRITINGS ON THE WALL / Street Art / Graffiti Tags Series

MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY Photo Walk

Elvert Barnes MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2019 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/MDW2019.html

Elvert Barnes 2019 BALTIMORE CITY docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/Bmore2019.html