How do we dress......these forms...
...that we find in the night?
Are they so ancient within us......that they disappear...
...into that with which we clothe them?
Do they hide behind......what we put upon them?
Are they only there...
...as long as we look...
...or as deeply as we see?
Or do we peer into a dark......and empty...
...mirror?
A Prayer Like Gravity 
ah, empty shops at night; I swear I saw Batman running down the street in one of these pictures, just out of frame …
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The Dark Knight lurks…..
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Love it. Great pacing; hauntingly evocative; makes me remember things I’m not sure I’ve experienced. —CC
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Thank you Carlos.
Love that–remembering things we’re not sure we’ve experienced. Exactly.
I may have to steal that….
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You are welcome to it. 🙂
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I agree with the person above, the pacing is just right….and there are so many intriguing images. I like the progression in the first four – and love all the empty, atmospheric spaces. And the questions – hopefully no answers are expected. 😉
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“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.”
–Richard Feynman
I adore unanswered questions.
Especially when answers are neither forth-coming nor expected….
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Luckily, as I get older, the questions just keep coming. 🙂
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And are perfectly comfortable going…….unanswered, I hope?
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Well, that depends on the question – how about, “Whats for diner” or “What kind of fern is that?” I want answers! 😉 But yes, certain larger questions that one would have wanted to answer when one was younger are now enjoyed as part of the greater mystery.
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these are so good, Johnny. I love the way the light really stands out in each and every one of these stills. Illuminated.
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Thanks Audra, especially considering how dark it was….
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thanks for the story. I want to slip into that hauntly dress (is that a word?)
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the story being, “Walk me home”
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….but where is home
to an empty dress….?
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It is now, and such a good one.
I’ll be certain to use it soon.
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Stunning images and commentary. A new kind of visual poetry. Love it.
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Thank you so much Deborah. I have been thinking much lately of how to incorporate words and images. Trying to loosen my concepts of what that means and what can be done with the two together. Trying not to be too controlling, let the images and words come together as they need, even if it doesn’t seem to “make sense”. I’ve been reading/viewing Teju Cole’s “Blind Spot” which really opens up what is possible.
Thanks again for your sustained interest. I very much appreciate it.
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