Convergence

This spring seems to have a heightened beauty. Maybe it's because the weather has condensed the blossom season or maybe it's because I'm retiring from my full-time job at Central City Lodge in June. I've been working there for 27 years. Maybe it's the particular Mahler lieder that was playing on the radio.   

Orphee And The Garden Path

My favorite movie is "Orphee" by Jean Cocteau. My favorite scene amid all the strange beauty is where poetry, in the form of numbers, is being dictated to our protagonist on a car radio. He writes the numbers down carefully. Somebody says something like "That is not poetry. Those are only random numbers." Orphee replies (again, from my memory) "Who are you to tell me what is poetry and what is not." Years after seeing it I dreamed of the scene and, in my dream, realized that every number represented the life of an individual. I woke up crying. It was one of my most unusual and moving life moments. The numbers could also represent the days in a life. I was born June 8, 1953. This photo was taken on May 26, 2009, during an evening walk with Katherine. 

Red Plant

Found while browsing through old files. I have never been strong at researching and remembering names of flowers and plants. If you know what this is, let me know. Thanks.

Stuart Clugston

I have not yet had the opportunity to explore larger format analogue cameras but I hold the masters of these cameras in very high regard. There is such an artist in Vancouver, in my neighborhood as a matter of fact. Stuart Clugston just finished a show at Omega Gallery, 4290 Dunbar Street. I caught his work the day before it was scheduled to come down. I am only sorry that I did not get there early enough to spread the word before it was too late. 

There is a link to Ansel Adams. I was told by Omega's owner, Tien Ching, that Mr. Clugston studied with an assistant of Adams and the connection is apparent in the quality of the prints that were on display. Mr. Clugston has, in the past, been selected by the Royal Photographic Society for exhibition in the U.K.

Marjan Mozetich

It must be no secret by now that the atmosphere, I mean sky, clouds and weather, are a continuous inspiration to me. The subtleties of moisture, wind and light in the airs above the ground, and their effect on the landscape, have been an ever growing source of delight to me. 

I was surprised by a piece of music on CBC radio, as I often am, and was immediately struck by its ethereal quality. I felt at home in it. I fell further in love with it when it ended and the announcer gave its title. It was "Unfolding Sky ", the first movement of "Postcards From The Sky", a work in three movements for string orchestra, by Marjan Mozetich. I finally went out and found a copy at Sikora's, on Hastings. It was on an album of music by Mr. Mozetich called "Affairs Of The Heart", featuring the CBC Orchestra, Directed by Mario Bernardi.

Tree & Moss

Nitobe Gardens, University of British Columbia

Tree Trunks

Queen Elizabeth Park 

Wide Angle Cherry Tree

Like an opera singer lost in the streets.

Cherry Tree And Door

Spring. Burrard & Second Avenue.