ghost-

feet

metallic

sandals

prettily

painted

toes

bootcut

rolled

denim

trends

just

as

fleeting

as we are

and

yet

they

still

manage

to catch

my eye

and

hold

my

affection

dang

pop-

culture

i'll never

allude

your

cruel

grasp

(not that i want to)

green eyed

wild-

tiger

hunting

in the grass

angus and julia stone, yellow brick road.

sometimes

other

people

sing

how

i

feel

and

that

makes

me

feel

a

little

less

strange

on

a little trip to

San Juan de Oriente

with my friends

that are starting up a business that

helps artisans

from developing countries

sell their wares

across north america

we were meeting with artists

and

trying to get some shots for an article a little mag was going to write about them

Chaka

is

a for-profit business

that puts a

progressive

twist on

helping

developing economies

and

talented artists

to learn more take a look see at:

www.ChakaMarketBridge.com

KILLER!

recently finished reading

title: night

author: Elie Wiesel

winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

quotes:

my faceless neighbor spoke up:

"Don't be deluded. Hitler made it clear that he will annihilate the Jews before the clock strikes twelve."

I exploded:

What do you care what he said? Would you want us to consider him a prophet?

His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily:

"I have more faith in Hitler than anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people"

pg 80-81

recommended for those who:

want a very real recollection of the horror that

took place during the holocaust

when i was in

the twelfth grade

i cut this picture

out of

surfer magazine

and glued into my

day planner

i'd totally forgotten about it

until

recently

browsing an

old photo archive

rob machado

photographed by

patrick trefz

circa 2004

costa rica

went to get a hair-cut today

in a pueblito

where

the cut only costs

$2.50

in the front yard

of the

'salon'

look what we found

texture and patterns

light

lines

proportion

mistakes

cracks

scratches

scars

maybe things are

more beautiful

when

they are

only

on the verge

of

perfection

if they were ever to get there

they would

loose all

attraction

a film teacher of mine made this

hand painted every frame

he showed it to us

the same day

he told the class

'whatever you do, be honest in your art'

if you ever get a chance

to learn

with

mr. scott amos

consider yourself

lucky

and even if the class is in the

early morning

try to make every one

it's worth it

i should have been born

a cat

i

wonder

if

there

was ever a time

when things

here

weren't

covered

in

rust

?

recently finished reading

title: the book of laughter and forgetting

author: milan kundera

favourite quote:

It takes so little, so infinitely little , for someone to find himself on the other side of the border-- where love, convictions, faith, history--no longer has meaning.

pg.281

recommended to those:

who don't mind non-linear narration

or

surrealism

and

multiple moments of having to stop

and re-read sentences to try and understand them

*loosely based on characters who

live/

lived

in

Bohemia

hehehe.

there's a guidebook for

Chile

on our

bookshelf

it's from

the 90's

i

just

love

the

photographs

in it

i think

that

pre

digital

photos

will

always seem

a

little more

magical

also

i've never

wanted

to go

to

Chile

more