'the whole secret of existence is to have no fear. never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. only the moment you

reject all help are you freed.' - buddha

some things from the end of the beginning

graduation weekend(s) // may 2009

website is up!

icanfreezetime.com

'the best art and writing... is so vibrant that you feel compelled to make something in response. Suddenly it is clear what you have to do. For a brief moment it seems wonderfully easy to live and love and create breathtaking things.'

excerpt from the 'love' section of learning to love you more

(so very true)

i hear you

live with eyes, open

ears two, how?

to get from there, two

hear (without raining) from

eye, take my hand.

sea? it was made

four holding

your heart. beats

brain, shape fits mine

like jigsaw,

sow, the sky holds

tears, my heart apart

i see you, and

we eight.

'corn+potatoes' // 2009

'youthful, caressing, boisterous, tender
middle aged thoughtful, ten thousand noticings of shore ship or street,
workbench, forest, household or office, opera-
that conning his paper book again to read aloud to those few chinese boys & girls
who know enough american tongue to ear his hand-
loath to select one leaf from another, loath to reject a sympathetic page
-the tavern boy's look, a stone prisoner's mustache-sweat, prostitute in the sun, garrulous old man waving goodbye on the stoop-
i skim leaves beginning to end, this year in the middle kingdom
marvel his swimmers huffing naked on the wave
and touched by his desperado farewell, 'who touches this book touches a man'
tip the hat on my skull
to the old soldier, old sailor, old writer, old homosexual, old christ poet journeyman,
inspired in middle age to chaunt eternity in manhattan,
and see the speckled snake & swelling orb earth vanish
after green seasons civil war and years of snow
white hair.'


i love old whitman so by allen ginsberg, november 1984

(i was reading through this book today & came across this poem, ironic bc i am so deeply in love with whitmans work right now)

somewhere in iowa // june 2008

oh whitman, how easy it is to fall into you.

marry me

(somethings coming.)

processed lots of black+white today

(its good to be in it again)

dana, syracuse ny // 2009

(les temps sont durs pour les rêveurs // 2009)

syracuse ny // fall 2008

taken by robbie

(found while organizing my hard drives)

clothing/ gabrielle hennessey
may 2009

clothing/ ayaka matsui
may 2009

psst i like the sound my heart makes

below, look
out
below, is where i
found you.
below is where
we will end
up.
what would we do
without
below(?) will never be
over
under
always, will never give
up.

eva+mitchell
syracuse, ny // may 2009

oh man, everything is so beautiful.

mark weaver

(letchworth state park // 2008)

working on my last paper for college right now.
theres been lots of editing the past few days in several different contexts - photo + the broad scope of life in general. everything is changing fast (including my perception of change and its resonating implications).