iPhone Diary: 4 April 2012 (Yearning)
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iPhone Diary Series
iPhone Diary: 9 October 2010 (Theologic Wars)
Blind Men and the Elephant
It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!”
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, “Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ’tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”
Cried, “Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ’tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
” ‘Tis clear enough the Elephant
And felt about the knee.
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
” ‘Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
Said: “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
Moral
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
poem by John Godfrey Saxe (1816–1887)
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iPhone Diary Series
iPhone Diary: 5 February 2011 (Hurry Sundown)
iPhone Diary challenges the referential nature of photography and explores the iPhone camera as a way of documenting a life. I title the images with the date they were made, rather than where they were made, because they are more about moments in time than about location or geography.
Some iPhone Diary images, like the one above, have subtitles in parentheses. These words or phrases connect with the pictures emotionally or spiritually. For me, they have connotative rather than denotative meanings.
I do not crop iPhone Diary images, but print them full frame with a small border of white space. This discipline requires clarity at the moment of making the photograph. I deliberate about what I see and how to frame it so that others will be able to see it too.
Photographs fragment life. Like a diary of images, I have a story to go with each one. At the same time, perhaps the pictures also somehow transcend the particular. Maybe they evoke your stories, too?
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
iPhone Diary Series
iPhone Diary: 24 February 2010
iPhone Diary: 24 February 2010 (Hiding in Plain Sight)
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