#authentcity

Shine the Light of Joy on Worry

Remove Worry From Your Daily Routine Worry is a joy sucker, plain and simple. It magnifies the least desirable outcomes, allowing the monsters under your bed to become a reality which, in all likelihood, will never manifest. Yet, instead of living in the present moment, and gleaning every ounce of joy you can, you get sucked down into that pit of despair over something which is a creation of your…

Embracing a Life of Blessings When I’m worried and I can’t sleepI count my blessings instead of sheepAnd I fall asleep counting my blessingsWhen my bankroll is getting smallI think of when I had none at allAnd I fall asleep counting my blessings — Bing Crosby “White Christmas” One of the greatest gifts in my life these days is realizing I have blessings to count in the first place. It took me…

Hey, again, RR, Whoo Hoo! I’m kinda/sorta on a roll (not really :). But all silly aside, I have been chewing on idea for a while, and today, I’m going to try my best to put it to print. Let’s see, how to begin . . . I suspect for most of us, when we meet new peeps (be they potential friends, biz partners, or lovahs) we tend to first, instinctively, show our sanitized selves *rather* than our true…

Second glance at 'outline 'something'. 

'I’ll just comp that. An art of Perfection. Do you trust a man with no bodily hair and shiny white teeth?'

We assume when we take a photograph, what we see in front of us will be recorded by the camera. Agree?

Take away the camera. 'I cannot believe my eyes'. Sudden surprises.  

Photographs of 'fake, shiny' things is a literal representation of something fake and shiny. It's zealous in that department. 

Photoshopping isn't? It's hyper. A kid who's eaten too many sweets. 

An art of perfection. Can perfection ever be achieved.Flick through the history books. 

Do you trust a man with no bodily hair and shiny white teeth?

Decision? 

Leave right and wrong out of this. 

Have you been on holiday and brought a knock off designer something?

It works out sometimes. 'CHEAP AS CHIPS'. Well, not in London. 

Someone places their 'real' against your 'fake'. Yes we can all see the difference bugger off mate. 

You knew you were buying a fake, in your mind you want the real thing or like the idea of it. But you can't so you brought the fake. 

A lot of skill is involved in producing fakes. 

Do you trust fakes? A quick solution not a long term one. 

White teeth, but you smoke 20 a day and drink copious amounts of coffee. 

Doesn't sit right. 

Are you wondering why I haven't placed any images into the text? We're talking about photographs here. 

Photographs are a naive reality. They define. More so than words. Yes, we all know that famous quote. Worth. 

What is going on is a type of 'fracking' within our photographs. We need to survive and obtain as much 'oil' as we can, but it isn't a long term solution. Comfort. It is the path along the black tunnel. Things in moderation is fine. However, going extreme does turn up 'something'. Testing the waters with a nuclear bomb. 

Have our photographs lost their certificate of authenticity or are you not into all of that? Rather print the image off the internet and frame that. Fair. Sherrie Levine nailed that. After Walker Evans. 

Hopefully we won't need counselling for all of this. 

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