The brain is an amazing thing. Our bodies, our cells, our neurons, the way it all works together is amazing. Over the weekend I read a fascinating book that made me aware of all of this, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD.
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May 02, 2012 | Post by: Kat 3 Comments
Warning Signs (& New Music)
In our wanderings of San Francisco I came across this gate. Think someone needs a warning or two? It makes me chuckle, wondering what has gone on here in the past to warrant so many warnings. I’ve got a busy morning so a short post today. As an added bonus
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Apr 20, 2012 | Post by: Kat 8 Comments
Studying those Diagonals
It’s been an interesting week so far, studying all of these diagonal lines in our photographs! Exploring with a Camera: Dynamic Diagonals has got me thinking and observing how our eye moves in the frame. How does your eye move through this image? The diagonals are integral to the image,
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Apr 06, 2012 | Post by: Kat 1 Comments
Which way is up?
The trees know. The trees always know. It doesn’t matter how steep the slope, trees always know which way is up. A new one for my Town Trees series, this one captures the hills of San Francisco along with the tree. There are lots of great trees lining the streets
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Apr 05, 2012 | Post by: Kat 18 Comments
Year Eleven
In this moment, eleven years ago, I was in labor with my son. I don’t remember much of that day, just flashes of images and feelings. I do remember it was a Thursday, like this year, because I remember watching Survivor in the evening while waiting to go in for
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Mar 15, 2012 | Post by: Kat 4 Comments
Choosing the Arrangement
Learning to anticipate the translation of three-dimensional scenes into two-dimensional images begins with recognizing that each element gets flattened and becomes … a series of lines and tones that can be rearranged, balanced and played against each other as we play with optics and angles. We arrange those lines and
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