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Connections
A few days ago, blogger Merilee and I were trading comments on Far West Texas; she mentioned photographing a particular mural in the Alpine train station when her Chicago-Los Angeles train had made a stop. I knew the mural, and had in fact photographed it myself just a few months ago. We decided that we’d each post the photo that Merilee dubbed the Alpine Man. Here’s mine:
You can see Merilee’s photo of the Alpine Man here..
Nice connection to have made.
But wait. There’s more. In a recent post, Merilee included a poem written by W. C. Jameson. Turns out that W.C. and Merilee collaborate from time to time, pairing his poems with her photos. But what closes this circle, which is smaller and tighter than I could have imagined, is this: W. C.’s wife Laurie and I have been friends for nearly twenty years. Those of you who know my blog The Poetry of Photography may recognize her name as the poet who contributed the first 359 poems on that blog.
Connections. Indeed.
Alpine, Texas
photographed 8.16.2013
Fair enough
After I got through looking at this building, I wandered to the vacant place next door. The sign on the front proclaimed it to be a hail-repair business (which tend to come and go, depending on the weather: this one was out of business), but the back wall held this important message.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 12.24.2013
Shadows on a distant wall
My cat, Balboa, gets credit here: if she hadn’t needed to go to the vet, I wouldn’t have driven by this vacant place and noticed what the low winter sunlight did to the dusty windows. And I wouldn’t have gone back a few days later to see what else was there.
It was a good find, and you’ll see more of this place. But for today, check out the way the peeling letters (that used to say “Sexton Automotive”) cast a shadow on that far wall.
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 12.24.2013
PS: Balboa is fine. She just needed shots. The vet called her a “big girl” which is a LOT nicer than saying she’s fat, right?
Church window
You might have known I couldn’t get too far into the new year before I posted a picture of Marfa. After all, in 2013, I posted more pictures from Marfa than I did from the city where I live.
This window is on the east side of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The building dates from 1929, when it was relocated to make way for the Paisano Hotel. The church’s veneer is river rock, but the church website doesn’t explain where, exactly, how this many river rocks were moved to the desert, or why the architect selected them as a building material in the first place.
Marfa, Texas
photographed 9.5.2009
This must be a place
This building is somewhat reticent on the matter of it’s being THE place, but just in case it is, here’s a musical interlude to start off the year – The Lumineers singing the Talking Heads’ “This Must Be The Place”.
(For you purists out there, here’re the Talking Heads, same song.)
Aransas Pass, Texas
photographed 10.9.2011
