Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You think you have a mess? That's not a mess! This is a mess: http://www.pbase.com/image/154140671 I really, really need to take a day or two and straighten up! Tina On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>wrote: > > On Jan 15, 2014, at 12:24 AM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > > > I am cleaning up and reorganizing my Man-Cave, otherwise known as my > den. After 14 years of piling stuff up, it was time. Note that this is a > gen-you-wine Leica photograph, taken with a bona fide Leica M8 body and an > authentic Leica 35/1.4 Aspffffffftheric lens. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/11960567184/ > > > > Marvel at the spectacle of chaos and entropy glacially coalescing into > order. Note the cleverly balanced compositional elements of the scalene > triangle formed by the red dictionary on my computer table, the orange > "Magnum Degrees" book on the left and the four yellow Kodachrome boxes on > the right (the latter placed on my desk several years ago in prescient > anticipation of this moment). Note also the profusion of ancient switch > boxes, modems, serial cables and SCSI stuff, the sad digital detritus of > passing time, scattered like mammoth bones in a Neanderthal cave dwelling, > evoking the swift obsolescence of the Information Age. We won't even > mention the piles of paper. > > > > When I emerge from this epic struggle, dusty but victorious, I shall see > table surfaces again! Some things shall go to the recycle bin, others to > the trash, still others to the waiting maws of stackable plastic storage > bins and drawers, part of the eternal cosmic cycle of of birth, death, > decay and rebirth. > > > > Yeah. That's it. > > > > a true genius of composition....in all things esp writing and photography. > > > s > > > > > > --Peter > > (Hey, I posted a photo, didn't I?) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com