Photo Anthems

"I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: Checkout Time is 18 years."  ~ Erma Bombeck "A child, like your stomach, doesn't need all you can afford to give it." ~ Frank A. Clark "My mother protected...

Okay, how about something a little unorthodox... Can you handle a whole day of talk about VAGINAS? Dr. Virginia Braun, Psychology Dept, Univ of Auckland, New Zealand Sunday was a most interesting day for me. Model, Samantha invited me to a women's...

"We might need to see you without your bra, he told me. I was 14... I didn't even have breasts yet." ~ Sara Ziff, supermodel This is not Sara Ziff I know I wanted to keep Tara, The Organic Sister's post up for a spell, but I didn't mean for it...

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." ~ Helen Keller "Tara Shines", photo by Sara Janssen Every now and again, you run into somebody that who truly epitomizes the human spirit. I initially wanted to describe that as the American...

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Dave Rudin quoting Albert Einstein to me this past week. Lissa...she may have been the first grandmother  I ever worked with This post...

“Optimist only sees doughnut. Pessimist sees hole.” - Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) I think I'll make this an on-going series. I did my first Observations of Self a year ago and I thought it went really nice. I liked it better than when I...

Both of these just seemed appropriate today... Sometime last year, I made the call to stop doing nudes for a while. It actually may have been the year before and I was just settling down in 2009 as I still finished up some promised gigs. Oh-9 got...

“Black holes are where God divided by zero” - Stephen Wright I've been on some meds lately that have made me tired, lethargic, and basically wanting to just sit on my ass. I try not to do much driving and will relegate my endeavors to quick...

"Art is a lie, which makes us realize the truth." - Picasso "Sometimes I Do Wear Clothes", Model/Photographer: Strangely-Oneiric Much has been said on this blog regarding virtual friendships, relationships, and communities. The online...

"A bachelor is a guy that comes to work every morning from a different direction." - Sholom Aleichem Word for the day - From Science,  Dark Energy That's how long I've been running this blog...Three Years now, this August. I really didn't...

"No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you." - Sholom Aleichem Back when I had an office last year This won't be a long post, and indeed, I had intended to blog about another matter. That can wait I guess. I...