From this morning’s walk…

Circular white table top appearing to hover above a section of brick paving near a strip of concrete pavement.

Circular clump of plant stalks trimmed to one foot height in a grass field.

Strip of plastic sheeting running from top to bottom of frame, lying on asphalt road surface.

Corner of parking area framed by yellow painted curb, wall of building on right, two evergreen shrubs in middle, with signage on a post providing information about the parking spaces.

Closeup of pile of ginkgo tree leaves lying on the ground.

Clear plastic sheeting with wrinkles reflecting light and strip of red painted wood running across the bottom.

Palate of delivery boxes wrapped in plastic outside a store.

Metal stitching plate connecting two sheets of plywood together.

From yesterday…

Mobil gas station illuminated gas price sign shot from underneath looking up.

Liquor bottles in a bar window illuminated from below.

Rapids of a local creek running from top to bottom of a vertical frame.

Rapids of a local stream running fro top to bottom of a horizontal frame.

Rapids of a local stream running from right to left in the upper half of a vertical frame.

Turning from Peril to Possibility: Ecological Superhero Christiana Figueres on the Spirituality of Regeneration – The Marginalian

Our mindset… predetermines what our actions are going to be or what they’re not going to be… Whatever we think and say becomes the reality that we create out there. And how wonderful. How wonderful that we can understand that those two are actually in constant interaction with each other. What we think, what we feel, what we say, is in constant interaction with what we are co-creating out there.

–Christina Figueres

Turning from Peril to Possibility: Ecological Superhero Christiana Figueres on the Spirituality of Regeneration – The Marginalian

Once we get to the point where we really understand that it’s not like we are extracting from nature, which is what we used to do, or even living with nature, which is what most of us are trying to do now… we get to the point where we are living as nature… which we always were.

–Christina Figueres

November 13, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson

Finally, it seems, Trump’s explicit use of Nazi language, especially when coupled with his threats to establish camps, has woken up at least some headline writers. Forbes accurately headlined yesterday’s story: “Trump Compares Political Foes to ‘Vermin’ On Veterans Day–Echoing Nazi Propaganda.”

November 13, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson

Today’s HCR is an important read…

When Ellis lamented that their election challenges had lost, Scavino allegedly answered: “‘Well, we don’t care, and we’re not going to leave.” Ellis replied: “‘What do you mean?” Scavino answered: “The boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. We are just going to stay in power.” When Ellis responded “Well, it doesn’t quite work that way, you realize?” he allegedly answered: “We don’t care.”

From this morning’s walk…

Wide angle view of old pickup truck with frost on hood and windshield and dawn sky in distance.

Colorful shopping bag with vegetables and leaves print and city skyline print on frost covered grass.

Wide angle shot looking up the arched recess of a historic stone building.

Closeup of pumpkin decoration sitting on straw with the bottoms of cornstalks behind it.

Brown wax paper folded in an interesting way on concrete sidewalk.

Cheetos Puffs bag lying on concrete sidewalk.

Three bricks stacked against a brick wall with two repaired cracks extending out at 45 degree angles from the bricks as if to mark the place the bricks should be.

Discovering Bonnie Tyler’s Faster Than The Speed of Night Album. Man did she channel a lot of the vibes of her time! Good stuff!

From this morning’s walk…

Streetlight in parking lot with silhouetted buildings in background and street lights illuminating ground floor of buildings and street, in background.

Large outdoor light fixture in shape of modern lamp and glowing in early morning.

Corner of convenience store building visible beyond evergreen shrub.

Key Food Marketplace sign hanging from utility pole with tree branches in background.

Laundry and dry cleaners storefront with security gate screen lowered and neon signage visible thorough the screen and single street tree in front.

Closeup of security fence rail and fence wire with out of focus landscape in background.

Stuffed antelope animal in shop window.

From yesterday…

Utility pole in shape of cross with streetlight and wires, sliver moon visible between wires, mountain silhouettes in background at bottom of frame.

Closeup of white zip tie on metal utility pole.

Vintage Marilyn movie poster in shop window, reflection of movie theater across the street overlaid.

Concrete floor with coiled power cord.

From last week…

Early morning streetlight with red car parked underneath it and house in background.

Tropical house plants in window of shop, shadows of leaves cast onto the wall to the right edge of the frame.

Empty chinese condiment package on concrete pavement.

Halal Kabab poster in restaurant window showing 5 kababs and price of $2.99 each.

Closeup of succulent plant in shop window.

Scarlett O’Hara poster in shop window.

From last week…

Plastic duck light fixture in a shop.

Old fashion street clock closeup. Numbers on dial are roman numerals, time is approximately 6:16.

Woman’s fleece coat, knit top and blue jeans on mannequin in shop window.

Three drink refrigerators with glass doors, lit from within and filled with canned beverages.

Closeup of decorative star light fixture in shop window.

From last week…

Empire state building above the trees in Bryant Park, NYC.

Amsterdam theater marquee.

Electronic billboard with 4 women models wearing mini dresses, and ALDO in 3D letters at bottom.

Billboard up on post advertising legal services for car accidents.

Carry on type suitcase with handle and wheels in foreground, parking lot and control tower building in background.

From Wed morning, the trip from airport into NYC…

Transmission towers and wires at sunrise.

Industrial landscape with New York City in distance. Early morning light.

Transmission towers and wires with industrial landscape in background.

Industrial landscape with transmission towers in early morning light.

Cars and airplanes at dawn.

Industrial landscape with jet rising into the sky in distance.

Venus and crescent moon in early morning sky.

Airport scenes…

Wide angle shot of terminal building and overhead canopy structure.

Commercial ceiling abstract with linear fluorescent light fixtures and vent and small circular speaker.

Arched ceiling with structural bracing.

From this morning’s walk…

Yellow strip lights reflected by a polished granite table surface.

Decorative Christmas lights on a bush.

Fluorescent strip light shining down on a concrete wall.

Sidewalk closed sandwich sign with directional arrow pointing to the left.

Dark cloudy sky and trees above a building ridge line.

Looking down on a parking lot and building awning with “Red Hot Nails & Spa” on it illuminated by lights inside awning.

Two strings of beads dangling from top to bottom with house in background.

From yesterday…

Orange flowers in a vase.

Metallic green pumpkin on a glass table with oriental carpet pattern below.

Descending concrete stairs through a doorway in a white wall.

Upside down sign with large graphic hand and words “Eat Local” painted on it, leaning on a white wall.

Corner of a parking garage with column painted yellow and fluorescent striplight fixture illuminating the scene.

Tree trunk in silhouette with shrubs illuminated by streetlights beyond.

Evergreen tree canopy and trunk against a cloudy sky.

Shrubs and lamp post, shrubs illuminated by light on lamppost.

Tree trunk with illuminated shrubs beyond.

From a couple of days ago…

Tree trunk and branches lit by streetlights.

Fire department building connection and shadow cast by security lighting.

Closeup of edge of Christmas tree decorated with perforated plastic balls of various colors.

Announcements board on side of building with light on wall above illuminating it.

Timber frame building roof support column and diagonal braces.

House under construction in landscape.

Circular hole in dark enclosure, tree branches visible through hole.

Graphic hand taped to a window, index finger pointing to the convergence of inside and outside the window.

Town and Country sign structure against a cloudy sky.

From a couple of days ago…

Arched canopy covering walkway, parking lot landscape beyond, nightscape.

Elangated circular light fixture attached to ceiling and casting a radiating pattern of rays onto the ceiling.

String of lights attached to the eve of a building viewed through a glass awning at night.

Interior of a home furnishings store, pastel tones dominate, scene lit by a multitude of rable lamps.

Security light attached to concrete block wall, illuminating it and picking out the joints between the blocks.

Dining table and chairs under an arbor at night illuminated by various light sources.

Night scene of Town and Country grocery store building and signage. Signage and building lights reflected by wet pavement.

From this morning’s walk…

Parking bays underneath building lit by security lights.

Shingled building wall with windows at left and right edges of frame and shrubs at bottom, lit by security lights.

Tree branches and leaves illuminated by streetlight above.

Stair railing and bottom tread of stair, leaves on the ground, scene illuminated by landscape light next to railing post.

Footbridge illuminated in upper left corner of frame in otherwise deeply shadowed landscape.

Rusted steel framing components on ground behind chain link fence, scene illuminated by security lights.

Portable generator in clearing between trees, illuminated windows of multi story building in distance, scene illuminated by security lights.

Silhouetted tree trunk, equipment cabinet just beyond, scene illuminated by security lights.

Tree trunk and branches illuminated by streetlights with landscape in deep shadow behind.

We need to focus on the AI harms that already exist | MIT Technology Review

An interesting article on the management of AI risk shared originally by Ben Werdmüller. One perspective I think we are lacking on AI is that it might be part of a broad evolution of intelligence that needs humanity as part of it. The hollonic concept of a hierarchy of increasing complexity, upper levels dependent on lower levels.

When I think of x-risk, I think of the people being harmed now and those who are at risk of harm from AI systems. I think about the risk and reality of being “excoded.”

Love and Looking: On What We (Don’t) See Together ‹ Literary Hub

Food for thought…

TV looks like a godsend “for a human subspecies that loves to watch people but hates to be watched itself.” Yet the risk for these professional oglers is that they could lose sight of reality thanks to the ease and comfort of its televisual substitution–a risk, he added, that was by no means theirs alone.

November 1, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson

Prettiest angry with Christians in the United States these days. Evangelicals seem the main problem, but I believe other branches are complicit.

Johnson rejects the separation of church and state in our government, saying that the framers' idea “clearly did not mean…to keep religion from influencing issues of civil government. To the contrary, it was meant to keep the federal government from impeding the religious practice of citizens. The Founders wanted to protect the church from an encroaching state, not the other way around.”

From this morning’s walk…

Nightscape, table and chairs in upper left corner casting long shadows down to the lower right corner, unseen security light casting shadows

Timber frame skylight and support structure in outdoor atrium, lit by security lights

“Town & Country” supermarket neon signage at night reflected in wet parking lot pavement below.

End of low height wall with chain dangling from top to pavement below, concrete stairs in shadow beyond, scene illuminated by unseen security light to the right

Streetscape with driveway approach running from upper left to lower right, arrow pointing to lower right of frame painted on asphalt surface

Chlorophyll prints - nature expresses itself - AlternativePhotography.com

Just learned that this process is a thing. Really interesting! Also a link to review of a photo book using process:

The Enigma of Belonging | Conscientious Photography Magazine