Archive for April 2020
[MUSIC] The JAMs, “All You Need Is Love”
I’ve rediscovered the KLF after a decade and a half.
Why did I wait so long?
“All You Need Is Love”, indeed.
[PHOTO] Me at 22 (#meat20)
Low-resolution as it is, I think that this photo’s flaws does a great job, if inadvertently, of exposing who I was at that time (September 2002) and in the years before. (I took this photo from my archived personal website, here.
I had only come out to myself in February of that year. That only came out at the end of a long process of very careful development that I did not recognize at the time. Me at 20 was 60 pounds heavier than me as of this picture (30 pounds heavier than I am now). I was hiding, from myself, from others within my carapace of flesh, to an extent that I was literally not capable of understanding.
There are certainly things that I wish I had done better; hindsight exists. Still: That me at 20 did as good a job as he could of surviving, and deserves credit for that. Me at 40 would not have existed without his efforts. I’m grateful for how I survived me at 20; I’m grateful to have been able to become me at 40.
[PHOTO] Two photos of St. Nicholas of Bari Catholic Church
St. Nicholas of Bari Catholic Church, at 1277 St. Clair Avenue West in the heart of Corso Italia, is a bit of an unusual church, built to fit into the streetscape of this traditionally Italian-Canadian neighbourhood. Still, the stained glass windows stand out, even from across the street at twilight.
[PHOTO] “Jesus Saves”, take 2
This is the second time that I have taken a photo of the “Jesus Saves” sign at Faith Impact Ministries on 1780 St. Clair Avenue West; the first take is here. The starkness, of the sign as much as the message, is eye-catching. What, I wonder, will it look like come lush warm green summer?
[PHOTO] Easter display, Wyndham at Brock, Little Portugal
Technology issues meant that I could take photos of this energetic Easter holiday display, all pastels, only on Easter Monday.
[PHOTO] Glitched out
Going through my photo archives on one of my devices, I found this image. I think photos produced by failure can be eye-catching. You?
