Lost Nuts and Found Bolts

"The Twins in Ireland #1" 12" X 17" pen and ink on handmade Abaca 2013 "The Twins in Ireland #2" 12" X 17" pen and ink on handmade Abaca 2013 So We face each other now, Stephen and I not estranged any longer. Does that mean I am free to go on my way -  now that I have reestablished our bond. I can get back to work,  creating, in ways that we might have as two. Ireland whew, I'm at a loss for words, even pictures don't really capture the depth or the beauty.  It's like looking at a picture of the Grand Canyon, I don't think it can ever replace or replicate the experience.  Images are springboards.

Back Porch, 6830 around midnight Another image from scanned 35mm negatives. I like the way making images feels, it seems like then, I have some sort of control. If I was driving I would have left long ago. But the plane leaves on Monday. I am anxious of the unknown. 

Louisville- 70's It's been a few weeks since I've visited.  But,  in a few days  I'll be heading  off to Ireland  with Marilyn.  For a two week residency. Away from the waiting,  towards an understanding of the other.  I see my life spent  waiting for something to happen and when it finally did  I saw it in retrospect.  In retrospect.

Marilyn, Zack and David, Louisville 1976 - Digging a Hole!

Twins - 63 years  ink on handmade cotton abaca paper  17.5" X 23.5" c. 2013 I was aboard the CTA train this morning - in my usual state of drowsiness, heading to work. The recorded announcement blared , warned commuters to be respectful of other riders.  It seems like everything had gotten smaller  or  I had gotten bigger.  I've been practicing writing with my right hand and writing backwards with my left. I can feel my brain adjusting to the new activity. And then I heard someone's twin sister is having a baby, the connection, the bond. 

Jasmyn Leapheart as Diana Ross  Out of one roll, this is the image that sings!  Two rolls lost to bad developer.  Other images well, we shall see.

June 2013  As the fog rolled in. June 2013  I thought of Diane Arbus  when I saw the negative of this one.