In Venice, California - though this painted door reminds me strongly of the back streets of Cambridge, England: a very ordinary brick house (not exactly typical of its neighborhood) that's been immeasurably cheered up by its art work.
Here's another 'support cat' for your collection. I've done a couple of failed rounds of IVF this summer, and just in the last couple of months an old stray cat with raggedy ear has come into our lives. He started off just demanding food and then buggering off as soon as he had eaten, but gradually, he has moved in and is as affectionate as anything. He has been a great distraction from our woes!
This blog began as Facebook notes - a challenge to myself to take, post, and write about a photograph a day. In turn, this grew out of a research project on "Writing and Photography" - that morphed into "Flash! Photography, Writing, and Surprising Illumination." I found that I preferred taking photographs and writing about them in this short and experimental form to researching the topic. The writing functions in part as an experiment in autobiography, drawing on the relationship between photography, memory, and association. But it's also linked to pedagogy: in the spring of 2009, I taught an undergraduate course on "Writing and Photography" that determined, from time to time, the direction taken by the entries. Over time - FTBL is now on its ninth year - it's turned into an art project: when I've (I hope!) photographed and written daily for ten years, I'm going to write about and analyze the whole experience.
I'm so sorry to hear about your mum dying.
ReplyDeleteHere's another 'support cat' for your collection. I've done a couple of failed rounds of IVF this summer, and just in the last couple of months an old stray cat with raggedy ear has come into our lives. He started off just demanding food and then buggering off as soon as he had eaten, but gradually, he has moved in and is as affectionate as anything. He has been a great distraction from our woes!
Take care. Chrissie x