Tag Archives: photography

Works in Progress January 2011

What we are working on in my classroom: We are looking at Andy Goldsworthy and studying natural sculpture ideas. We washed the rocks and put them on the towel to dry and then just left them out with some other … Continue reading

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River of Dreams #23: Photography and Skipping Rocks

Chapter 11 Down By the Stream on Sunday Afternoon   Maddie and Essie walked down to the store to get film for the camera, and then realized that it didn’t matter if the camera had film or not. But, finally, … Continue reading

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2 Unintentional Installations and Amazing Summer Skies

This I call Wind Organ and Wire. and this one, “Ub!” This one I call Sky with Cloud, Church, and Moon. Today I walked without my camera and saw an even more amazing sky, layered with the glowing edges of … Continue reading

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What Light Was Doing In My Neighborhood Around Noon

Today I went looking for light and found it making a spectrum of amazing colorsI found a swarm of bees as well. And, shadow was there too hanging about the edges and underneaths and laying around on the ground next … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts from an Unemployed Mind

Late in the spring, one of my students set up this scene depicting his interpretation of Lummi Island. I appreciated it because I used to live there.  As I was going through the photos on my camera I found this … Continue reading

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