Just remember to look down, all around, and even up into the sky.

Been going though old negatives today.  So many rolls that have been shot over the years.  Light that has inscribed on to bits of celluloid memories.  Sheet after sheet of film of hand developed black and white.  I long to go into the darkroom again.  For now I have to be content to keep on clicking and expanding the medium that I love best.  Photography, by any means necessary.

Necessary

1 a : of an inevitable nature : inescapable b (1) : logically unavoidable (2) : that cannot be denied without contradiction c :determined or produced by the previous condition of things d : compulsory

2 : absolutely needed : required

Continuing on from yesterday, where I turned left where I usually go straight I came across all these beautiful fiberglass animals.  Just waiting for some kiddies to come on by and give them a little bit of attention. The gorilla got smooched, and wanting more. More smooches, more love, more of it all.  It was tucked along side a back street that just went on and on for a few blocks.

I turned left today where I usually go straight.  I wanted to know what lay down the road.  The day was gorgeous, the sun hung high up in the sky.  It was a good day just to wander and let my lens lead the way.  Beauty lies all around us, all one has to do is open your eyes and truly look for it.

This piece appeared in a small show in Urayasu, Japan over the weekend.  It was nice to see it all put together before it is dismantled and sent to friends all over the world.  Thats right, I will take each of the five panels and send it to those creative souls that I know.  It will then only exist in digital images as a complete piece unless I can get all five together at the same time in the same place.  Bon Voyage.

The moon literally stopped in my track as I was walking back from the station tonight.  It was full and ripe in the early winter air.  It hovered just over the danchi I pass by to get back to my home.  I wish I had a longer focal lens rather than my wide little Ricoh, but it will just have to do.  I also caught this hidden sign tucked behind a bush at Kasai Rinkai Station.

This is the lower portion of the same political poster that the Fuji San image came from.  The smile was so wide, so plastic, I just had to snap it.  Also, I just adored this headless mannequin in a store front window in Ichikawa.