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Math, Puddles, Around Town at 6 Years Old

04.11.2018 by Peter J. Crowley // Leave a Comment

Math and local Business. A program at the Olympia Public Schools. Students visit five businesses and answer math problems for their grade. Inara goes to OCS a private school but she heard about this and wanted to do the program. The school district gives a reward to all who complete five visits. Mom says lets do 10 since I’ll be giving you the reward. When they dropped me off she had 13 including 3 from me. They went on to other places for more questions. At most Businesses she did a few questions. The child loves to learn.

Math Question at the Port of Olympia. Her process is to hear the question then scooch down and figure it out popping back up with the answer always correct. Saturday morning she came over to play. I was watching The Masters and told Inara that when Tiger Woods does his math on the green he also scooches down.  When I told her about Tigers process her eyes reflected that she either had heard of Tiger or was surprised and pleased someone was named Tiger.

An after school visit March 20th Snap Peas, and Strawberry Milk. “Grandpa move that table over here so I can set my milk on it?” “What?” I say, she responds “please”

Nooks and crannies she slips into small places where her view is unique. Here at the market watching the convener move the Snap Peas along. 

Monday the 8th after a furious 3/4 of an hour of Minecraft we venture out to collect sticks to build a small shelter for her animals outside by my garden. I spy a puddle on the street Mandela we stop picking up sticks  for a photo. At first she says no, I ask her always when I want her to pose. It will be a refection of you in the puddle that’s cool. A couple minutes of shadows and reflections and back to gathering.

 February 8th at school the older kids put on a play Inara and the younger children were the audience. Well as soon as we arrive home a play is written, a set constructed and the story of a waking baby Dragon is performed. 

Silly Rabbit eyes as she finishes her salad at Poppet cool kids clothes, The salad from MeKong  a great Thai eatery here in Olympia. Mekong doesn’t have a salad on the menu but well everybody knows Inara and they now prepare her a salad when she visits. No Dressing. We all laugh when I say to the waitress no dressing in the room you make the salad. The waitress laughs and says “I know.” Just another 6 YO regular. 

Photographic Art 952, posts, 161 pages, 8 Galleries pick a tag or a file below explore 47 years of art.   enjoy pjc

Categories // Abstract, Childhood, Color Fine Art, Olympia Wa., Photographic Art, Silly Tags // Abstraction, Color Fine Art, Great Food, Olympia, Reflections, Spring

Olympia High School Shape and Line

03.18.2018 by Peter J. Crowley // Leave a Comment

Olympia High School

March 10th 2018

Ilford Delta 400 Rodinal 1/25 9.5 mins

All anyone ever photographs is light. The subject merely a vehicle to transform the light into emotion.

Simplicity the hardest concept to grasp.

Not my usual shapes but an excellent subject for an unfamiliar film. 

My eyes and auto focus allow me to shoot film this spring. So this season of new life I wander through documenting it all in B+W. It is new life for me or the revisiting an old life, my favorite time. Just me and the rectangle.     peace pjc

Photographic Art My art on paper for you, books, prints on your walls [prices to fit budget] post cards. That’s today’s advertisement support the arts on paper not pixels.

Categories // Abstract, B+W Fine Art, B+W Silver Gelatin, Film, Olympia Wa., Photographic Art Tags // Abstraction, B+W Fine Art Photography, Olympia, Photographic Art, Silver Gelatin, Simplicity

The Still Image a Threat to the “I” World Marketers

05.06.2017 by Peter J. Crowley // 1 Comment

Speed to distraction for lingering may allow for thought. All your devices that save you time convenient. What do you do with this time? Do you own your cat or does it own you? Do you use your phone or does it use you? Time to feed the cat, to get more apps. to spend time learning to use apps to save you time. The time you spend looking at anything gets shorter and shorter. Add motion to the mix and now to see great art it is animated Picasso paintings. Why to prevent you from pondering seeing beyond the surface. What is it that floats the boat on social media and life? So many platforms to not speak clearly on, be brief, say little or nothing and use a provided cave drawing. On a BBC feature about motion, marketing and greed a trend to fast and brief was studied the findings were shorten the attention span of the people online. Allow only time to spend on an imaginary future on your phone at 10 second or less intervals, longer would allow for memories, emotions, creative thought. Resulting in lower profits. Below a comment on this image says everything without an Emojy. Andrea can still see.

“I have spent so many times with good friends in taverns with tables and chairs similar to the one in your wonderful shot. Remaking the world, remaking the arts, remaking emotions.”

Andrea Katharina http://www.andreahupkedepalacio.com
peace pjc
Dumbed Down
Keeping the child

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