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a bryologist

August 10, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

As a bryologist and storyteller observed in her poetic meditation on moss, “finding the words is another step in learning to see.” Losing the words, then, is ceasing to see […]

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dual power

August 10, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

“Words belong to each other.” “In each word, all words,” the author writes as he considers the dual power of language to conceal and to reveal. But because language is […]

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Pelican run: leader

August 9, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

Piston strokes, in peaceful followship, Goading the leader to move over, not Perturbed by wind or storm, just joining The herd for the sublime ride, the graceful Pelican run. [2293] […]

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Pelican run: silent

August 8, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

Uncontested pilots of uncharted flight paths In silent murmur telegraphing their Destination, rudderless but purposeful Gliding on quiet energy and micro- [2292] .

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Pelican run: tune

August 6, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

In formation but free, in groupings but Singleminded, shifting to the tune of Gales, regrouping to the sound of Unseen calls, stolid and somber [2291] .

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Pelican run: cue

August 5, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

Moving on purpose, wings barely flapping Bodies floating on cushions of thermals Layers of direction exchanging the lead Alternatively, on an invisible cue, unhurried [2290] .

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photography: dramatically

August 4, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

Photography, like print media and music, is certainly at a turning point, as the current art market most dramatically shows. Whatever upheavals it has witnessed, photography has endured. It continues […]

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photography: mediocre

August 3, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

One sometimes wonders what the future holds for reportage in the age of citizen journalism, in which a single dramatic image can be captured on a bystander’s mobile phone camera […]

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photography: techno-amateur

August 2, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

The coming of the cheap, relatively complex digital camera and the smartphone means we are living in the age of the techno-amateur. This has undoubtedly changed the world of photography […]

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1 August, 2021 20:48

August 1, 2021by tkouloum Leave a comment

2286. photography: reportage Make of that what you will, but the fact remains that the most expensive landscape photograph in the world right now is of a scene that never […]

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