Trip

October 2010
Lots of sunlight early and late, made photographing a joy.

Back from a trip. Brought the camera and took lots of photos- (see Facebook, too). Passed some quirky things; "Sore Loser Tattoo" , "Alive Again Taxidermy", "Prestige Laundry & Snack Bar" & my favorite, while driving at night-- among huge mountain passes, pitch black, the yellow diamond sign, "Watch for Rocks". Yikes! We did not stay here:

Though we did visit this rock shop: Large ostrich eggs, with the promise of an omelet recipe.



There were no rocks or cafe-- just the sign.









This was the entrance to a cattle ranch:

Wonderful folk art

Though dinosaurs may have roamed the long ago this was the only one I spotted: It was busy eating a manikin and no relation to this cowboy: Who sadly had a hole where his crotch should be.

Which reminds me of the many rest stops en route-


I was sad to return to chaos and stress - the building saga, problems galore. Though I learned my collages are part of a two person exhibit at the Birger Sandzen Gallery in KS!

Will it ever be easy, complete, sane? Still glad to get away and see some beauty, as ever, it is there waiting, resonant, willing, and calm.

Until later.

Andrea Fuhrman c 2010

Fleur d Lisle

October 4, 2010
Visited KS City last weekend- show at the Buttonwood, "Visions of the Flint Hills" benefit for the Kansas Park Trust. My two framed landscape photos are in it shameless promotion:($300. each)- for a great cause!

The Flint Hills are a beautiful place to walk, watch clouds, bees, lizards, see sky, so peaceful.
In KS City I discovered how nice it was to sit on my friend's porch and feel the sun, in a green landscaped neighborhood. I live in a rural downtown town, so my glimpse at "nature" is to see beetles crawling out of the cracks in the sidewalk- that I must fix someday.

Took more super macro photos yesterday:Finished reading Ingrid Betancourt's book called Even Silence Has an End - stirring. She was a political prisoner of FARC in Columbia for 6 plus years. Weirdly (and inappropriately) I have only been hostage of this building rehab for five years.
I'm watching Wild China, a dvd set produced by the BBC of the wildlife, flora and land of China. Huge land- so much variation in climate. Breathtaking gorgeous imagery.

Purchased a lovely lace like dresser for the apt. A small treat for storing things. A concrete wish for being able to actually use the dresser, to have some order. Time to bring up all the old bureaus and put clothing from suitcases into drawers. I do wonder why I have all this stuff?

Something I have been noticing a lot lately is that the Fleur de Lisle keeps coming up as an image. In Home Depot splash back tile; as a flash of something in a film, or on clothing, a finial, etc. As the word "chaos" was a word for me in 2009 while I used photography to shoot my way out of my misery- to DO something productive while I felt so stuck and helpless about myself.
Protection. Heraldic. Boy Scouts. A flower. Purity and Chasity.
Now it's Fleur de Lisle coming up everywhere. (This one's borrowed from Wikipedia).


I was soothed the other day by a song by Alanis Morrisette, "That I would be good". How to hold on to the beauty in everyday?


My work, #2601 is finally on its way to the Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital for the ArtAbility exhibit. I won the photo award for this work.

I will be submitting work to the 27th Annual Five State Photo exhibit in Hays KS. It's being juried by two folks who have been to Photo Fest in Houston which I was told is a good place to have art photography reviewed.





#2601 Andrea Fuhrman c 2009

That all of us would be good.