Sunday, November 18, 2007
step right up
a little hippie community got wiped out in the waipio valley some years back - a big wave, I think, washed away a lot of lives. Here’s what I found left from one of them.
southbound
on the way to south point, the road seems to lead all the way to the end of everything, but of course, at the actual end there was really more off-roading and a bit of a hike.
altar
is it kohala up at the top of the island, where the big king came from, where his birthplace is a shrine preserved near to a truly ancient heiau where thousands of people were sacrificed over hundreds of years? they were laid down on this rock and it is worn out from their exertions against it. it was a beautiful day, but a chilling sight.
rise and shrine
mauna loa in the background; a shrine clinging to the peak of mauna kea at nearly 14,000 feet in the foreground. one of the most powerful and energized places I’ve ever set foot.
wall of rock
at south point’s green sand beach, this cliff wall seemed to me to be made of bones
mana road
coming off the volcano there’s a small dirt track that they say leads back to waimea town and civilization. when we found this road marker we began to consider turning back. 15 minutes down the road we lost the road and returned to civilization the civilized way.
visionpath
atop mauna kea, a small path leads to a crude heiau atop a separate cone peak. from the shrine, the path leads to the observatories. it’s dual-purpose.
made for walking
at the bottom of waipio canyon, we found this driveway marker. can it be my totem if it’s the only thing on the pole?
tanking
big island - big tank - very textured, very cool
Friday, November 16, 2007
sunflowers
outside of Philo at McGowans - a nice reminder of death’s beckoning finger if you ask me
iron door
at the tandem silos in minden. if you go to minden you will know what i’m talking about. can’t miss’em really.
lounging
florida! what a whacky place.
reflective
the crazy thing is that it really looks like this - the everglades are spooky beautiful if I’ve ever been spooked
chain
at the tire shop on geary, this cheerful chain protects us from rampant miscreantism
haig’s - the front counter
the local amazing all-cuisine spice and tea shoppe. this one earns the extra “pe” in shoppe. all hail Haigs!
stars
planetweavers, on haight. not quite so dizzying in person.
bronze age
haight street domestic bronzes, for the pagan in the family. this might be a big photo but I don’t have the energy to bother about that right now.
java blue
haight street coffeehouse - lookit the pretty lites
vise
some vises you know don’t really mean it. this one does not mess around.
anvil
at the local blacksmith’s shop, a real live anvil. it feels medieval.
the fridgehunter
at the city dump there’s a hillside of discarded monstrosities. watch out for moldy tigers, mr fridge!
guarded
o look honey a guardrail. let’s snap a picher afore that fancyass photoblogger gets all the credit.
damn, too late.
international
casa de fruita, at the defunct vehicular arrangement - this one’s international; we got it blowed up real good and it looks great in the bedroom
portal
at the sutro bath ruins, a tunnel through the bluffs. makes me think crazy thoughts.
mission inn steps
mission inn, riverside ca - the spiral tower steps, climbing them was exhillirating
mission inn railing
riverside ca - the mission inn - an amazing building
shell game
a crabshell in a tidepool. saturation was minimally enhanced but hue is as god and canon made it.
plug
truly among my first few photos, the first day I took the camera out. this one’s a fireplug outside the rincon center. I’ve got it blown up to 20” wide above my couch and it looks great.
the king
one of my first digital photos. this sign is no longer being lit. party on, parking light.
trailblazer
out at castle rock in pt reyes, kim got ahead of the group. i blueified things a little, but honestly this is pretty much how i remember it
tide cairn
found out at point reyes - i can’t start to count the things this one says to me
parkdog
did I just mess things up by posting this again? it was truly a delightful dog…
gardn
the shakespeare garden in golden gate park, at dusk, when eeeevil lurks
handiwork
we went to the asian and this guy was carving a godhead. later he took a break and I snapped this.
escalators
one goes up and one goes down
diamond
bannisters worn lusterous over years of careless gropes and fondles
hallway
transbay terminal - light from down a hallway that no one can use
colors
some construction and tape outside the transbay terminal ... how colorful