November 20, 2003
theme thursday: "EGO"
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all right, all right.
so photographically i have not been producing real works of art lately. it's all been about interpretation and about making the deadline (and not just the deadline for theme thursdays and photofridays).
i am lame. i am submitting a photo i took, not for this occasion, but for/of some members of my family. (and yes, this IS them being normal.)
but...
since this week's topic WAS my suggestion in the first place, i felt obligated to at least put SOMETHING up that fit the theme, even if it doesn't have masterpiece written all over it. after all, a little humbling now and then is good for my ego, eh?
speaking of masterpieces...i guess you can look at it either way.
not too long ago i took my camera to the shedd aquarium/oceanarium in chicago and was clicking away at the wonders INside the tanks. i was there on a crowded day and was starting to get frustrated at the people underfoot and obscuring shots. all the sudden, it hit me upside the head -- JUST like a beluga whale smacking into a minnow -- this thought:
how about that. revelation. ding-ding-ding!
the rest of the day it was all i could do to pull my eyes (and camera) away from the oxygen-breathing bipeds.
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