A Chance of Thunderstorms
August 9, 2013
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I really dislike pithy quotations that attempt to offer inspiration, advice, etc. etc. — but this bit from the film WILD COMBINATION about Arthur Russell has stuck with me for months:
“Not many people allow themselves the full extent of their complexity.”
I can’t remember who said this, but the speaker was referring to Arthur and his willingness to embrace complexity, his desire to avoid categorization & easy answers at any cost. I think this is important to remember.
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the blue hour 
Amen to that…
Great set of images too thanks –
I’m not sure about my own complexity, but if my life gets any more complex I am going to have to step off the planet
I just started following your work Brian, and this is the first “new post” for me. I love your composition on the fifth photo of the flowers. It’s a shot I never would have even thought to take but it works so well.
Might it be that easy answers, lacking the grit required of their harder cousins, feel insufficient and cheap? Like good butterscotch candies versus a twix bar.
Quote about Russell was by British journalist David Toop.
nice set.
Really like the quote and the images. Thanks.