My, that's a fine child you have there". Mother: "Oh, that's nothing. You should see his photograph"
And
Both monocle and camera tend to turn people into things, and the photograph extends and multiplies the human image to the proportions of mass-produced machinery".
From Understanding Media.
The camera inside us perhaps makes our own reality.
When my ex-wife and I got married (2015) we spend a good bit on photos for the wedding and even a fancy album. It wasn't a large wedding but we were together for just over 10 years at the time so we wanted to save the memory forever.
We would get it out and go through it on our anniversary each year.
Fast forward to now and were 3 years post divorce. She has that album now, I have some photos in a cabinet in the basement and a folder on my computer with all the photos of us in so I don't have to see them.
Thank you so much for your perspective. I don't like it when good people go through hardships, but it feels good knowing there is a meaningful lesson in most things. Through experience, wisdom. Most definitely for the CEO of the Free and Open Internet.
I will join you in raising a glass to the camera! I have some very early childhood memories that are still crisp and accessible and I've always credited the camera for this.
I think Laurien said it best last Thursday: These musings of yours help us access and recall so many latent memories. I've actually felt the same sort of gratitude to cameras as I have to your posts, the overlap is funny to think about now. Maybe you are the camera, as you say, and maybe that realization can be frustrating. I'm often frustrated when I see myself in others because I see my faults first and my talents last.
When I was little my parents (my dad most often) would make home videos of us doing mundane things. Reading books, singing songs, playing nerf basketball with the suction cup hoop that would be stuck to the front of the TV. They would make these videos, then we would watch them with some regularity. I found that I always liked seeing these memories replayed. I was reminded of other things in the memory, things that the camera missed but that MY camera caught...and filed away haphazardly in a place I'd likely not find again. Sometimes the outside camera shows me just enough to spark my own memories, and when I'm reminded, I can pull them out and vividly relive them, preserved with remarkable clarity despite the time and the wear and tear I've no doubt put on the memory banks.
I really appreciate your unique perspective, because it helps me keep my own alive. You remind me of so many treasures I've got stored away in my memory trunk, and I'm grateful for your skill at noticing, observing, aiming, capturing, recording, documenting, developing, framing, presenting...all with an unforgettable artistic flair! Thank you.
I think what we are both raising our glasses to is to life itself. More specifically, humanity's role in it. The camera captures anything really, but what is our camera without relationships. You cannot escape your relationship to yourself, as it is the reflection of your thoughts. It is wild to imagine life without a camera...and it's crazy realizing it absolutely does not need to exist. But it does. So that is sweet, and it captures so much of what we live for.
The feeling's mutual, please please keep capturing (I know I don't really have to ask because you've got it covered).
Marshall McLuhan on cameras:
My, that's a fine child you have there". Mother: "Oh, that's nothing. You should see his photograph"
And
Both monocle and camera tend to turn people into things, and the photograph extends and multiplies the human image to the proportions of mass-produced machinery".
From Understanding Media.
The camera inside us perhaps makes our own reality.
It is the piece within the psyche which projects the psyche. What is a mind without projection? I wouldn't know!
I love that you brought MM into my life. I need to do a deep dive on him. He's covered all the essentials.
When my ex-wife and I got married (2015) we spend a good bit on photos for the wedding and even a fancy album. It wasn't a large wedding but we were together for just over 10 years at the time so we wanted to save the memory forever.
We would get it out and go through it on our anniversary each year.
Fast forward to now and were 3 years post divorce. She has that album now, I have some photos in a cabinet in the basement and a folder on my computer with all the photos of us in so I don't have to see them.
Thanks for these MKU
Thank you so much for your perspective. I don't like it when good people go through hardships, but it feels good knowing there is a meaningful lesson in most things. Through experience, wisdom. Most definitely for the CEO of the Free and Open Internet.
I will join you in raising a glass to the camera! I have some very early childhood memories that are still crisp and accessible and I've always credited the camera for this.
I think Laurien said it best last Thursday: These musings of yours help us access and recall so many latent memories. I've actually felt the same sort of gratitude to cameras as I have to your posts, the overlap is funny to think about now. Maybe you are the camera, as you say, and maybe that realization can be frustrating. I'm often frustrated when I see myself in others because I see my faults first and my talents last.
When I was little my parents (my dad most often) would make home videos of us doing mundane things. Reading books, singing songs, playing nerf basketball with the suction cup hoop that would be stuck to the front of the TV. They would make these videos, then we would watch them with some regularity. I found that I always liked seeing these memories replayed. I was reminded of other things in the memory, things that the camera missed but that MY camera caught...and filed away haphazardly in a place I'd likely not find again. Sometimes the outside camera shows me just enough to spark my own memories, and when I'm reminded, I can pull them out and vividly relive them, preserved with remarkable clarity despite the time and the wear and tear I've no doubt put on the memory banks.
I really appreciate your unique perspective, because it helps me keep my own alive. You remind me of so many treasures I've got stored away in my memory trunk, and I'm grateful for your skill at noticing, observing, aiming, capturing, recording, documenting, developing, framing, presenting...all with an unforgettable artistic flair! Thank you.
I think what we are both raising our glasses to is to life itself. More specifically, humanity's role in it. The camera captures anything really, but what is our camera without relationships. You cannot escape your relationship to yourself, as it is the reflection of your thoughts. It is wild to imagine life without a camera...and it's crazy realizing it absolutely does not need to exist. But it does. So that is sweet, and it captures so much of what we live for.
The feeling's mutual, please please keep capturing (I know I don't really have to ask because you've got it covered).