The Narrative Image

Yep, the following retrospective of some of my favorite images and excerpts from the first full year of The Narrative Image pretty much means I didn’t manage to take any new pictures this week. Snow Day – Mt. Tabor Park - January 16, 2007 “But snow days reveal that we like and need each other too. In many cases, just a few hours of freedom from work and the consequential forced isolation in a house or apartment results in the rare release of our inner children. Wide eyed and innocent again, kids of all ages bundle up and join together to play like dogs or otters in what seems to be a pure white blanket of redemption.” Peace Rally & March - South Park Blocks, Downtown Portland - March 18, 2007 Over 10,000 concerned Oregonians marched in the streets of Portland to constructively express their opposition to the war. The following day, conservative media hosts chose to focus on the radical activities of a few black-clad, masked and anonymous anarchists who attempted to impose their a...

Avalanche Lilly Maybe like a horse straining against the starting gate. Maybe like a frail prisoner too long in a too small cell. It slips the grasp of winter first, …blossoms like fireworks …vetoes the long darkness. McNeil Point Shelter (obligatory picture to show I actually made it this time) On the Ridge above McNeil Point strewn across a skewed field Tortured trees caught in a centuries long assault to climb the mountain …because it’s there. On the Ridge above McNeil Point Bent Crippled Stunted As tall as any tree can ever be The View West from McNeil Point Rock as Heat-sink – Unnamed Snowfield near McNeil Point Plant Zombie Aroused by the melt-water torrent reaches up from the grave with a three fingered hand Snowfield Transforming into Tarn Winter’s refugee seeks protection from the Sun’s persecution In the shadow of the mountain there is no asylum granted in July Metamorphosis (Detail) Nature Graphically Perpetuating the Concept of Resurrection I wasn’t paying attention an...