iPhoneography

The hand is a fragment of a tiny old Japanese ivory doll/sculpture that belonged to my mother.

“There are not too many fables about man's misuse of sunflower seeds.” ― Richard Brautigan An iPhone photograph of my Instax instant film photo of a sunflower, next to the real sunflower that I photographed.

“He keeps getting older while I'm not paying attention.” ― Maggie Stiefvater An iPhone photo of my eldest brother Lito, along with an Instax instant photos of him, in the same frame = brother x brothe = brother squared

“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough” ― Walt Whitman An iPhone photo of an Instax instant photo of my older brother Rick, and another, older photo, of our mother.

“In perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale. (Forever and ever, brother, hail and farewell.)” ― Catullus An iPhone photograph of my older brother Rick, covering his face to duplicate what he was doing in the tiny Instax instant photo which I had taken of him, earlier.

“Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.” ― Ray Bradbury Trash can in the park adjacent to the bike path in Talent, Oregon.

My heart a hole the size of the sun's eclipse. I push through the dark circle's tattered edge of light. (Diane Glancy)

“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.” ― Terry Pratchett Sculpture in Talent, Oregon.

Van stopped in traffic somewhere in southern Oregon.

At the Harvest Festival Parade, in Talent, Oregon

Mira, sólo hay un medio por matar los monstruos: aceptarlos. (Julio Cortázar) Look, there's only one way to kill monsters: accept them.