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1shot #250-Uptown drillin’
Core sampling on King Street today. This is Waterloo. DW
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1shot #249-some sunny Sunday
“The force that through the green fuse drives the flower…” –Dylan Thomas On King Street uptown, this is Waterloo. DW
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Man of the cloth takin’ it to the streets
An ordained Anglican minister and a photographer walk into a coffee shop… It’s not a joke; rather it was a great way to follow up a crack-of-dawn photo shoot a few blocks away down King Street. Further on my talking-with-strangers … Continue reading
Doctorow talked digital freedom at UW
I first became aware of author/blogger/activist Cory Doctorow in the web comic xkcd some time in the previous decade. What a perfect way to learn about someone. I pulled on that thread which got me started reading (since lapsed) the … Continue reading
Talking with strangers and shooting film
One of the most interesting ways I meet people is “friend referrals” out of the blue. That’s how I recently met teacher/photographer/furniture maker/synth hardware designer Matt Borland (above). My friend Rob Gorbet who chairs the Department of Knowledge Integration at … Continue reading
1shot #248-three D
First game of the season. On Father David Bauer Drive, this is Waterloo. DW
Eisenstein meets Hitchcock at the Rec Complex
Having watched far too many movies, I couldn’t help thinking of Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin crossed with Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds when I saw this scene on Saturday morning. But these are not the Odessa Steps… but rather the back … Continue reading
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Laurier Library LIFT Launch
Alliteration win! And cultural win for us all as the Laurier Library backing on to Albert Street lights up some micro-gallery space amid the stacks in cooperation with the Robert Langen Art Gallery: the LIFT Series. This is said to … Continue reading
1shot #247-some days all you see is the fence…
Heading for coffee with Cathy Farwell last week, I spotted these chairs and pots looking like a domestic echo of chrome and vinyl from my childhood. On Dupont, this is Waterloo. DW
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Seth says: do the work you want to do
My good friend Jon Johnson of Bearface Design organized a Monday movie series at The Princess themed around design. Last week, he arranged to show the biographical documentary “Seth’s Dominion”. The eponymous Seth (above) is an extremely talented and thoughtful … Continue reading
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