Human beings love boxes. We like to be sure everything and everyone fits inside little boxes we build for them. That way we know if the box is too fat, too thin, too dirty, too foreign, too white, too tall, too skinny, too loud, too quiet, too irresponsible, or too anal. George Carlin made millions … Continue reading Mike Paton / Interview with a Hobo →

Mike Paton Close your eyes. Imagine a train.  Which childhood image do you see? Musicals where fancy 1800’s travelers are saying goodbye on platform steps. Beautiful ladies with parasols wave to their beaus as the steam engine pulls out of the station.  Maybe you imagine a midnight boarding of two lovers dressed in enemy uniforms … Continue reading Spanger Things with Mike Paton →

Are they photographs or pictures? Maybe they're images? What should we call them now? Prints? I did a quick Google search to find out when the first camera was invented. (This is by no means actual research.) Google came up with 1685 which is weird because if you do a search for when the first … Continue reading Photographs (part 1) →

I have come face to face with myself during this pandemic, as I'm sure many of you have, as well. So many things have happened during a time when nothing was going on. Politics, for one. That was enough to keep a person busy everyday if you went down the rabbit hole. I tried very … Continue reading Understanding Limitations →

Some days I am terrified. Other days I'm indifferent. There are even days I wake up and don’t think about it until it’s brought up. Because of the nature of one of my jobs, I may be asked to expose myself willingly to COVID-19 knowing full well that where I'm going, the people are positive. In … Continue reading Perception – COVID-19 Are You Scared Or What!?!? →