The Nation's Most Military-Friendly State

Billboard for North Carolina: The Nation's Most Military-Friendly State

Action, Principle & Integrity

Maybe I'm the only one who finds this funny, but how can it be anything but amusing to have a figure with an Uzi in hand labeled as "a man of action, principle & integrity"? He actually has an Uzi in each hand, I just couldn't scan the whole page. So he's double fisting semi-automatic (or are they fully-automatic?) weapons. I understand he's playing a character, but still the irony isn't lost on me. Of course Fox News would probably laud those characteristics upon an actual machine gun wielding person as long as they're symbolizing American Pride. Anyway, I like Chuck too. Or maybe not.

The Dividers (Extended Trailer)

In early March, over a period of several days and many sleepless nights, we shot a short film entitled The Dividers. Here is an extended trailer of the film, which will hopefully be edited sometime this summer. The film was produced by Courtney Chappell, Lauren Whitley and myself and was shot in Asheville, NC.

Asheville Buildings

Daguerre

While reading Classic Essays on Photography, I came across this amusing quote by Daguerre regarding the creation of the Daguerreotype. In the article, he lays forth the description of his invention and pleads his case for its salience. Near the conclusion of his statement is this befuddling quote,

" This important discovery, capable of innumerable applications, will not only be of great interest to science, but it will also give a new impulse to the arts, and far from damaging those who practice them it will prove a great boon to them. The leisured class will find it a most attractive occupation, and although the result is obtained by chemical means, the little work it entails will greatly please ladies."

So this is the sentiment with which one inventor of photography understood his discovery and "invention" to be defined by. Of course, the context is from the nineteenth century, so the attitude was most likely more prevalent, nonetheless its a simplistic view.

Fallen

Liberty