Anticipation II

 

Wait...

Wait for it...

Bull's eye!

The Oddest Place For A Clock

Res ipsa loquitur.

It was keeping accurate time though.  Maybe it's there so delivery drivers can tell at a glance exactly how many minutes it took them to arrive with the food?

"Don't quibble with me, sir!  Your advert clearly states 'Thirty minutes or less -- or it's free'!"

There Was A Beautiful Moth

sitting on the men's room mirror in the building the local McDonald's shares with other shops.  It was so large and pretty that at first I actually took it for a paper cutout rather than a real insect.  The place was empty at the time I spotted it, so I took out my phone and got ready to photograph it.  Just as I was ready to shoot a couple of guys walked in, and even though I was careful to make a show of pointing away from their direction, they still kept glancing back at me suspiciously.  I guess I can't blame them.

Horror Movie Moon

My contradictory feelings for the unreachable, uncaring Moon.

Beautiful, frightening Moon.

Ladybug By The Elevator

Cute little creature, balancing between light and dark, half in and half out, reminded me of a recent post, linked below.

Related post:  A Metaphorical Self-Portrait

The Second Of Two Random Subway Rides In Two Days

brought me to this whimsical piece of outdoor art.  To think I just passed it by the first time, and only noticed it when I went back to check on something else (for once my OCD worked in my favor)!

One More Random Subway Ride

And I was rewarded with this sight of a cute but also kind of pathetic-looking little old pooch.  How Much Is That Doggie In The Doorway?  Arf Arf!* 

*Patti Page's hit song from -- well, a little before my time:  "Doggie in the window"

This Reminded Me So Much

of those old time cartoons on TV where a tunnel entrance is painted on a wall, then a car or character comes speeding along and goes right through, but when another character tries the same thing they crash against the wall and end up flat.

Another One For The "Odd" Category

Or maybe the "serendipitous" category?

Now For Some REALLY Old Art

An attempt at creating "characters", from back when I was just starting out as an art student.  Probably from my first or second year at USC.

Evanescent

As I finish uploading this image now, it's 6:37 PM in Korea.  It was captured an hour and 12 minutes ago today, at 5:25 PM.  By now there shouldn't be any trace of that wisp of aerial mist having ever existed.  Below it, the giant apartment complex is less fleeting -- the buildings will last for generations -- but even so they are crumbling away all the same;  just more slowly.

Related post:  Sand Mandala

Reminiscing

Another moon shot from my L.A. days.

A - E - I - O - U

Maybe someone will correct me, but I just realized that "b_g"

is the only word that can be formed with all the vowel letters of the English alphabet.  How did I not see this before?

Well, I've got a big bag or two, and I've had to deal with bugs invading my space, but I've never had to beg someone for forgiveness, nor been stuck in a bog.  Maybe that's why.

Self-Reference

The moment I laid eyes on this image

I was reminded of a similar but unrelated image I posted some time ago, here.  Or perhaps not so unrelated?  After all, nothing exists in a pristine, totally independent state;  everything that exists, exists as itself only insofar as it is distinguishable from other things -- but distinction requires comparability, which is a form of inter-dependence.

Light fixture, and dandelion seeds.  Cave wall painting of a successful hunt, then a successful hunt outside the cave.

Conclusion:  two different things that resemble each other are necessarily related.

And Today's Iridescence

Related post:  Today's Iridescence 

Another Somewhat Disorienting Staircase

 

It looks as if you could turn the whole setup upside down and it'll be unaffected.

The Secret Language Of The Earth (Pt. 20)

The earth whispers in a mysterious, unknown language of signs, but this time I may actually be on the verge of decoding this message.

Hallowe'en 2024

 

Just some of the shots I took while crawling around the HongDae neighborhood on All Saints' Day.

And lastly...

HEY, WODDAYAGONNA DO...

As I Walked Out Of The Bank

 

A floating leaf(?!)

No

An Evening Spent Wandering About The Hills Above Seoul

It's obvious why this neighborhood is popular with photobugs, tourists and TV crews alike.

Normally I don't like people intruding into the frame, but with this particular shot I'm glad this couple did.

The weird thing is, at the time I took this shot I was so rapt on the funny faces at either end that I wasn't even aware of the mirror!