Stacy J. Platt

less talk, more looking

the manner i've been looking, lately.  and what i've been looking at. birdholes, chattanooga, tennessee century plant, backyard, savannah, georgia the house next door used to be a strip

the philosopher and the trickster: daido moriyama and nobuyoshi araki

moriyama's photographs consistently evoke dark, struggling identity-in-the-making. they are grainy, full of contrast, and seem to be about the eternal underside of things. araki's photos, in contrast, seem to be puerile, joyous reaction against such moribund thoughts, and there is a playfulness evid

stray thoughts, more words

the quote i read that sucker punched me this week: I pursue no objectives, no system, no tendency; I have no program, no style, no direction.  I have no time for specialized concerns,