got to wake up, look like my name

manu was the last person we filled for the poetry video we're working on. his room was full of some of the purest, most beautiful white light -- might have had something to do with the start white walls. but i really loved a lot of the footage that we collected that day.

in the darkness comes another

this is sully, another person who agreed to let us film their morning routine.

i can hear the earth in orbit

as much as i like making photos and videos, i don't have much patience for editing. that's at least part of the reason that the poem//video project i'm working is taking so long. that said, just last week i made sort of a mental "i will finish this -- and soon" breakthrough. to help motivate myself, i went through some of the stills from the shots casey and i did of the last three people featured.

this would be luc, one of the best, most sincere people i have ever had the pleasure of knowing. (the other two will come over the next couple days.)

nothing left of all my gold

casey, katie and i went out to sauvie island last week to make a video and a few pictures. there's something about an autumn sun, the way it cuts through the atmosphere at just the right angle, that seems to set everything on fire, all honey-hued and burning. but there's also something about the way a camera sees that makes it near impossible to take a picture of all that gold. still, i tried.