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"Other people are no more a part of your larger problem than a broken taillight, and the reason for this is firstly because nobody cares enough to really come after you, but mostly it's because there is no larger problem. That kind of simplification is usually laziness, or exhaustion: The fact remains that all we ever really have are small problems that add up to the unmovable mountain." - Jacob

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(You can tell that it's classy because there is a false reflection of the bird in the background.)Featuring these hit singles: Birds of a FeatherWings That SingBirds and the BeesShake Your Tail FeathersFlying HighFeather EliseWild Winged WonderAnd the unforgettable classic,I Tawt I Taw a Puddy TatN.B. I am not making this up.

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ON LIFE: "I tend to be pretty laid back and take every day as it comes." "I'm very laid back and easy-going , and very lighthearted about life in general." “In general, I'm a pretty easy-going , laid back kind of guy who loves to live life to the fullest.” "I'm pretty laid back and easygoing, but definitely know how to have a good time." "I'm pretty laid back, but like having a good time.

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These concert photographs were taken for my school newspaper, but were not published due to a rather silly series of events.Jill Sobule, the opening act (she was really quite adorable):Fountains of Wayne, the main act:Other photographs that I've taken recently: I thought that this was just me being pretentiously artsy, but other people seemed to like it. This was published.Shh, don't tell

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I would like to post some photographs from the latter part of this summer, but I'm too busy/lazy/unsatisfied with Photoshop Elements to edit them at the moment. As a result, I will simply put up the inferior JPEG versions that were imported into iPhoto, and worry about it later.These are basically just the photos that caught my eye when I decided to create this post 5 minutes ago. More to come,

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Dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, dum, duuuuuuumThat little melody, whether in the brassy tones of a trumpet section or the velvety syncopations of a jazz ensemble, has been a staple in my life since childhood. When I was younger, I would hear it emanating from my mother's car radio, followed by crisp and to-the-point voices announcing current events, or the melodic elegance of classical music. As I

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I sometimes feel that the ability to think is no less important in my life than the ability to breathe. It is my greatest asset and my greatest obstacle, the thing that sustains me while simultaneously destroying me. It allows me to rethink the past and imagine the future, but it can just as easily contort them both in the worst way possible.I get a thrill from complex thought unlike any other;

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Goat: 1Obnoxious Journalist: 0

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- My current list of interests (in no particular order):PhotographyFilmmakingPsychologyJournalismFrench/Comparative LiteratureI am doing my best to stop being a dilettante in at least one of these fields.- I am pretty much in agreement with the Progressives, (click here for more information!), although I am still researching.- Please read Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family! It is an

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As I grow older, I am increasingly fascinated by the changes brought upon by age. All humans are bound by the limits of mortality, but it is the experiences of our lifetimes that differentiate us.Photographs are capable of capturing the ethereal even as they record the banal. With a click of the shutter, one may freeze forever the essence of a single moment in time, perhaps revealing things that

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Name: AnonymousAge: 61, almost 62Job: CarpenterLocation: Lower East Side1. Is there something in your past that you would like to have in your present/future OR would you change anything from your past?Yeah, I would like that I didn't get hit in Vietnam. I'm a Vietnam veteran. I only look back on two things in my life. One, I didn't go with the garbage men. The sanitation. But I have a trade, I'm

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After hours and hours of racking my brain for ideas, I stumbled upon this rally in Union Square, and ended up using it as the subject for my narrative video. The sound is pretty terrible, but I feel as if the final result came out alright.I've begun to realize that everything I do seems to be more journalistic than strictly "artistic," and this is making me rather confused. In fact, I have kind

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Name: BernadetteAge: 40-somethingJob: Actor, singer, full-time momLocation: Upper West Side1. Is there something in your past that you would like to have in your present/future OR would you change anything from your past?I think one of the things I really miss is people in my life who have passed away, I would want them to be here in the present, and the future too, share life and share

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Name: Peter LobdellAge: 63, almost 64Job: straight job: teaching acting and playwriting at Amherst College; real work: actor, performer, writer, director in professional theaterLocation: Morningside Heights1. Is there something in your past that you would like to have in your present/future?Well, that's very difficult I've got what I've been doing for the last 35 years, and I'm going to do it

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Name: BrianAge: 55Job: Formerly a mechanic in Richmond, Virginia; now unemployedLocation: Greenwich Village1. Is there something in your past that you would like to have in your present/future?Oh yeah, there's a lot of things I would change. Heh, a whole lot. I would love to be young again.2. What is currently the most important thing in your life?Staying alive; surviving.3. How do you imagine

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Name: KeniAge: 40-somethingJob: Spiritual comedian, lyricistLocation: Upper West Side1. Is there something in your past that you would like to have in your present/future? I would continue taking piano lessons instead of stopping when I was a kid, so that now I would be an excellent pianist.2. What is currently the most important thing in your life? Spirit.3. How do you imagine your future?

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I am finding that I love, love, LOVE this project. At the moment I have responses from people ranging in age from 12 to 72, and it is fascinating to see the similarities and differences in peoples' values. People are responding quite well to my sign, although I imagine that my "data" is a bit skewed towards extroverts (which one must be to reply to such a request as mine).This photograph, taken

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I have decided upon a project, and I am actually quite excited about it. I realized that I've been photographing a lot of elderly people, because I am so fascinated by the stories told by a person's face (particularly when that person has lived a long life). Here is my artist-statement-which-is-not-really-an-artist-statement-but-rather-a-project-proposal (I shall be editing it):After a 2-year

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I think that one of the reasons that I most enjoy portrait photography, and find it to be a challenging and enjoyable experience, is because I tend to fall in love with my subjects a little bit. The choosing of a person to photograph may seem like an arbitrary process, but there is a significance to the people who catch one's eye. I have, however, been interested in attempting to flaunt this bias

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Today in class, we began to print our photographs. It is certainly nice when one's work finally take a physical form, particularly after so much squinting at and fiddling with the images on various screens. This is the first photograph that I printed - it came out rather well on the first try. Nonetheless, as it is an example of my attempts to do something different, I figured that I would

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For this entry, I am going to use an image that is not necessarily a departure from my previous style because it fits with my discussion. I met this man on a street corner, obviously attracted by his beautiful camera. His name is Louis Mendes, and (as I learned when he handed a copy to me), he even had a newspaper article written about him. He wanders around the city with this camera, attracting

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All of a sudden, I have realized that saying that one inhabits "The Big Apple" automatically labels one as a worm (because who else lives inside apples?)I do not like this concept.Every moment in New York inspires me, and every day contains some element of serendipity in the form of a conversation, a smile, a realization, or a variety of other possible events. I've begun to notice patterns

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Yesterday's experience in Chinatown consisted of many hostile glares and, paradoxically, several incidents of warmly amicable behavior in spite of language barriers. It is a thoroughly interesting location to shoot in, albeit a difficult one because of the suspicious attitude of many of its inhabitants towards a person with a camera.Alas, I am in a state of turmoil; for quite a while, I have been

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Mascarpone The ClownI have never understood the fear of clowns that pervades the American culture. Perhaps it is the result of films like "It" and the legacy of John Wayne Gacy, but clowns are often perceived as murderers and perverts in disguise.I, however, appreciate the complicated role of clowns, the combination of joy and clumsy confusion that they represent. With the discovery of this clown

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