Impulse to Action: January 2020

Saturday, January 4, 2020

2020 Diving Deeper Into Photography

This past year I started engaging with photography with more intention, connecting with people and resources at Lillstreet Art Center, Latitude, Filter Photo and Shambhala Chicago - courses, critique groups and digital printers. Much of that has been documented in this blog.

My goal as been to develop a personal practice which includes photography and meditation, which connects mind and body, heart and soul, in ways that are emergent and holistic as well as analytic and reductionist. A personal practice that has daily activities, rituals that feed the hands and eyes, the mind and the body.

I want

community of others similarly engaged
teachings on photography and art making
structure that encourages regularly creating and sharing work

A term that keeps coming up is mastery. Mastery of the technical aspects of photography, creating and displaying images (on-line, on the wall and in books), making a polishing them, even when that means leaving them rough. It's a commitment to time and process (the famous ten thousand hours to world-class performance, or this version of ten thousand experiments).

I am considering a range of projects, from personal ones to some addressing the needs of organizations. Some themes that come to mind:

Queer/LGBT
Buddha dharma
Health/Equity/Wellness
Health IT/Data
Jewish Roots/Antisemitism/Judeophobia

Delight and surprise

Love of the doing

Courses to Start 2020

I'm taking a deeper dive, starting the year with a few simultaneous courses

At the same time, I plan to complete the Shambhala Art sequence of five programs

Rebekah Younger and Miriam Hall - Shambhala Art Part 5: Art in Everyday Life

Friday, January 3, 2020

Influenza Bug

Larry Wolf, Influenza Bug (2020)

"Quidel began operations in 1979 and launched its first products in 1984, as well as the world’s first rapid diagnostic test for Influenza A/B in 1999."
https://www.quidel.com/molecular-diagnostics/testing-influenza

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Louisville Marine Hospital

Larry Wolf, Louisville Marine Hospital (2019)

Kentucky Historical Society
Marker Number: 2569

County: Jefferson
Location: 2214 Northwestern Parkway Louisville

Description: U.S. Marine Hospital Built between 1845 and 1852, during the zenith of steamboat and river commerce, the U.S. Marine Hospital in Louisville served boatmen on the Western waterways. Designed by Robert Mills, one of the first American- born professionally trained architects, it was the prototype for 7 other marine hospitals funded by the U.S. Congress.

U.S. Marine Hospital Major Stephen Harriman Long of The U.S. Topographic Engineers, an explorer, railroad engineer, and inventor, supervised its construction. The hospital is the only surviving example of inland U.S. Marine hospitals. It was Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1997 for its place in maritime and public health history. Dedicated Nov. 19, 2018

Subjects: Civil War | Louisville | National Register of Historic Places | Ohio River

http://www.marinehospital.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Hospital_of_Louisville

Saturday, January 4, 2020

2020 Diving Deeper Into Photography

Courses to Start 2020

Friday, January 3, 2020

Influenza Bug

Thursday, January 2, 2020

Louisville Marine Hospital

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