Monthly Archives: April 2012

No Beginning and No Ending

Posted on April 22, 2012 by stephenarcher

I am going to try to relate this to you in a way that does not sound con­trived. It’s impos­si­ble. It is con­trived. Con­trived means that it was obvi­ously planned. This, what I am telling you about, was, and yet … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Landscape Photographer

Posted on April 18, 2012 by stephenarcher

Tonight I took an old woman back to the oper­at­ing room because she had a bowel obstruc­tion. Two things here: One: we are built like donuts and our donut hole does not tol­er­ate a twist. Two: she had been to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Smoke and Mirrors

Posted on April 14, 2012 by stephenarcher

What I think I know is smoke Mir­rors are a luxury.

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Watercolors in the Rain

Posted on April 10, 2012 by stephenarcher

I wish for my life to be lived with a sound­track that you would know like Span­ish Bombs by the Clash, or like “water col­ors in the rain” by Al Stew­art and the excru­ci­at­ing unend­ing per­fec­tion of that line and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Oregon via Chicago

Posted on April 7, 2012 by stephenarcher

I went to Chicago and walked and made some pic­tures and let myself do noth­ing too impor­tant for a lit­tle while. I went to the Museum of Con­tem­po­rary Phở­tog­ra­phy at Colum­bia Col­lege to see an exhibit called “Lim­its of Phở­tog­ra­phy”. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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