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Great place to be:)
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Funny you should say that!
This is a weird weird little group of apartments. I don't even know how to explain. Behind me is a two story section with more apts. When i was a kid the backside of that had a HUGE painted sign saying "bachelor apartments" and everyone used talk about it like all kinds of sex, drugs and rocknroll were going on there. Everyone's parents were always pissed about that place. Now it seems like it's full of older suspicious people. I had to have a VERY polite friendly promo talk with some lady to get to her to let me take these shots. I do look pretty suspicious when i do these. I have to slowly walk holding my phone up and it really freaks people out
In the top right of the top photo you can see a bit of the Naval Weapons Station... that is really cool in that it's wide open space and the sunrise is great here. BUT it adds to the overall creepy vibe
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I think a novel could be in the works ... I was referring more to the sky and beach:)
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It's a pretty neato area. Haha. It has great light and an open vista that's sort of lonesome and mysterious in a sense. I park on the street there and walk down to the beach and it's usually really quiet. Winter mornings are really nice when it's clear.
Have you ever seen Rainbow Bridge? The movie with Jimi Hendrix in it? There's a scene in the beginning of the movie where they are driving down Pacific Coast Hwy and they pass by here just up the road a bit. I tried to find it on youtube but they were all blocked for copyright issues.
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That's a shame ... no, I haven't seen it but it sounds lovely:)
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It's a bit of a rambling mess but a cool time capsule and then the legendary concert. Try listening to Pali Gap or Hey Baby (new rising sun) if you can find an original version actually by Jimi and not just a cover by someone else. There are endless cover versions clogging up youtube
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I have to confess ... there is an energetic aspect to Hendrix that find unappealing. I love rock and roll .... the Doors, the Stones and other circa greats but Hendrix and Dillion too ... they just don't work for me. I do not know what it is.
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That's so funny, when i watch Jimi in concert i see him making mistakes and talking and being shy in front of the mic... he makes funny little jokes and things. Then - i'm a guitar player so it freaks me out completely when he plays - He's so intense it is uncomfortable. There's this beyond the outer limits of skill thing he has. His peers, the bands you mentioned and others would just watch and be speechless. Hmmm, not that it's important really to anyone but us guitar nerds but just be able to control and play a stratocaster through 100 watt Marshall stacks with humming buzzing ground loops, funky failure prone pedals and make music out of it is no small feat. Turning it into a different beast and not playing everything exactly the same every time too. Lol i'm really going off here aren't i?
To do what he did on an instrument would take a sort of confidence and knowing of self that is in a way at odds with the gentle kind person he was and aspired to be more of. This is a topic i absolutely love! Dylan for instance had the very same bravado and sureness of self, looks different but it's there in the lyrics.
I don't want to be an ass here and promote or make anyone wrong for music.
I just had a thought. None of my girlfriends or women i know liked him very much. I forgot about that. I wonder what that is?
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Okay so you didnt get much on this. But... um... 4.50 and rising for a touch of country life??? Surely its because it has a little story??? Stop saying yiu hate writing @rossfletcher and just do it. Or stop moaning. People love a story. X
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I got 2 cents vote from other people on this. The country life one i used a bid bot. True it is getting a few more votes, about 10 cents maybe 20 cents. Every post i put up i've used my vote on and bid bots. It's not the pure and organic approach to this site. I spent more than $2000. for about roughly 300 steem. It was a very bad time to invest. I didn't know any better at the time. It was a good thing to do though because it allowed me to have a vote and to support others. I had help with a delegation of about 130 sp so i could get a slider bar. Without this it's very hard to contribute votes to people. Every time i get over 505 sp part of that delegation gets taken back. I'm almost to 505 on my own. I had to find a way to earn that sp to pay that loan (delegation) back so i studied bots intensely because there was nothing coming back to me from "organic votes"I'm pretty good at bid bot voting.
I support everyone who posts surfing and surfcommunity. it's a pretty one sided deal with me voting and getting a few votes back. i'm not saying i insist on vote for vote, i'm not that petty. I am saying that my photo's are the product of my entire life and years and years of intense effort. The one second it takes to look at the photo? Might have taken me years to get that shot and hours of driving and hours of editing. Am i moaning. YES I AM. It sucks to be ignored by photographers, writers AND investors and crypto people here.
The technique of shooting i used in this and others like it i came up with on my own. You can't just stand in front of something and shoot with a dslr or a phone and get this result. You can't crop a shot or even manipulate it photoshop. Everything in the shot is from a front on point of view. From end to end. I'm showing things in a different way than anyone on this platform. It's not a flashy shot of a ancient mountain town in Italy or a grand cathedral or breathtaking waterfall. It's a glimpse of an odd little corner of average beach town anywhere. It's slightly off. I've given explanations of what i'm doing in many posts like this for 4 months now. I find myself explaining and defending myself which makes me feel like shit and is a complete turn off to everyone else. What else can i say? Unlike many creative people who just shove their work in the closet or under the bed i want people to see it. Do i want them to get it? Yes. Do i wish they would like it ? Yes i do... Is it hard to be some sort of tough guy who never complains and just sucks it up and mans up?.......... Yeah it is.
And i'm judging the shit out of myself right now for not being a "man" as defined by this reality.
The idea that images, art and photography have less value than writing or are somehow less interesting than stories is absurd and infuriating.
If i told any artist in their studio or at a gallery or a museum that their work was less valuable without a story attached? I would fully expect to get thrown out if not punched in the face.
Well it appears that i have talked myself into a corner
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You write more in your comments than your posts... !!! If only you could channel some of that writing energy...
Okay ... first of all, steemit ISNT an art gallery. Maybe there should be another blockchain for that. Have you tried using steepshot??? Seems you can throw more tags on there too that come over here when shared.
We often see these images on our phone, scrolling thru on work breaks or late at night. We live in an image laden world and one more image, unless fucking spectacular, just doesnt impact on our eyes the way a big photo.or artwork.in a gallery wpuld, when we are THERE to see artwork specifically.
I love seeing your work and pop over spevifically TO see it. But i have built a steem relationship with you and I love surfing. I wont vote on every one coz i dont always have enough VP but i do try.
It is human nature to love a narrative. You want them to appreciate.your artwork on this platform? Then hold them. Tease them. Tell them what ypu are thinking. Tell them about the process. You had to admit the story one was doing better. Get your rant happening and speak from the heart bout what you were thinking. If you can rant this much in a comment you can do it about your photos. Look at @carlcgnash s wirk with the AI interface. Im not saying its art i would hang in my house but there is a good story that goes along with it..
No amount of moaning will change how people interact with your art on Steemit. You know thats true. You are better off creating positive interactions and dialogues.
Its not about being a tough man... its about being flexible with the clients.. Steemians. Put your energy there.
I cant talk for the bot and cash side of things.. that is just all beyond me right now!!! He he..
I put heart into my 'art' or writing and i get ignored too. But you cant take it personally. Maybe its the wrong time of day or week and i get lost in the feed. Maybe I DID bore people with a post (vanlife does well.. but im running out of vehicles haha.. ) .. maybe they arent interested.. whatever.
Hope you see my response as dialogue not critique xxx
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How do i get 500 followers? How do i get a slider bar? How do you know when is a good time to invest? Xx
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