tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58200364369181564402024-02-07T05:55:27.391-08:00M I K H A I L P H O T O G R A P H YGeorge Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-57522062955043554082010-08-11T17:47:00.000-07:002010-08-11T18:05:47.159-07:00The universe gets tired too.George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-7362911834711753582010-08-08T21:33:00.001-07:002010-08-08T21:46:44.249-07:00Saw him today<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vAFAZCuYFsxM3qJg_hJUPgZvS1R7-Gs83cDlG1DPdsCxLAbF7HMaRZGidv3wEHJRDAjDzslzH-o1BRBt01GvvHw2F1-_TYlephk0RV66qoy1UVSMFwSRHCcirtjoiAIkZAYAPk6w8IV8/s1600/IMG_0693.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vAFAZCuYFsxM3qJg_hJUPgZvS1R7-Gs83cDlG1DPdsCxLAbF7HMaRZGidv3wEHJRDAjDzslzH-o1BRBt01GvvHw2F1-_TYlephk0RV66qoy1UVSMFwSRHCcirtjoiAIkZAYAPk6w8IV8/s320/IMG_0693.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503263744104998690" /></a>Today, on my way home, I noticed a man that I recognized. I was stopped at a light and he was crossing the street. I couldn't recall how I knew him. Seconds later it popped in my head, "I photographed him once." When I got home I searched through thousands of photos and finally came across this shot. <div><br /></div><div>It was senior year of high school and I was stoked that my photo teacher let me borrow a telephoto lens of his. With the new lens I took a walk through the park and found this man with nervous shakes and trembling hands. Instinctively, I shot the scene.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I saw him today crossing the street, he had the same olive green stained shirt and the same shopping cart. It has been 3 years since I've seen him. I wonder what his story is.</div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-86492660376977356302010-08-08T01:28:00.000-07:002010-08-08T01:36:48.075-07:00Basically...<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3b_8fSr1YHs&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3b_8fSr1YHs&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-63887036136090267022010-08-06T20:43:00.001-07:002010-08-06T20:51:22.970-07:00...I met the greatest poet of the modern age <div>And she doesn't need to speak a word.</div><div>She can't rhyme and she has little rhythm.</div><div>In fact, I think she has it down to a classy act,</div><div>The best poetry is sometimes silence.</div><div>If I see you again I hope I can read your body language.</div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-41125716355847431782010-08-05T12:01:00.001-07:002010-08-05T12:11:18.857-07:00Classic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3qU0H-iTy8lQmji57ldg4NefyTg37hL5m6SLItRbP-V_88XpZU2oTCxeU7MP7PfQveyxNcny-y0LyqwpuQFwHRiTAziOcPlEf_LrCsNaWC68lfdYITYBlBdTN6VWgUGBMm50arT5JlGt/s1600/IMG_4263.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3qU0H-iTy8lQmji57ldg4NefyTg37hL5m6SLItRbP-V_88XpZU2oTCxeU7MP7PfQveyxNcny-y0LyqwpuQFwHRiTAziOcPlEf_LrCsNaWC68lfdYITYBlBdTN6VWgUGBMm50arT5JlGt/s320/IMG_4263.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502003158751662082" /></a>It is definitely a classic scene. Grandparents sitting on the couch as their Grandson (me) takes a picture unannounced. I like that this shot catches my grandparents in their natural state. They aren't putting up a front. That is, they aren't smiling for the camera. Rather, they are relaxed and enjoying life as it moves on by.<div><br /></div><div>The faded colors and the soft focus are all purposely done.</div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-77250121440075190152010-07-28T23:50:00.000-07:002010-07-29T00:11:11.616-07:00RhymingI float <div>on a boat<div>on top of a moat</div><div>where I strum my guitar's eight note<div>Where my vocals wail from my throat </div><div>and into a tote </div><div>where I place the songs I wrote</div><div>I devote </div><div>A heaving vote</div><div>Without much time to connote</div><div>The phrases that I denote</div><div>One more rhyme and my head will bloat</div></div></div><div>Like water boiling an oat.</div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-69916960286092788382010-07-28T09:45:00.000-07:002010-07-28T09:48:16.345-07:00Untitled<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My sky is absent now.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">There is nothing but you up there now.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And when it begins to rain your eyes wallow in sorrow.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Then it pours.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And just as I thought the world was over</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Those raindrops fill the ocean shores.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And the sunshine is out and head over</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">If I could, I would wrap you in four giant leaves</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And call you my four-leaf clover.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Because darling you are my luck.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">But still, I feel I am gambling,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">With every living thing</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And when it comes time </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I hope luck is on my side,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Because I don’t know if my ego can let it go</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Because you set me ablaze</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">And I am merely a flame</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">on a match</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Easily lit and easily patched.</span></span></p><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-2817587465969123442010-07-22T21:02:00.001-07:002010-07-22T21:07:28.363-07:00BS<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); "><div>Fuck the rest before me and their crimes, for your love I'll serve their time</div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(48, 48, 48); "><br /></span></div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-35392817582820200252010-07-20T13:32:00.000-07:002010-07-20T13:44:54.236-07:00Smile Big<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZvYkiHnp52DquxpzAsriclAySVRb7gwzjbpGwmrYUpK88-wpkH8dW5xbB5DHlFGck2gpYqZ5kdK_0K7_WV-gDQiV8hUOSXkfI6bBEM8-rwABdkcaB1W4grhjuwMYnfRGgy3jd7xCkwQI/s1600/IMG_4932.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZvYkiHnp52DquxpzAsriclAySVRb7gwzjbpGwmrYUpK88-wpkH8dW5xbB5DHlFGck2gpYqZ5kdK_0K7_WV-gDQiV8hUOSXkfI6bBEM8-rwABdkcaB1W4grhjuwMYnfRGgy3jd7xCkwQI/s320/IMG_4932.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496089125403057826" /></a>She inspires me. Enough said.George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-52463202000367155752010-06-26T13:39:00.000-07:002010-07-06T20:32:27.459-07:00Bubble Man<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYJhMotctpQ_VqCO-bzKkAcF30Z3kNDlrBmOxfo2iKc2wyqMSQ3h63Y5JfhrqHgDocYJL_roIABeqOzAL9tUOC8wjE1ir-tJ4-nUo7eiZHzX0_Y-LQHX_Pe_0PRlU3INe04dcBz4RT9vI/s1600/_MG_1189.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifYJhMotctpQ_VqCO-bzKkAcF30Z3kNDlrBmOxfo2iKc2wyqMSQ3h63Y5JfhrqHgDocYJL_roIABeqOzAL9tUOC8wjE1ir-tJ4-nUo7eiZHzX0_Y-LQHX_Pe_0PRlU3INe04dcBz4RT9vI/s320/_MG_1189.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491001892863565330" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Who am I? This is the big question.</div><div>Bubble man seems to know exactly who he is, but maybe he is just as confused as I am.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-55866630353753619552010-06-07T16:34:00.001-07:002010-06-07T16:34:29.093-07:00Take a Chance<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The Rite of Spring was so obscure as a musical composition that the audience rioted in the streets of Paris. Now it is viewed as one of the most magnificent and influential pieces of music. People need to take chances in their art. Don't be afraid is what I am saying.</span>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-7179300388973581992010-05-19T15:53:00.000-07:002010-05-19T17:01:14.626-07:00Thinking About Thinking<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEY6Wtk7ZwIeuWeRDfN1jSf9t9BtKUaUKbQ99syL8azi1MvIRnQ_t2n8k_jDo7lyv6SD_8lwkFFWd6pqt-6JzMBgtBTIImnIvN1Vdaxqtqds2USmGnwdS4xxBKUeck_TiXSe2DvjK0syn/s1600/IMG_6954.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEY6Wtk7ZwIeuWeRDfN1jSf9t9BtKUaUKbQ99syL8azi1MvIRnQ_t2n8k_jDo7lyv6SD_8lwkFFWd6pqt-6JzMBgtBTIImnIvN1Vdaxqtqds2USmGnwdS4xxBKUeck_TiXSe2DvjK0syn/s320/IMG_6954.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473122822729861778" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">A thought is merely a thing.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So profound in its own way,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We give meaning to things</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Or it can be said we give meaning to thoughts</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lifeless in its own way,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We cling to the meanings of things</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And we try to let go</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But the letting go,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is another meaning and another attachment in itself.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lets be humble.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lets keep it simple.</span></p></span><p></p> <!--EndFragment-->George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-18794735617902681212010-05-17T12:01:00.001-07:002010-07-29T09:15:51.756-07:00Fashion Photography<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38raASlNWIjKLTO9SFHPwDFDU_MEBw848dK2thGySkYrtqW3baHvfJIvd_wAIqppfF9o_syx34LUyTt07N1ilYL1poQsOuDnxKXvMMwJYJuma2m9-pEzMqvg4CdEs2hRYupC52Ad5v2I4/s1600/IMG_4066.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi38raASlNWIjKLTO9SFHPwDFDU_MEBw848dK2thGySkYrtqW3baHvfJIvd_wAIqppfF9o_syx34LUyTt07N1ilYL1poQsOuDnxKXvMMwJYJuma2m9-pEzMqvg4CdEs2hRYupC52Ad5v2I4/s320/IMG_4066.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472322548330657410" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Aestheticism is subjective.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What I consider beautiful others may not. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is beauty all around us but many refuse to see it.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is beauty in a molded face by a plastic surgeon</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And there is beauty in the aged face of life.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is beauty in our intellect</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And there is beauty in our irrationality.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is beauty in life,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And there is beauty in death.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is up to us to find it.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For a moment I digress.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And forget about beauty and I focus my camera.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On a blistering cold evening I walk along the boulevard.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At the corner I see a woman, aged beyond her youthful aura.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Skin tanned as leather.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She blankets herself with a quilted fabric</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That flows in the ocean breeze.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Near is a Dior advertisement telling me what beauty is.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But I refuse!</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This homeless woman stands in front of me</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Stares down the barrel of my lens</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And I will tell you.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This person who is blistered, aged, and blanketed</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Is beauty afar from our common consciousness.</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-66728132455925924362010-05-14T12:08:00.000-07:002010-05-15T20:57:27.474-07:00People<div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Cambria, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', serif; font-size: medium; ">In the city where I can walk freely and aimlessly in to what I call culture,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I find the most amazing people.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I find certain individuals who have the most amazing stories to tell.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Who explain their life as I sit with my mind open.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In a corner cafe' we all sip our caffeinated drinks.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We all set our eyes a gaze as the people go by.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And because of this, my interest in my self-identity grows.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have been living for 20 years now and still have little clue as to who I am.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Maybe that’s just it; the not knowing is the knowing.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">By negating my uncertainty I know who I am.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am a positive charge in a negative world.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And as a burning bush put it once, “I am who I am.”</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So now I ask you.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Can you pick yourself up by your own bootstraps?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is all there.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But my identity is beside the point.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am missing it.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And so is everyone else.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lets take it back for a little and sit in silence.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Not because we are mourning,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But rather, we are waking up.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Silence is bliss and letting go is silence of the mind.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Therefore we must let go.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lets all wake up and realize who we are.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We are all dependent on what we call each other.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Don't you see?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Try to draw the line where your self ends and the rest of the world begins.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is an impossible line to draw.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">With every breath you take, you are dependent on foliage to provide it for you.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Oh but that greenery also depends on soil and that soil depends on the nutrients.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And it all follows a certain cycle.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So what are your vital organs?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The lungs or the trees? </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Maybe it's your brain, or better yet, it's your heart?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In the same way, because we are destroying our environment,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we are destroying ourselves.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So where does the violence begin?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It begins WITHIN.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It begins because we are all confused beings.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We are all blind to the important things.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">We try to cling on to what we feel as real,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">but when lose sight of what is really true.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And that is hard for me to say.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What is true?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But as I said before I am who I am.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And we are who we are.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lets not miss the point this time.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Some say the point is love.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have a hard time believing that.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I heard once that love isn't anything but a lost control.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And now I understand.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I lost my control.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And she just keeps on keeping on.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As if nothing even happened.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">As if the love was never there.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I thought it was part of the eternal</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and that love never faded.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am a sucker and a fool for thinking that I found love.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I fooled myself into thinking that love was the point.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So what is the point?</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I felt like this poem </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of sloppily strung together words </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">would provide me my insight.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I was wrong. I have no idea</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">what the point is.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">But yet I marvel about life,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">my existence, my death,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">my emotions, my thinking,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">my failure, my success,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">my truth, my deception,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">my love, my hate,</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">my attachments, my detachments.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">People, self-identity, love, dependency, violence.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This is being human.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am who I am.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px"><br /></p></span></span><p></p></div></div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-31271072467824172842010-05-13T06:52:00.000-07:002010-05-13T07:11:42.657-07:00Yup<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSeAt4YXjShU5qnB0YgeclzDN2f0rMi3OpCA6c9rkU-EApXYgfFNDWVo2flRIHmfZZq-4wpIUbrDVOos6wTX631CmIn4Dx_tSD6cGGXdNvAHukkyDBSJLNXTbu4wFxVvx8OAuTkAGGDU9/s1600/IMG_6302.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSeAt4YXjShU5qnB0YgeclzDN2f0rMi3OpCA6c9rkU-EApXYgfFNDWVo2flRIHmfZZq-4wpIUbrDVOos6wTX631CmIn4Dx_tSD6cGGXdNvAHukkyDBSJLNXTbu4wFxVvx8OAuTkAGGDU9/s320/IMG_6302.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470757078342683698" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? - Albert Einstein</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-41108698973651861372009-10-29T10:17:00.000-07:002009-10-29T10:25:34.394-07:00Brenda Vongova<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVRYENNDs3naFFuQ-bHPlS6b1h5Hxg3ozaM5qNbgdkbthVGjWTl2gtriOVY1l_xV0Kevayq1gZ3QXsiVGihl5K1-l3KVWS2JrzE2Yf8Wp2aq4MEptJ30roK_1Zv64DAfdJnbD8M0qE4hm/s1600-h/_MG_6365.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVRYENNDs3naFFuQ-bHPlS6b1h5Hxg3ozaM5qNbgdkbthVGjWTl2gtriOVY1l_xV0Kevayq1gZ3QXsiVGihl5K1-l3KVWS2JrzE2Yf8Wp2aq4MEptJ30roK_1Zv64DAfdJnbD8M0qE4hm/s320/_MG_6365.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398072403207756898" /></a>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-2750343323816828622009-10-23T10:32:00.000-07:002009-10-23T10:35:10.365-07:00My new Sister<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK0RIlJ1USTTFgneAfLeAWeB23I5pWseaP124lXGjnyqkx32BeVGrGedjbkXUWwfpz684tiUP9bPIeeU31HPn95mX0aQPr05HB8devnp6DssNUbgQHczUzL3tvUyTyj5t6U6qJVVf5cmc/s1600-h/_MG_9609+14-02-02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjK0RIlJ1USTTFgneAfLeAWeB23I5pWseaP124lXGjnyqkx32BeVGrGedjbkXUWwfpz684tiUP9bPIeeU31HPn95mX0aQPr05HB8devnp6DssNUbgQHczUzL3tvUyTyj5t6U6qJVVf5cmc/s320/_MG_9609+14-02-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395849914840980034" /></a>Yup she is a baby who doesn't mind throwing up that finger.George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-75811476998167057692009-09-12T10:39:00.000-07:002009-09-12T22:38:37.825-07:00This one if for you Noel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-X_cqN7OfGQYmxM0Jc6uPkKI1e1lyI0w96PdalICGW82AWBJqsZOm1gNggmMKGnYhGFLyNxPKunhuqfIVDOdfq_b7ZWn4PHYJGwAxfW_4wtjKshdcRstaq2qIjtmGMI5Sy-CThgRjs4n/s1600-h/IMG_6523.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-X_cqN7OfGQYmxM0Jc6uPkKI1e1lyI0w96PdalICGW82AWBJqsZOm1gNggmMKGnYhGFLyNxPKunhuqfIVDOdfq_b7ZWn4PHYJGwAxfW_4wtjKshdcRstaq2qIjtmGMI5Sy-CThgRjs4n/s320/IMG_6523.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380637104988916898" /></a>I heard a great aphorism yesterday: "when one grows with someone, be it animal, human, or object, they develop similar physical features solely through emotional attachment. I wish I had the opportunity to shoot his wife or dog or husband too.<div><br /></div><div>Oh and the reason why I wrote my friend Noel into the subject is because he recently noticed that I like to shoot old people. He is right, I do; age is facinating.</div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-33401030259019451002009-09-10T15:44:00.002-07:002009-09-10T15:45:13.101-07:00Street performers in Rome.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6q3ZZJJeyBuZiCr43HuHRq7VNX4r59FVMNJDt_KLskwbMlHxVKCxluP9DQlJb5MDPbJvusf9sKIJ299qoLVMZsPAK05jYUKuB8Ur3GY6LNK2xfCY5uPgZLNQofFkNtirPdI-DweYH3U6t/s1600-h/_MG_9286.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6q3ZZJJeyBuZiCr43HuHRq7VNX4r59FVMNJDt_KLskwbMlHxVKCxluP9DQlJb5MDPbJvusf9sKIJ299qoLVMZsPAK05jYUKuB8Ur3GY6LNK2xfCY5uPgZLNQofFkNtirPdI-DweYH3U6t/s320/_MG_9286.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379973539531185394" /></a>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-69856110838371702582009-09-10T15:44:00.001-07:002009-09-10T15:44:41.816-07:00Anti Theft System in Rome.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSK0hT-CcnbHPvCyUBC0q5Zd45jKZLucv8fDGB1P07lIw62a9BxdEcfUzQjFRePLRgY_07_-EFsCy4946NyE5O1gZgSA4iR42DHu6ehNduFSmYwDok2ZFVzSRfyjwmy2x7XpSMJr-LJHE/s1600-h/_MG_9064.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSK0hT-CcnbHPvCyUBC0q5Zd45jKZLucv8fDGB1P07lIw62a9BxdEcfUzQjFRePLRgY_07_-EFsCy4946NyE5O1gZgSA4iR42DHu6ehNduFSmYwDok2ZFVzSRfyjwmy2x7XpSMJr-LJHE/s320/_MG_9064.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379973344082446370" /></a>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-32134414378652049882009-09-10T15:42:00.000-07:002009-09-10T15:43:38.560-07:00TRATTORIA!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W3cNMvxrSZ66iFoCu_nbHUCnVqfWHdVcj1KUaohF4eLbYgxAyo-CCIYTVjsQOM9bP9VEDY0qGSOzo-bZKFkfH6ncrFFujzxr6I90n9Bmu-wtpEeNINJM2uFatMDbbcDsSl4-p-ZP-yK_/s1600-h/_MG_8844.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-W3cNMvxrSZ66iFoCu_nbHUCnVqfWHdVcj1KUaohF4eLbYgxAyo-CCIYTVjsQOM9bP9VEDY0qGSOzo-bZKFkfH6ncrFFujzxr6I90n9Bmu-wtpEeNINJM2uFatMDbbcDsSl4-p-ZP-yK_/s320/_MG_8844.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379972999283772226" /></a>Trattoria! MmmGeorge Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-15801617328622251772009-09-10T15:39:00.000-07:002009-09-10T15:41:15.548-07:00Beautiful Sunlight In Italy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-5fxNrvelaYmFTmBMOr5_UTxQQl5zlB2kOG_5XxQ_IsEi0lne1CKze0P3bRlNH971ECkx0h55glahMoZfLIZv485XnQH47p95324MVn092YEI2nVnIIl2Q_qvf3NtnAy7HWksYRF7sNH/s1600-h/_MG_7611.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-5fxNrvelaYmFTmBMOr5_UTxQQl5zlB2kOG_5XxQ_IsEi0lne1CKze0P3bRlNH971ECkx0h55glahMoZfLIZv485XnQH47p95324MVn092YEI2nVnIIl2Q_qvf3NtnAy7HWksYRF7sNH/s320/_MG_7611.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379972075161164498" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ah, here is one of my recent favorite photos. On my trip to Italy, when I first arrived, I checked into my hotel then began to explore the town. This is one scene that I found. The sunlight was just way to perfect in this shot. Thank you Italy for creating such a beautiful environment for photographers.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-18201216509432494152009-09-10T15:37:00.002-07:002009-09-10T15:41:06.283-07:00Poor Duck<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVa3A9b4Xus6mEaDW0iT59f5QBW0pRYnpaf7HDJa31Ql9QIMgdl5_SAMnKjycTY7o375CrJjNbh6VqZHrMlZ5LK5WbJG3g2Keb2KH4fdIG6rUQCzPeAyJzOzWsZ9dp8mLkXp0WcJL6GLv_/s1600-h/_MG_6544.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVa3A9b4Xus6mEaDW0iT59f5QBW0pRYnpaf7HDJa31Ql9QIMgdl5_SAMnKjycTY7o375CrJjNbh6VqZHrMlZ5LK5WbJG3g2Keb2KH4fdIG6rUQCzPeAyJzOzWsZ9dp8mLkXp0WcJL6GLv_/s320/_MG_6544.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379971777305191938" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Some random girl chasing the poor duck.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-2758420727962029722009-09-10T15:37:00.001-07:002009-09-10T15:40:53.494-07:00Cousins<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXew85EU_wfE10N6kZJwFEzYWbZnkCbFM5YeWTU2i_JI4vqcCnDd2uPzymJDTZedFIgmqCe2FK_6-J0Ufkh5i0K50sI-83HNJU44WpAcV4X7IAcSlEpY2XZZDQbN4c5oVb_Lji4JUGG2BE/s1600-h/_MG_6540.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXew85EU_wfE10N6kZJwFEzYWbZnkCbFM5YeWTU2i_JI4vqcCnDd2uPzymJDTZedFIgmqCe2FK_6-J0Ufkh5i0K50sI-83HNJU44WpAcV4X7IAcSlEpY2XZZDQbN4c5oVb_Lji4JUGG2BE/s320/_MG_6540.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379971606309069538" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here is a photo of two of my cousins flipping upside down in the same lake as the previous photo.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5820036436918156440.post-85040125291300657192009-09-10T09:06:00.000-07:002009-09-10T15:37:08.204-07:00Its been a while.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zXwgApCb-DXISvJEobc8Wfja_ngfnivCZ-AlcLKONS0XS18ByVO4Srw6fbHwF-7RW1LFGFIi8gFawiK64EI5h-66sURQelqnZD0Va-OpEYo0EdRtbV1ahLNshEvsXzf_2m6gLlsgwBny/s1600-h/_MG_6476+-+Version+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zXwgApCb-DXISvJEobc8Wfja_ngfnivCZ-AlcLKONS0XS18ByVO4Srw6fbHwF-7RW1LFGFIi8gFawiK64EI5h-66sURQelqnZD0Va-OpEYo0EdRtbV1ahLNshEvsXzf_2m6gLlsgwBny/s320/_MG_6476+-+Version+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379971383705719554" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This photo is of a lake in Rancho Santa Margarita, a town near my new home. I was impressed with myself when I first reviewed it on my computer, but now, as I post it on the web, I feel like I tried to capture too much in a single photograph. Maybe it's the angle that I shot it at, maybe its because the horizon is in the center of the frame, or maybe its the birds I photoshoped in. But I am still posting it despite my feelings. So I figured that the only two reasons why I enjoy looking at this photograph is because of the bright colors contrasting the dim tonal range of such a naturally bright scene.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <div><br /></div>George Mikhailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00980433713201632520noreply@blogger.com0