Sto imparando a parale italiano

And that has really fouled my brain toward my understanding English. I hope to have a grasp of italiano in such a way to have my way with its play of words.

Interesting it is that the least favorite day of the week is Monday. Mondays are more a start of the grind rather than the sip of the coffee. So, how do I change the way I look at Monday when that day of the week is so close to the English word, mundane? I dunno. But…

I am fascinated by words that look so closely aligned and mean something entirely different. Except how we view Monday and mundane. But…

There is value in the mundane. Take last Monday…

I am running experiments in my Denver darkroom to find a liquid developer that might replicate my prized powered developer that, actually, gives signature to my photographs. Why? For the brevity of the brew (coffee reference comeback)… an easy mix of chemistry and water that will save time at my blueheART STUDIOS FILM PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS at Casa Terese in Orvieto, Italia (kenn.bisio.com)

I went to The River, set up my camera, and made seven, exactly the same, exposures of a normal contrast scene. I processed each individual sheet of film in one of six different developer and one in my go-to powdered soup (photog’s vernacular). Precise Proofs will render better results than these scans.

It was a mundane Monday. Rote motions of dilutions and times and temperatures and washing and drying. Seven hours later, when I finished, I had a sense I did something essential. Something important. And then…

I realized that mundane is what I make it. And although I developed film in a strict and controlled environment, I saw myself in the stew of anthropological imponderabilia that is so critical to discovery. And…

I was alive in the commonplace with the realization that nothing changes if nothing changes.

Love to you all.