Kennett square — around noon along red clay creek, oil on panel, 9 x 12, 2014 sometime around noon along red clay creek in kennett square, and i was struggling to find something to paint. everything, at least to my e...
Babylon — Heavy through to a sudden lofty dispersion, my spine meeting unfelt space, I buoyed briefly on a remnant pull from above.The final sinews of another world’s gravity snapped clean from me, and my head ...
San josé — There´s one place when the only thing what really matter is be happy, the best place for live and an awesome place to go for vacations. The view of the magnificient Arenal Volcano will change your way...
Livade — It is a route that is alive with possibilities for discovery, such as exploring connected towns, from the spa town of Portorož, to the town of artists at Grožnjan and the ghost town of Završje; foragi...
Dartford — It’s safe to say that Farningham, on the River Darent in Kent, is an old village. The guy on the village sign is Wadard, as he appears in the Bayeux Tapestry (made in the 1070s), along with the capti...
Augusta — I live for these beautiful, ordinary moments. Nestled in my bed are two precious angels: my daughter and son. They are curled up in sunlight and blankets, their golden hair wild on the pillows. Tangl...
Toronto — Meeting people can be tough when you’re new to a big city. Even when you try to be present at every social activities, networking events, workshops, lecture series, conferences, parties…meeting peop...
Sevenoaks — Yes, we did see lots of daffodils when we went on our little trip on Saturday afternoon, but we also saw fields of oil seed rape beginning to come into flower. The smell is quite pungent, and these b...
Tokyo — Once a month a bunch of drawing lovers get together in Tokyo under the title PauseDraw and we draw each other, things and concepts. We try to learn as much as possible while enjoying the fact that we...
Witham — How I broke my hand A short story by gre2g whittle I saw her that day, she was soft and fair and I thought that if she wasn’t carrying that bag then the wind might just blow her away I could see hi...
Nemours — The F1 chain, a national treasure of France. Glowing price signs pull guests from motorways to the friendly comfort of tired workers stacked for the night in identical box rooms. Just what is necessar...
Yamanashi — trovò un villaggio spopolato, adatto ai suoi scopi, tra le montagne della prefettura di Yamanashi. I vecchi, gli unici rimasti, non erano più in grado di lavorare nei campi, e non si trovava nessuno ...
London — It’s all just a little bit of history repeating…
Växjö — Satisfied with the weekend spending time by your side. Indeed the best time is spent with you. Friday night you made the decision joining the party celebrating my submitted exam, a decision being the ...
Austin — My first time at SXSW in Austin, TX - what an interesting experience. Thanks for the memories, Austin.
Gentofte — It’s a superior bucket of bourbon vanilla ice cream when things are gloomy, ultimate dose of Vitamine C on gray winter day, surprising feet into size 2 pencil-dress /for girls… Perhaps some boys wil...
Zanzibar town — It all started with Richard. I walk into the dive center for the first day of the four-day PADI course. At the sight of Richard, dormant desires are jolted awake and I am in trouble. A head of dark b...
Calatagan — The water only came up to our knees, but it was clear and starfish were everywhere. It took us four and a half hours to get to this place (plus an additional half hour or so following a tiny dirt roa...
Calatagan — I knew the resort was called Sunrise Cove but somehow it didn’t register that the place was east-facing. I’d had a late night and didn’t expect to be up until 10am but my bladder had a different idea...
New york — I’d spent months searching the Internet for a job with no luck. All my applications seemed to be sent straight to a digital trash can. There were a few responses, but they were invariably rejections: ...
Tokyo — First time I saw the sakura blossom in Tokyo I was not impressed at all. Is that all? Just flowers? We also have flowers in Spain! I guess I was too young and stupid to understand it. It is not about...
Orchard hills — Thursday 20th June 18:56 Just like every other thursday. The thought trails off in Max’s mind as he looks down at the mountain of paperwork laying in front of him, strewn across all four corners of h...
Hakuba — Up sun, Up lift, Up step, Up mind—Up mountain— Down wind, Down snow, Down slide, Down mind—Down mountain— Closed, limited, dangerous—waterfall, avalanche, rock. Against time— Chasing Hayashi. Clamber...
Benito juárez — Since that moment, i felt in love of taking photos, but then i started to feel like something is missing, something else i must get and then years later i could got my first bridge camera, a Canon, an...
Tokyo — It was on a walk amid the cherry trees that dot Tokyo’s sprawling Toyama Park in Shinjuku, near the prestigious Waseda University, that I first sensed I was being watched. Gazing out at all who appro...
Wasaga beach — Two years ago I spent a few days visiting Georgian Bay, an arm of Lake Huron a few hours north of Toronto. As an Australian who, for the past 35 years, has lived in a beach-side community positioned ...
New york — More to add here. really a lot more.
Puno — When this photo was taken, I could barely stand after suffering from severe altitude sickness after experiencing Puno’s altitude of 3860 meters (12420 feet) the previous day. Had been a miserable wret...
Lisbon — It was cold and windy. The smoke from the strange pan used to cook the chestnuts, filled the street with a sweet scent, in a vain attempt to lure the mass of people walking by with a fast pace throug...
Safranbolu — Bread, fresh-baked in a wood oven, still warm, and only 50 cents. I tell ya, it doesn’t get better than this. Straight from the oven, washed down with piping hot sweet tea. The rings are kinda like ba...
Saskatoon — Craig Mod’s pancake tweets all week. Sunday. A blustery day. A pajama day. Philip Glass’ soundtrack to Godfrey Reggio’s Visitors. Time. My grandmother’s cookbook. Ingredients on hand. Pancakes...
Gig harbor — April 2007, I was two months shy of sixteen. We had four one-way tickets, Tokyo-Seattle. We had found the house on Craigslist where it had been posted by mistake for just one day by the real estate c...
Austin — I forgot to pack my shaving cream and so I grabbed whatever was available at the airport — pulled it off the rack, bought it, stuffed it into my bag without thinking, to be forgotten until the next m...
Sainte-catherine-de-la-jacques-cartier — The Death of Frosty Melted snowman Sticks and stones Ripped up scarf Next to his bones
Westerly — I was looking out to the ocean when I took this photograph. Should I have stood a few more steps off center? Should I have taken the picture with more of an upward angle? Or should I have stepped i...
Mountain view — I’ve lived in Mt. View for the last 8+ years. I’ve always hit the same place for coffee and snacks but it wasn’t until I left FireEye that I started making this place my refuge and the beginning of so...
Kochi — She is well into her 60’s if not more. Paper thin skin and tentative steps. He is about the same age. They asked for a flash light a couple of nights ago to read the menu. This is the largest and nic...
Bangalore — “That’s the fish market.” Our driver points to an empty concrete lot as we drive past. I immediately perk up. Shooting for Wok the Dog is technically complete. After shooting markets around the worl...
San antonio — Sunday morning, the air smells sweet from the mist that left a thin layer of moisture. The local men are debating last night’s left that left the local jeweler filing an insurance claim today. NOT! I...
Quezon city — I was catching up with an old friend a few days ago, and she was talking about the internal struggles she was going through as she was taking major steps toward her new direction in life. I told her,...
Lemery — Home from another weekend of diving. And every single time, whether the dive was perfect or crummy (the ocean is a very fickle mistress), I never find a shortage of reasons to be amazed. The things I’...
Sitges — I remember when I was about to leave for Asia, or for South America, or for Portugal. Each time I left with a backpack that contained a few pieces of clothing, minimal toiletries and something to read...
Qesm al wahat al khargah — Easter Sunday. Arrived yesterday evening in front of the old town of Ibrim on the right bank of the Nile. While Max was shooting images of the fortress from below, I climbed there, slowly on the mount...
Bangalore — The first trip after the completion of the book, I’m supposed to be free from the smelly early morning hours at fish markets. Except, I can’t stay away and I love it still. Piles and piles of fish. ...
Ōme — Un nome piuttosto strano. che Tengo non ricordava di aver mai sentito. Era una piccola stazione di legno; oltre a loro scesero altre quattro o cinque persone, ma sul treno non salì nessuno.La gente an...
Mandaluyong — Feet submerged, Binded to the ocean floor. Wind blowing lightly, in trance with my past, present and future dreams. The stars, the moon, the dark sky, Engulfed in their shadows. Longing that they o...
Tokyo — It’s all so Japanese. Which makes sense, of course, but I still like it, and it still surprises me. I went to a mall, and had a lovely three sentence conversation with a skinny Japanese girl with a lo...
Ponchatoula — On the way in to town and on the way out of town my taste buds have been altered forever. The most delicious flavors are all included; they are all sitting in the palm of my hand. Everything that I ...
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New york — Back Home Again This John Denver song comes back around Like a semi around a cloverleaf intersection This morning, as though circling slowly the potential lives My father might have imagine...
Haerbin — This winter I found myself at the Harbin Ice Festival in northern China, near the border with Russian Siberia. It was a long trip there. I flew over the white vastness of Siberia in winter. For as far...
Cincinnati — My face burns. He’s smiling. Is he an asshole? Is he teasing me? Are those different? “My hands are numb. And I do need help up.” He comes around, 6’3” and silly, a 72% match, a Virgo in a big black t...
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Pasadena — Either California is finally starting to break off the mainland to become its own island, or this is just a really good viral marketing campaign.
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San francisco — It’s 8am, and I alight from the train a little annoyed. Four years in San Francisco and I still get on the wrong BART line. “Ni hao,” a lady approaches, talking to me in rapid Chinese. I tell her that...
Oregon city — Last year, while I finalized edits on The Laws of Average (my soon-to-be-released second collection of short fiction), I found myself tripping over stems and stubs of new pieces that I’m now trying to...
Kingston upon thames — The sun was shining today and the ice-cream van was doing a roaring trade. These boys were so overexcited about getting their ice-cream. Their mum was waiting patiently in the long queue while the bo...
Dartford — This is Eynsford Viaduct, opened in 1862. A bit tatty in places, with patches of more modern brickwork, but still serving its purpose of carrying trains across the Darenth Valley to London and back.
Dartford — I know I’ve put a blossom photo up on Hi before (see ‘Spring blossom’), but this was looking so beautiful this afternoon while we were out enjoying the lovely villages along the Darenth Valley that I ...
London — the way cars almost don’t actually touch the road and how much more strength and force they must be using to scramble up to the surface. but it’s not purpose it’s- must be the jacuzzi kind. uninhaled....
Paris — There’s always a slight air of surreality about the between-trains Paris stopover at holiday’s end. I haven’t a clue what they were doing there. Despite the typically mannered insouciance of Rive Gauc...
Columbus — I take you with me every day. Bottled inside each cell. My mitochondrial love You are fresh watermelon and perfectly roasted espresso and wind chimes and a cool breeze and afternoon naps When you...
Harrison — I’ve been writing ever since grade school. I remember in the first grade, telling short stories about my day. How I jumped over the fence of my school yard in a single bound, then with my next jump I’...
Bangkok — The people I passed became people of the past. Although. I never saw them passing.
Deqen — Deep within the mountains of Yunnan Province, the mighty Yangtze river cuts its way through the snow capped peaks creating one of the deepest and longest river canyons in the world. Somewhere along th...
Liverpool — Just getting prepped for my trip from Liverpool to The Pacific coast of Mexico. Every trip I tell myself “this time I will only take the bare minimum, follow the travel light go fast idea…” But with...
Hexham — To say one thing and to mean another and anyone who listens is asleep and answer with subliminal pupil dilations and with nausea when they wake.
Surbiton — Feeling slight sheepish and embarrassed about blacking out on the train yesterday, but blessed that I have lovely people in my life who care, worry and love me. I’ve also managed to catch up on lots ...
Surbiton — The train carriage was crowded. I managed to find a spot to place my heavy rucksack and a protected area for my gift of two geranium plants from a colleague. I started to feel hot and sweaty. The wea...
Stanmore — Day 15 #100HappyDays: Camellias A visit to my parents for dinner and catch-up. I have slight plant and bulb envy - my Mum’s tulips are much taller than mine (but then they are a different variety so ...
Hong kong — LOOKING out today from our Wan Chai apartment toward Happy Valley, you see a blanket of fog over the hills. They are all over Hong Kong after a squally downburst around noon. It was like seeing the Oa...
Sevenoaks — I help run a kid’s club at my local church on a Friday evening, and this was set out as one of our opening games. It went down very well with two lads in particular, although one said, when he saw it...
Santa fe — She said it was his story and that all I would do is make it my story, and that it didn’t belong to me. She said I would confuse things like I always do, that I would say the wrong things, use the wro...
Chicago — The night before I was supposed to deliver a keynote presentation to 500 creatives in Chicago, I stood in front of the mirror to practice my talk. I talked about IDEO, about Uber, about Mailbox. And i...
Santa barbara — The waves moved in directions generated by the random permutations of nature. Unsynchronized, we moved nowhere.
Sheringham — How will I ever write books if I never encounter the page? Why do I repel the practice? Can my early twenties be salvaged? Quickly before the quarter century locks into position and youth spins indepe...
Krakow — I was looking for a museum in this area and just happened upon this quite street…loved the colors and the style of the door…a peaceful moment, and I just thought it was worth capturing.
Brookline — Girls are dealing with becoming “women” as cramps and boobs appear seemingly out of nowhere; boys are dealing with becoming “men” with their arm-pits stinking, their voices cracking, and their bodies ...
Strongsville — Rewarded with social community ‘swag’ : )
Salt lake city — We finally bought our first home. And the pieces of our life that have been swirling, temporary are falling away like old feathers. This house is taking shape in my heart - I can see the years and day...
Aireys inlet — I am always a little reticent to post yet another sunrise on Hi. After all, there’s only so much one can say about the sun rising again each morning. Also, I’m sure the serious photographers on Hi (...
Oakland — I have always strived to be fully aware of who I am for myself, who I am for those close to me, and who I am for the world. I definitely have a lot more practicing to get there, but I my goal is to b...
Columbus — Behind a stewardess in line at security. She carries no bags, just a paper lunch bag. She anticipates each move even when the line is slow and lazy. She explains that her bags are still on the plane. ...
Columbus — “A negative result is just as important as a positive. We still learned something.” Even when expected, the judgment of the statistician is a death knell for the beloved research. No, not the death kn...
Hong kong — I sat and watched these students dance on a Friday night while waiting for my love. There must have been 50 of them in different groups of costumes. It was refreshing to see on a Friday night with mo...
Bordeaux — Elle ne fait pas l’unanimité. Nombreux sont ceux qui voudraient la voir détruite. Pourtant, elle est un des plus beaux symboles de la rive droite de Bordeaux. Va-t-on la laisser se délabrer encore lon...
Toronto — The last of the Christmas week ice layer is finally melting. Maybe by April it will all be gone. Today there is honest-to-whatever mud. Gooshy squishy ground. But still I don’t dare trust…. It’s be...
Paris — Just captured an older gentleman coming up from the metro subway near Moulin Rouge
San francisco — Actually scored a parking spot right in front of this stellar store window. Did not have time to poke around, so I’ll be back… unless, it was all a dream.
Saskatoon — I realized this week that many of the posts on Hi are of people’s goings to and from places and that most of mine are at home. It’s because my daily commute consists of walking downstairs and down a h...
Bordeaux — Mardi. 14h05. Quai du tram B à l’arrêt « Saint-Nicolas ». Les usagers doivent encore attendre cinq minutes avant l’arrivée de la prochaine rame direction Pessac ou direction Quinconces. C’est juste...
San francisco — A few years ago, I got invited to head up to the top of the Golden Gate Bridge by a friend who worked for the transit district. You start by walking out the bridge to one of the towers, each of which ...
Hexham — I held my hands and they felt fantastic I tasted my tongue Cross-eyed, I examined my eyeball ( with my other one ) I tried to contemplate my own mind but, to my horror, I found it contemplating m...
Hexham — My hand loses it’s grip, and the string falls onto the concrete pavement I remember a colourful mosaic floor of a restaurant in Sardinia and a carved carrot that looks like a flower in Thailand and...
Hexham — I wasted my day again hanging around the market place leaning on the wall pretending to feel bored hoping someone would take me for a fool and offer me a job. Midday, this brown haired man in his ...
Lège-cap-ferret — Des kilomètres séparent Bordeaux de la pointe du Cap Ferret. Un bus fait ce trajet plusieurs fois par jours. 4€ l’aller-retour. Rien du tout. Les passagers doivent juste s’armer de patience. La ligne ...
Highland — Als Autor wirst du oft genug gefragt: “Woher nimmst du eigentlich die ganzen Ideen?”, “Was inspiriert dich?”, “Wer hat dich dazu gebracht?”, “Ist diese Geschichte ein Teil deines Lebens?” Und jedes Ma...
Kentfield — Four and a half hours of sleep is never enough to deal with a trip down memory lane in visiting an old campus, and having nothing but unpleasant memories associated with the place, and learning some s...
Hexham — Those mountains came closer today whilst your pale face browns, and ideas ( concrete or abstract ) all slip around each other open up into themselves curl towards you nonchalantly like a metapho...