Author Archives: billybaba

MAY 24, WEDNESDAY

GETTING OUT OF BED I have often wondered what inner unconscious drive gets me out of bed in the morning. I started wondering about this when I was in college and had a room to myself because my roommate had

MAY 24, WEDNESDAY

GETTING OUT OF BED I have often wondered what inner unconscious drive gets me out of bed in the morning. I started wondering about this when I was in college and had a room to myself because my roommate had

MAY 23, TUESDAY

CONCEPTUAL ART Last night my daughter Susie sent me a link to a segment of the PBS Newshour which she had just seen on You Tube. It was a response by Sarah Sze to the show of her work which

MAY 23, TUESDAY

CONCEPTUAL ART Last night my daughter Susie sent me a link to a segment of the PBS Newshour which she had just seen on You Tube. It was a response by Sarah Sze to the show of her work which

MAY 22, MONDAY

IMPACT OF PHOTOGRAPHS This post was actually written after tomorrow’s post as I try to puzzle out the differences between conceptual photography and realistic photography. But to get ready for tomorrow ‘s post I first want to figure out why

MAY 22, MONDAY

IMPACT OF PHOTOGRAPHS This post was actually written after tomorrow’s post as I try to puzzle out the differences between conceptual photography and realistic photography. But to get ready for tomorrow ‘s post I first want to figure out why

MAY 21, SUNDAY

PERSONAL PASSAGE Whether anything that I have written in the last four days makes sense to you or not, or whether you even got this far along, at this point I was suddenly brought up short because I suddenly realized

MAY 21, SUNDAY

PERSONAL PASSAGE Whether anything that I have written in the last four days makes sense to you or not, or whether you even got this far along, at this point I was suddenly brought up short because I suddenly realized

MAY 20, SATURDAY

LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE ON MAGA VALUES Yesterday I tried to see from a MAGA perspective and was left realizing that their perspective made sense. But of course, from a liberal perspective their perspective doesn’t make any sense at all. From a

MAY 20, SATURDAY

LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE ON MAGA VALUES Yesterday I tried to see from a MAGA perspective and was left realizing that their perspective made sense. But of course, from a liberal perspective their perspective doesn’t make any sense at all. From a

MAY 19, FRIDAY

MAGA ATTITUDES TO LIBERALS Yesterday I tried to empathize with the MAGA perspective while at the same time not being charitable to them. And of course the MAGA attitudes toward liberals weren’t and aren’t too charitable either. The embrace of

MAY 19, FRIDAY

MAGA ATTITUDES TO LIBERALS Yesterday I tried to empathize with the MAGA perspective while at the same time not being charitable to them. And of course the MAGA attitudes toward liberals weren’t and aren’t too charitable either. The embrace of

MAY 18, THURSDAY

DISTANCE THROUGH EMPATHY The second step for me, once I step back, as I was suggesting yesterday, and try to depersonalize the tension and try to put some objective distant between me and the polarization between MAGA Republicans and liberal

MAY 18, THURSDAY

DISTANCE THROUGH EMPATHY The second step for me, once I step back, as I was suggesting yesterday, and try to depersonalize the tension and try to put some objective distant between me and the polarization between MAGA Republicans and liberal

MAY 17, WEDNESDAY

DISTANCE I didn‘t stop writing a week ago, I just got stuck with trying to figure out for myself how to deal with the polarization in the United States between MAGA conservatives and Democratic liberals. The next five days will

MAY 17, WEDNESDAY

DISTANCE I didn‘t stop writing a week ago, I just got stuck with trying to figure out for myself how to deal with the polarization in the United States between MAGA conservatives and Democratic liberals. The next five days will

MAY 16, TUESDAY

TORN PAGE Tony and LeeAnn Torn invited us to stay at their house, Torn Page, where Tony grew up with his parents the actor Rip Torn and his wife the stage and academy award winning actress Geraldine Page. Their house

MAY 16, TUESDAY

TORN PAGE Tony and LeeAnn Torn invited us to stay at their house, Torn Page, where Tony grew up with his parents the actor Rip Torn and his wife the stage and academy award winning actress Geraldine Page. Their house

MAY 16, TUESDAY

TORN PAGE Tony and LeeAnn Torn invited us to stay at their house, Torn Page, where Tony grew up with his parents the actor Rip Torn and his wife the stage and academy award winning actress Geraldine Page. Their house

MAY 16, TUESDAY

TORN PAGE Tony and LeeAnn Torn invited us to stay at their house, Torn Page, where Tony grew up with his parents the actor Rip Torn and his wife the stage and academy award winning actress Geraldine Page. Their house