Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1318: Too Much, and yet, not Enough

Slow days, or fast days. Days lost within a stupor of engaging in something without the discipline to stop when I need to. Too much gaming, and yet, not enough.

Sometimes I wonder if what I’m really writing when I write reviews is writing by myself.

Wait, I don’t ever wonder that.

Anyway, sometimes I wonder about what I’m saying when I write reviews. Am I talking about whatever it is that I’ve engaged with, or am I talking about something in the purview of parts of society, or society overall? Is there anything that can be said at this point, or have I run out of things to say? Still, I persist.

The last few days were meant to be much more productive but they weren’t and that’s okay. Sometimes that’s what happens. I got some things done but they were spent mostly staring at a screen for something I will write about at some point in the future. There was too much of that staring and so I got little done, but that’s okay. It could be much worse.

I could’ve spent the time doing less than nothing and that’s something I’d much prefer to not have done, so time spent. However, now the challenge comes in forming the thoughts and seeing if I can articulate them in a way that doesn’t read like a report.

There’s also the challenge of how much more should I engage with the object in which I will eventually discuss. Generally when I cover something I prefer to get to its end. Sometimes that can change how something is viewed; as such, I don’t think it is ever a good idea to write about something if I haven’t reached its conclusion.

Now that I’ve said that I need to work out what else there is to say, but there isn’t much of anything. I’ve lost a lot of time but I can make up for it, but I need to work for it in order to make up for it and if I don’t do that, then… yeah. I guess that would be it, or something.

Well, it wouldn’t be it. Life goes on but I’d rather spend it being more productive than not doing much of anything, but maybe that’s how things go sometimes. The main thing is to get back up where I can and then keep going from there, and… yeah.

It’s easy to say things sometimes but there’s always a need to try and back up what you’re saying. Words can be empty without action; not always, but they can and I think that’s important to keep in mind. I could try and be more productive but unless I actually am then I’m not saying much in this particular instance.

Now that I think about it, bed is far more comfy than this chair and so maybe I’ll just go back to losing myself in a screen

That said, I’m too lazy for that so I won’t.

Maybe.

The time it took to write five-hundred words:07:53:09

I think the speed is decent, but the writing is crap.
Honesty throughout it but I look at this and wonder how I could make it better, and perhaps I couldn’t; not at this moment, anyway.

Written at home.

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Ahead of the Silhouette

Another musician photo.

This is one I took the time to frame, or at least it felt like I took the time. I knew what I wanted to capture and how I wanted to capture it when I took this, and I think I was successful in my attempt.

You could probably pull a lot of things from this photo. Maybe something about identity, or an extension of the self, or perhaps a shadow of light. Not sure.

I hope you enjoy.

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2814: Transference

One listen for this one.

I just went for it, so to speak, and wrote whatever came forward. There was a bit of thinking, however, but due to how the song is paced I don’t think it had too much of an impact.

Overall I think some parts of this are alright and some are really flat. It’s definitely better than some of the things I’ve written, but it could still be better than it is, I think

2814’s “Transference” is from Rain Temple.

I hope you enjoy.

A shimmering of sound along a lengthy, drawn out moment of clarity. Percussion drips in precises spots and the sounds keep moving through this open space. It could be closed and instead just painting a scene of sorts, and maybe it is as the calm shrinks away for a moment before it comes back with more beat.

In that beat it seems as though bass is peeling off, and other sounds seem to echo a little, though maybe they are not echoing but rather are detached and trying to find a way to take form in the reality that the sounds present.

Some sound moves away whilst other is revealed, or at least made more obvious. Arpeggiating keys move steadily and carefully. They move through the space afforded to them and it seems slow, and maybe it is. They take more focus as more sound disappears before coming into full once more.

The bass peels off the beat and the space is fuller. It is widening with sound; it is expanding. It is growing through the keys becoming busier and other sounds altering how the melody feels.

All continue moving through, moving back and forth and something airy lingers for a moment, and the sounds continue their movement. They continue moving on a moment they formed, and eventually they start pulling away once more.

This time around they don’t come back. The space grows more sparse, and it shimmers. It shimmers and fades, leaving the sound of wind at the song’s end.

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Hunched Over

Another gig photo.
This one is odd, and “arty” in a way.

I hope you enjoy.

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A Cluster of People

More people at a concert and more playing around with contrast.
In a way it makes the photo look busy, but it also does in colour.

This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s “Monochrome Madness” for this week. Participating is pretty straightforward and something I recommend. If you do, then include the tag “monochrome-madness” in your post. If not participating, then at the least check out Leanne’s photography as well as what other people submit.

I hope you enjoy.

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Guitar Against a Rush of Light

Another recent gig photo involving a somewhat popular group.
This one came through more in processing due to how much light I let in and I think it works this way. It was a moment that I believe was meant to feel cool and I think that’s what the photo shows.

I hope you enjoy.

 

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2814: 私たちは、ハイパーマーケットをさまよう

One listen for this one.

I didn’t have much of a direction when I started but it was soon where I was trying to capture a sense of the atmosphere of the imagery. I didn’t pull that off but I think I described the song’s flow well.

2814’s “私たちは、ハイパーマーケットをさまよう” is from 2 8 1 4.

I hope you enjoy.

A smooth hum as everything fades into vagueness. Sounds echo and linger at the edges of clarity, and it’s almost as though a memory. All comes close to a sense of illusion; it’s real, but there’s something about it all that moves slow and there’s a detachment. There is a distance in the viewing.

Low wisps as a languid beat plays out and all around an atmosphere that’s airy, seemingly joyful and seemingly unreal. Scene floats about as everything drifts on by in a sense of scenes flipping past, but they are connected.

The beat drops away and sounds float and warble, fade in and out and it’s a slow pause. The atmosphere permeates and a gradual shift in form seems to be there. That low wisp moves across the scene as something rises up, rises up and reaches a point before it seemingly starts lowering. It doesn’t, but it seems that way.

The sounds fill in the space but they still remain at the edges of clarity. The languid beat returns and all continues drifting through and along, and there remains a detachment and maybe a longing. There seems to be a desire for connection to something real, but this space is as real, so perhaps it is a real that cannot be had in this moment. There’s a reaching and a yearning, and the sounds keeping on drifting in gradual cascades, and they float throughout.

Once more the beat drops and there’s a moment where something more clear than everything else seems to appear, and it appears in hums and ringing. Everything seems to clear around it and it too is at a distance, and it too clears and fades, as though leaving, and the song ends.

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Three and Their Reflection

Another photo of these poles.

I feel like this photo is more about the poles themselves than it is the poles and the space around them. That said, I do like the contrast between water surfaces, and I like that clouds are picked up in the pool.

This is my submission into the two hundred-and-seventy-third Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. The theme for this one is “Symmetry“.

The host of the Lens-Artists challenges cycles weekly between the following people:

Week 1 – Tina

Week 2 – Patti

Week 3 – Ann-Christine aka Leya

Week 4 – Amy

Week 5 – John Steiner

Week 6 – Sofia Alves

Week 7 – Anne Sandler

Week 8 – Donna

Week 9 – Guest host

Sofia is curating this one. The next is curated by Donna and it appears as though there’s a hint suggesting asymmetry for her challenge.

I recommend participating in the challenges as they provide a fun way to interpret theme. If not participating, then at least you should still check out what others of the Lens-Artists community are submitting.

I hope you enjoy.

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A Guitarist Dressed for Music

From where I was standing it looked like this musician was tall, but I feel this photo makes him look much taller.

I hope you enjoy.

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Some Structural Symmetry

Another photo of some of The Sydney Opera House’s structure.
I took this as I was interested in the sense of symmetry in this particular spot. There’s not really anything else to it; at least, I don’t think there is.

I hope you enjoy.

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