i am snippy a/f about things that are dumb;
show don't tell
it makes me mad
and as you can imagine since i spend too much time [writing], question this
i'm write. an instagram post reminded me why.
the post.
the assumptions behind it; the story
i found that i did not even want to put a "tilt shift" filter on, that draws the eye to certain elements
and it was not that i cared (or did not care) how people got it
it was that this is / was a delicate topic; i was taking a small fact out of context as always we are, even if that context is made up -- the process of presenting something textual or imagistic IS the process of decontextualizing and focusing something, in order to examine and follow its course
and in telling the reader...anything, i'd be prescribing a WHOLE SET of complex views
i am totally comfortable with my views on this thing. here, i am happy to summarize them right here: while it could just be chance, i thought that this streetfront pic of a 24-hour bail bondsman right next to a Pilates studio nicely encapsulated the ongoing debate about gentrification going on the small city of Oceanside, CA. I don't think that's that controversial, and I'm happy to discuss that view with anyone who does.
but i wanted to post a picture and tell you a story. not be some assh0le telling you what to think. and in a sense it's way harder, to not be an asshole. there's a human temptation. there's trying to _tell_ the story just right (in this case, i failed; the perspective obscures the 'pilates' sign too much; the eye doesn't quite travel to it, enough) (i was literally standing in traffic to take this. on labor day saturday, on a beachfront avenue. gimme a break)
show don't tell
it makes me mad
and as you can imagine since i spend too much time [writing], question this
i'm write. an instagram post reminded me why.
the post.
the assumptions behind it; the story
i found that i did not even want to put a "tilt shift" filter on, that draws the eye to certain elements
and it was not that i cared (or did not care) how people got it
it was that this is / was a delicate topic; i was taking a small fact out of context as always we are, even if that context is made up -- the process of presenting something textual or imagistic IS the process of decontextualizing and focusing something, in order to examine and follow its course
and in telling the reader...anything, i'd be prescribing a WHOLE SET of complex views
i am totally comfortable with my views on this thing. here, i am happy to summarize them right here: while it could just be chance, i thought that this streetfront pic of a 24-hour bail bondsman right next to a Pilates studio nicely encapsulated the ongoing debate about gentrification going on the small city of Oceanside, CA. I don't think that's that controversial, and I'm happy to discuss that view with anyone who does.
but i wanted to post a picture and tell you a story. not be some assh0le telling you what to think. and in a sense it's way harder, to not be an asshole. there's a human temptation. there's trying to _tell_ the story just right (in this case, i failed; the perspective obscures the 'pilates' sign too much; the eye doesn't quite travel to it, enough) (i was literally standing in traffic to take this. on labor day saturday, on a beachfront avenue. gimme a break)