She’s Every Girl I’ve Ever Known

by charliestout on September 1, 2010

When I say “she changes her mind like the bar on the edge of town changes ownership,” I do not mean “she changes her mind often” but that “her mind experiences large periods of vacancy and vandalism between short periods (…)

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The Time Travel Tigers

by charliestout on August 31, 2010

I dreamed that a dinosaur spontaneously appeared during a lightning storm on a mountainside in the Big Bend region of Texas.  This dinosaur was alive when he appeared at the site of the lightning strike.  He was discovered by a (…)

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Writing Dreams True

by charliestout on August 27, 2010

My dreams are usually cinematic. They have acts, plots, characters, tension, conflict, resolution, and more often than not, incredible action sequences. So from now on I’m going to be writing my dreams down like short stories in the way they (…)

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Photographers’ Artist Statements

by charliestout on August 14, 2010

The more Rebels with kit lenses I see hanging around the necks of “wedding and family photographers” shooting their hapless subjects against brick walls, the more convinced I am that good communicators have the potential to be good photographers, while (…)

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How To: Coachella Valley Lights

by charliestout on July 13, 2010

What You’ll Need: 1.  A tripod 2.  A DSLR camera capable of a 30 second exposure 3.  A lens capable of zooming 4.  Coachella Valley, California Point your camera at the pretty lights of Coachella Valley.  Zoom in all the (…)

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