tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85813826269703788792024-02-18T18:33:22.511-08:00grain.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-1111171191662967832014-06-10T04:08:00.002-07:002014-06-10T04:11:32.522-07:00Motion<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="788" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" src="https://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/14203375308/player/" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="800"></iframe><br />
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I move my body with the flood. I allow the flow. I feel the next step as it appears beneath my foot.<br />
I adore the motion, it fixes me in my own shifting perspective.
Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-70343809312570951272012-11-27T15:08:00.002-08:002023-09-30T14:35:08.714-07:00Photonic Cascade<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/8224247631/" title="Photonic Cascade by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Photonic Cascade" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8224247631_87f76bf311_c.jpg" width="530" /></a>
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Leica CL + Leitz Summicron-C 40mm f:2<br />
Fuji ACROS B/W 100 ISO<br />
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Light and shadow play with one another<br />
Piquing the interest of the observer. <br />
What is so dramatic that needs light like this? <br />
Life. Everyday use. <br />
Where shall shadow fall? <br />
Where it will, the only true answer. <br />
The immediacy of light. <br />
Travelling through it's own process<br />
Affecting my spirit through this lens.<br />
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Beauty can be found by looking<br />
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Photo by Taylor Hurley Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-34454912386813146462012-08-06T23:46:00.001-07:002012-08-06T23:46:14.328-07:00Dead Baby Bikes<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobiuscycle/7730965624/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7730965624_34dfe7260c.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobiuscycle/7730965624/">Dead Baby Bikes</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobiuscycle/">mobius cycle</a>.</span></div><p>Sweet 16. A bike club. A family. Holdin' it down in Seatown.</p>Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-73527854511266891682012-04-01T14:21:00.002-07:002023-09-30T14:35:28.948-07:00Beautify.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/7026268779/" title="Lights Like Ivy by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Lights Like Ivy" height="602" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/7026268779_e004901cfe_b.jpg" width="900" /></a><br />
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Panasonic GF1 m4/3 + Nikkor 105mm f/1.8<br />
Off Howell | Downtown Seattle<br />
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Found treasure is Sarah's delight. It's catching. I also love found treasure. This light display is so beautiful. It has been hiding behind the Rebar all this time. We also saw some drunken folks having relations. On our way to another adventure, I set up the tripod and committed about a 13 second exposure to this elegant example of advertising. Thank you for actually trying. Beautify.<br />
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Photo by Taylor Hurley Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-32614509831085701402012-03-24T01:14:00.002-07:002023-09-30T14:35:40.842-07:00Flamingo of the Dead<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6854650113/" title="Flamingo of the Dead by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Flamingo of the Dead" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7186/6854650113_7a3e13ed07_b.jpg" width="683" /></a><br />
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Minolta Hi-Matic 7 + Kodak 400NC Film<br />
Capitol Hill Seattle October 2011<br />
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The strangest things capture my interest, especially while holding a camera. This window display on Capitol Hill just wouldn't have been the same without the reflected sky of a gorgeous Seattle day. Thankfully, these beautiful days may be upon us once again. Here's to making the most of the Seattle sky this spring into summer. I'm looking forward to shedding the winter cobwebs. Come out Seattleites wherever you are!<br />
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Beauty can be found by looking<br />
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Photos by Taylor HurleyTaylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-70265172574109222512012-03-23T01:35:00.002-07:002023-09-30T14:35:51.899-07:00Tinged by Texas Sun<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/7004736503/" title="Tinged by Texas Sun by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Tinged by Texas Sun" height="1024" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6230/7004736503_08ee16ce22_b.jpg" width="679" /></a><br />
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Austin TX Dusk<br />
Leica CL + Leitz Summicron-C 40mm f:2<br />
Kodak E200 Slide Film<br />
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Austin is a beautiful town. I snapped this on a golden hour bike tour through 20 miles of rolling hills.<br />
Gorgeous! I enjoy good street art and Austin had a lot to offer.<br />
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Beauty can be found by looking<br />
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Photo by Taylor Hurley Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-71563626145097823822012-03-01T03:16:00.000-08:002012-03-01T03:16:17.740-08:00Rainbow Arrow Tangent to My Heart<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6889705653/" title="Rainbow Arrow by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Rainbow Arrow" height="602" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6889705653_54817d43b8_b.jpg" width="900" /></a>
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For Sarah 2012<br />
Panasonic GF1 + Lumix G 20/1.7<br />
Beauty can be found by looking <a href="http://grainstudios.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">grain.</a> | <a href="http://mobiuscycle.com/" target="_blank">mobius</a><br />
Photo by Taylor Hurley<br />
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Love, tangentially applied<br />
by a Rainbow Arrow,<br />
a Prismatic Beauty<br />
jogging Beside Me<br />
on a Deepening Journey<br />
throughout the Infinity of Self.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-64079967671439543242012-02-21T15:59:00.003-08:002023-09-30T14:36:13.994-07:00Dare to Inspire<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6518208645/" title="Neighborhood Tectonics by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Neighborhood Tectonics" height="602" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6518208645_84c5a2a971_b.jpg" width="900" /></a><br />
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Lowell Elementary, Seattle Washington<br />
Panasonic GF1 + Lumix 20mm f/1.7 m4/3<br />
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Community. A community lost good friends snowboarding this weekend. I am reminded of Kevin, Phil and Devlin who we lost a few years ago to that same mountain. Life is a precarious state yet most of the people who have ever lived, are alive today. This is because of exponential growth:<br />
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World population:<br />
1412 - 425 million<br />
1512 - 460 million<br />
1612 - 545 million<br />
1712 - 610 million<br />
1812 - 1 billion<br />
1912 - 1.65 billion<br />
2012 - *7 billion*<br />
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Since more people are alive today than in any other time, imagine how many gifted folks long to contribute positively to our art, culture and evolution. Look around. Forget the medium (artifact, internet, party, craft fair, art show) just look. See what the most people who have ever lived in the history of our species can accomplish. Then tell me you don't feel inspired. The world we want is possible simply because there are more folks to share the burden of work it's going to take to fix what's wrong. Unemployed, make art. <br />
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Dare to inspire.<br />
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Beauty can be found by looking<br />
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Photos by Taylor HurleyTaylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-66521163681219578912012-02-07T03:00:00.000-08:002012-02-07T12:34:58.638-08:00Empathy for all<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6834997603/" title="Robocuddle by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Robocuddle" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6834997603_2848d43302_b.jpg" width="682" /></a><br />
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Wheat Paste | Capitol Hill<br />
Panasonic GF1 + Lumix G 20/1.7<br />
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Is empathy a human trait? Can humans find empathy for other types of life? Recently, a whale was found tangled in a never ending web of fishing refuse. A group of divers spent hours cutting her free. She swam for joy then came back to each diver in turn and looked them dead in the eye for several minutes each. They were surprised she could show them such perfect understanding and gratitude without speech. Just because a being doesn't speak our language in our way doesn't mean there can be less understanding between us. All we have to do is remember that understanding and empathy are universal. Seek what you wish to see and so it shall be.<br />
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Beauty can be found by looking<br />
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Photo by Taylor HurleyTaylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-22464825156567803572012-01-31T00:32:00.001-08:002023-09-30T14:36:47.252-07:00Laid Back<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6785463311/" title="Deep Brunch by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Deep Brunch" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6785463311_ba0c1aecf8_b.jpg" width="679" /></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#%21/bicycle.ghost" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br />
Leica CL + Leitz Summicron-C 40mm f:2.0<br />
Capitol Hill Seattle<br />
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Surrounded by laughter this woman is lost in her own thoughts. Brunch and coffee. I don't know maybe it's the rain. Maybe the Sound. Sea air, falling water and cloud cover. These are a few of the reasons Seattle residents seem to worship coffee and brunch. Black and white. Black coffee in a Glos' ceramic cup. The wait takes hours, sometimes minutes. You can always tell the locals, no complaints. I mean, you could complain to the management and get a scathing look from the owner. Or file your grievance with Yelp, along with all the others. But, you would be missing the point. Eggs benedict. Corned beef hash. No better can be had in this town. If you can hold your head up until the food arrives, you will be grateful. Try to look like you don't mind 'cause those of us who know, don't. Welcome to Seattle, the reason the west coast is called "laid back"<br />
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Beauty can be found by looking<br />
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Photo by Taylor Hurley Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-3487431266537071862012-01-24T01:49:00.001-08:002023-09-30T14:36:57.358-07:00Dream on little buddy.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6753597109/" title="It's Hard Times for Dreamers by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="It's Hard Times for Dreamers" height="602" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6753597109_34cfbe8e1a_b.jpg" width="900" /></a>
iPhone + Aperture 3<br />
Capitol Hill Seattle<br />
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Is space a fluid? What medium does sound travel through in the vacuum of space? The fluid known as water is fundamental to life here on earth. Water in space is actually pretty rare. Our particular ratio of water to land is also quite unique. While earth was forming, material from asteroids in our orbital path smashed and stayed. Once gravitational forces became strong enough to make it round, the debris left in earth's orbital had a unique quantity of water. That particular amount of water smashing into earth in its final stages of formation is what created oceans yet allowed land mass to exist above sea level for our bipedal @sses to wander around on. If you think about it, our ocean to land ratio is a thin line. Being an "ugly sack of mostly water*" never seemed so amazing or rare. It really brings melting polar caps into perspective though. I guess the Venetians have found some pretty incredible ways to keep water at bay. Venice has her own hydraulic reef of water retention. Or maybe Noah will sail over and pick us up. Never know, could get lucky.<br />
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*Star Trek TNG <br />
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Beauty can be found by looking<br />
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Photos by Taylor HurleyTaylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-70946983594494726122011-12-15T17:18:00.001-08:002011-12-15T17:21:53.390-08:00The Lions ^^^<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6518548239/" title="The Lions ^^^ by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="The Lions ^^^" height="602" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6518548239_2bcccda811_b.jpg" width="900" /></a><br />
This was scrubbed the very next day. I got up early for the foggy lunar eclipse. On the way home from coffee, long before cars took up their sentinel, i snapped this. Thank you, Tink, for early mornings.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-90052404912038716762011-11-23T16:57:00.001-08:002011-11-23T17:26:47.352-08:00Giving Thanks<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobiuscycle/3103891820/" title="Warmth by mobius cycle, on Flickr"><img alt="Warmth" height="600" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3056/3103891820_c9e3d23122_b.jpg" width="900" /></a><br />
Giving thanks...missing my bestie Rheannon and her Jim this holiday season. Needlepoint Turkeys are Jim's Specialty. The monsoon in Seattle this November is recalling many memories with Rheannon when we rode together as bike messengers in Seattle. I began my illustrious courier career the week before Thanksgiving in 2004. We had record wet from the very first day. I quickly realized that gear is paramount in persistent rain. The infamous Corndog was the one to talk to about a bag that can keep 2 1/2 ft. of legal documents dry day in and day out.<br />
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<a href="http://dankbags.net/" target="_blank">Dank Bags</a>. Seattle. A match made in heaven. When mobius was no more than building bikes for my messenger friends in my living room, Cory constructed my first real messenger bag with <a href="http://mobiuscycle.com/" target="_blank">mobius cycle</a> embroidered on the flap, lovingly recreating my logo. Now don't go asking for this favor of favors. My bag was a one off. These aren't laser age graphics, no. Cory simply makes the best waterproof bag out of the finest materials 'cause he needs his bag to stay dry. He was his first customer and his first messenger bag, over 10 years ago, was the first Dank Bag. Now Cory builds in his studio at mobius. So if you're out there getting wet, remember there's help in here for staying dry.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-47706428272731860202011-11-21T17:14:00.001-08:002011-11-21T17:56:00.278-08:00Cloudy Skies<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobiuscycle/6278408674/" title="stars against a velvetine sky by mobius cycle, on Flickr"><img alt="stars against a velvetine sky" height="602" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6117/6278408674_95a40efe5b_b.jpg" width="900" /></a>
This Friday we send <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/" target="_blank">plutonium</a> to Mars. Lately, I've been asking myself why we aren't accomplishing more in space. We have an international space station in orbit but haven't really made much progress since the Apollo missions (which used the most powerful rocket yet, <i>Saturn V</i>). Part of the reason is fuel. Liquid fuel can be turned on and off. It can be used in more precise maneuvers. Solid fuel burns continuously, all at once, yet allows for lighter, less complicated rockets to be built. But, one of the most recent concerns is space junk:<br />
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Why so wasteful? Because we can. Because our abundance allows us the luxury of waste. Flight paths have to be carefully corrected in order to avoid crashing into this junk which is rocketing around the earth at 20 times the speed of sound. In order to protect the space craft from the debris, they must be made more impact resistant which makes them heavier. This extra weight in turn requires more fuel. We instead squander our last 50 years of liquid fuel miserably commuting individually. We spend even more fuel to create Genetically Modified Organisms for human consumption to replace the biodiverse plant life which was once abundantly available on our planet. The fruit of our abundance:<br />
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Earth now wears a trash halo.</div>Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-28121536353385742112011-11-14T18:40:00.001-08:002011-11-22T00:34:09.250-08:00Perspective Shift<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/4541572400/" title="Perspective by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Perspective" height="1024" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4541572400_70dceaa8b8_b.jpg" width="679" /></a><br />
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Which comes first thought or matter?<br />
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Up until recently, our culture has tended to believe that since matter is perceivable, it makes sense to believe in the solidity of objects. Quantum Mechanics has thrown a wrench into this idea due to the insubstantial nature of photons. Where is the photon? How fast is it going? Where is the electron in it's orbit around the nucleus? In order to answer this question we have to pin the proverbial photon down to one space in time or speed. Turns out, when we aren't looking, it's off being infinite and wavelike, existing instead in probability.<br />
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These are Quantum Conundrums.<br />
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How can a photon be a wave and a particle? Where the heck is that electron?
A perspective shift may be in order. I recently watched The Quantum Activist movie. Dr. Goswami shows that if we see consciousness, or the act of looking, as the reason the photon wave "chooses" to be a particle when measured by us, these conundrums instantly clear up. Consciousness begets reality. If we allowed our way of seeing the world to shift to consciousness begets matter, our responsibility would be to what kind of world we want to create.<br />
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Thinking as creation. Stew on that one...<br />
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.<br />
Carl Sagan<br />
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or maybe:<br />
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Consciousness is the ground of all being.<br />
Dr. Amit GoswamiTaylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-41933390926319133662011-11-10T22:22:00.001-08:002011-11-10T22:31:03.909-08:00Phase Change<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6330610750/" title="Red Veil by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6233/6330610750_7f762f7c27_b.jpg" width="900" height="601" alt="Red Veil"></a>
Sinewy veins of red. Phase change. The beauty of decomposition. The earth tilts away from the sun a little more each day. The slow dance of fall is quickened here. Our winter is upon us. Tea time. Books and cozy blankets. I love fall.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-50203383838080220422011-11-08T15:03:00.001-08:002023-09-30T14:39:10.702-07:00Freshly Dessicated<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6327196846/" title="Soft Folds by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Soft Folds" height="599" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6107/6327196846_c448a64d00_b.jpg" width="900" /></a><br />
Leica CL + Leitz Summicron-C 40mm f:2<br />
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Soft petals. Hard contrast.<br />
Petals like tongues.<br />
Blurred to beauty.<br />
Freshly dessicated. <br />
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Photos by Taylor Hurley aka Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-1252466387834351762011-11-07T16:12:00.000-08:002011-11-08T15:28:45.059-08:00Diaphanous Clouds<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6310659386/" title="The Painted Sky by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="The Painted Sky" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6310659386_e236c0e91f_b.jpg" width="679" /></a><br />
Why is this blog called <a href="http://grainstudios.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">grain</a>? Why do I tumble as <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/blog/mobiuscycle" target="_blank">Infinite Resolution</a>? The subtlety of these diaphanous clouds, the emotive force of their fluff can only be captured on film. Thanks to those little silver specks dancing and clumping toward light we have a type of definition that seems as real as the clouds themselves. Silver interpreting light. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_grain" target="_blank">grain</a>. Somehow, as digital approaches infinite resolution, the crispness and clarity of the images lack a certain nostalgic emotion film captures. I see it reflected in the eyes. Yet here we have a digital representation of a film photo. What's more real? What's more beautiful? I like both. Soft like kitten or crisp like apple? Both.<br />Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-65561792792679635662011-10-30T15:35:00.001-07:002023-09-30T14:40:48.301-07:00Harbor of Dreams<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6292219611/" title="A Harbor of Dreams by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="A Harbor of Dreams" height="600" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6109/6292219611_f188a24096_b.jpg" width="900" /></a>
When I was a kid, assuming I did grow up, basketball was my burning passion. Basketball and books. I ate cheerios for breakfast, read books, went swimming, ate Mac n' Cheese then went out to play Basketball. I spent every summer dreaming of being old enough to play on the team. I used to run circles around the senior varsity boys at the playground. 21 was my game. I had point guard written all over me. Then, I got old enough. During 7th grade tryouts I made the first cut. None of my pals did though...because the coach was prejudiced. My buds were black and I wasn't. I blew up at the coach in the hallway at school defending my friends. As I figured would happen, I got cut next. Thing was, I didn't want to be on a team that didn't want my friends. I tried to play ball for school later in High School, but that episode was truly the end of my Basketball Dreams.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-81448260928558373732011-10-30T15:22:00.000-07:002011-10-30T15:22:43.954-07:00Autumn Melee<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6292742504/" title="Fire and Ice by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Fire and Ice" height="601" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6115/6292742504_ca80e6a990_b.jpg" width="900" /></a>
I love the fall colors. Light white fluffy clouds are not everyday in Seattle. Gotta catch 'em while they're around. This is my favorite fall image I've ever captured or seen because it captures both sky and leaves at my favorite point in foliage departure. I waited for weeks for this shot. Seeing an old friend brought me to this corner at this moment. It was like finishing a story and finding yourself where you began, nothing different yet all had changed. Old lessons don't go away, they simply lie in wait, cycling around like the seasons.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-48670937836292361432011-10-29T14:25:00.000-07:002011-10-29T14:26:56.591-07:00Re: ality<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6292220567/" title="Skool Sucks | I No by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6105/6292220567_5669b817f6_b.jpg" width="900" height="597" alt="Skool Sucks | I No"></a>
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Skool sucks 'cause it indoctrinates us. Drive cars, make money, waste time. Why not spend time on what you really love, on what gets you going. Forget about the cars, the money and the time. Be who you really are, not one of the possible avatar personalities we are given to consume at the job fair. Let go.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-67742697159041599732011-10-23T19:46:00.001-07:002011-10-24T16:51:33.121-07:00Blue + Diablo | A Balanced World<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobiuscycle/6265203534/" title="Blue + Diablo by mobius cycle, on Flickr"><img alt="Blue + Diablo" height="1024" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6265203534_3ba5b4b276_b.jpg" width="682" /></a><br />
Blue Diablo should be a new cocktail. One of those incredibly well mixed mixologist type drinks. Maybe with smoke coming off the top. This build is that hot, smokin' hot. I am a big fan of balance in a photo or on a bike, in my personal life and in my work. There really is no such thing as perfect balance in the literal way our minds label and store. But, in reality, often what our minds mix up, our body and spirit knows is perfect and balanced. Our living selves are in a state of balance. As we hone our desire for a world that reflects our best qualities, we must remember that what we envision does come to be. All we have to do is continue to evolve our desired reality to reflect our highest vibration and balance can be achieved. We brought global connection into being so that we could reconnect with our oneness and share our insights with the world. All our voices are shaping tomorrow, what are you manifesting? It shall be.Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-23777352377071543572011-10-06T20:39:00.001-07:002023-09-30T14:43:29.733-07:00Connection Correction<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6208917503/" title="Light n' Shadow by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Light n' Shadow" height="597" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/6208917503_d0872e3144_b.jpg" width="900" /></a><br />
Minolta Hi-Matic 7s + 100 ISO Fuji Acros B/W Film<br />
Capitol Hill Seattle<br />
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The stream. Subconscious. The Iceberg principle. Connections. One. Are we separate as we believe? Where do you end and I begin? Where does the impact of a way of life end? At borders? Across oceans? When are we going to realize our actions and choices (whether we choose or not) impact every system in contact with us. Other humans, animals, plants, water, the earth, our solar system, bacteria, plankton. It doesn't matter how tenuous the connection may seem, it is there. Like the line between light and shadow, it simply is. Follow it back to the source. When trying to decide what to choose, follow it to the source. Decide if you can live with the consequences of the cost to create what you choose. Choose differently. Now. It may already be too late.<br />
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Photo by Taylor Hurley Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-64959523263676965042011-10-05T14:23:00.001-07:002023-09-30T14:44:03.598-07:00Patterns in Chaos<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6209431446/" title="Patterns in Chaos by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img alt="Patterns in Chaos" height="597" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6114/6209431446_68ed786ed6_b.jpg" width="900" /></a>
Minolta Hi-Matic 7s + 100 ISO Fuji Acros B/W Film<br />
Capitol Hill Seattle<br />
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Contrast. Eddies of light playing through the branches of a tree. Wave or particle? Light or shadow? Without the shadow nothing would have form. The line where light meets shadow, where light is and is not, builds the belief of seeing. Do not shy from shadow, simply realize it's necessity to give form and seeming substance to an otherwise overbright existence.<br />
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Photo by Taylor Hurley Taylor Hurleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09185244080431023374noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581382626970378879.post-53989904491895086122011-09-26T17:17:00.000-07:002011-09-26T17:20:59.248-07:00Silence is Violence<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhurley/6187213728/" title="Willing to Work by Taylor Hurley | Grain Studios, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6187213728_23e766c451_z.jpg" width="640" height="478" alt="Willing to Work"></a><br />
iPhone 4 + Aperture 2<br />
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A Consensus. Occupy Wall Street is fighting for the person who made this sign.<br />
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