Coastwork
An unplanned trip to Texel turned into a small field study of a coastline unlike any other. Being there, in the wind and water, brought back my fascination with the ocean and its edges.
Writing
A growing archive of observations on photography, movement, systems, creative work, and paying closer attention to the world.
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How to tell stories online
For years I thought I was simply exploring and taking photos. Only later did I realize I was repeating a pattern: go out, collect, return, interpret, publish, repeat. This issue maps the loop that turns wandering into a creative practice.
Mexico, a retrospective
A look at a country I like a lot, but no longer love. And "it's not you, it's me" I want to tell it, if countries had ears to hear it. Because it really is me and who I am today. But, who knows, another 10 years might do wonders.
Newer Topographics
Why take it upon myself to dedicate my time and energy towards a goal that isn’t even clearly visible from the beginning. Will it matter if I don’t? What do I contribute, do I want to contribute? Why? To what? Again, why?
It's all out there, right now
A good beach has white sand, they tell you. Preferably as finely grained as possible. Like a powder that's sprinkled on the edges of the land. The frosting on the cake, if you will.
The glorious, life-invigorating act of walking
When I first landed on Craig Mod's website and read he describes himself as a 'writer, photographer, and walker,' I was a little confused. What the hell does it mean to 'be a walker'?
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236 | Expanding my horizons one loop at a time
My loops are getting bigger and bigger. Every outing in the same direction ends
up being further than the previous
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235 | I want to move around, too
Looking around social media I see people living their best lives. Traveling,
going out for drinks, barbecues with friends; though
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234 | There’s only one thing wrong with the Fujifilm XF10
Don’t get me wrong, I love all Fujifilm cameras equally. In fact, I love all of them so much that I even went as far as purchasing the most hated Fujifilm camera out there: the XF10.
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233 | The responsibility of a documentarian
Okay this is going to sound a little pretentious (or maybe even a lot) but as of late I’m
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232 | Revisiting all three locations of The Silence Around
I cycled 25k to revisit all three locations of The Silence Around
[https://mitchellens.ink/the-silence-around] this afternoon. I figured
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231 | Appreciation
I love dark mode on my website.
I love all 246 posts in my journal.
I love that writing compliments
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230 | Good news, no more teasing!
Good news. Great news, even! The lovely folks of WPPOOL have helped me refine
the look of the dark mode
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229 | Spoken word
Wash away the strain with the rain that’s steadily falling from the sky. A day
filled with things to
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228 | I am ready to write longer stories. At least mentally
To be perfectly honest, I am a little over writing Monologues every day. I’m
sure I’m being misguided
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227 | More animals
We’ve had the two cutest little Chihuahuas staying at our place this
afternoon. Though the cats did not agree
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226 | Everyday is a treasure
Look at what Craig Mod wrote in his recent issue of Ridgeline
[https://craigmod.com/ridgeline/125/]:
“For me, this
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225 | A day by the clock
8:14 AM I’m waking up on thinking those couple of beers last night don’t seem
like such
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224 | Licensing photos from my photography archive, my initial ideas
Somebody slid into my mailbox the other day asking about using images from my
archive. Interesting. I was just watching
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223 | A simmering thought about black and white photography
Just an idea that requires some further though: black and white photography is
the purest medium in the world.
I’
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222 | There’s nothing wrong with priorities
Okay okay I’m already backtracking on my claims from yesterday
[/dark-mode-why-are-you-teasing-me/]. Dark mode is beautiful but also a pain
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221 | Dark mode why are you teasing me?
Dark mode on the web. It’s almost a basic necessity these days. Most of the
bigger websites have it
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220 | Back to YouTube it is
Back to YouTube it is. I gave it a try a few months ago but soon relinquished.
Now I return
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219 | Bound for my second shot of Pfizer today
Bound for my second shot of Pfizer today, I’m reading the words I’ve written at
the time of