Life Lessons

‘The Bliss Station’

Travel and visitors have knocked me out of my traditional routines lately, and with the lack of normality I’ve decided to…

The Unending Trauma of ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ (Part 2)

The Unending Trauma of ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ (Part 1)

‘Finding Deeper Meaning in Photography’

I’ve had an email sitting in my inbox since December 18th (which might be a record for my…

We Are All Failures

“We are all failures — at least, all the best of us are.” — J.M. Barrie

The Year of Letting Go

If you’ve been reading Extratextuals for a while, you might know that I try to consider what each year ‘has’ for me as…

Resetting

A few days ago, I recognized that my camera had been encountering some strange glitchy behavior that I’d never seen before. I immediately…

The Need for Silence

Over the last week I had the opportunity to help some friends work on their new home. Though I have just moved into a new…