{"id":2828,"date":"2025-04-22T16:43:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainingplace.com\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2025-04-29T15:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T21:52:33","slug":"the-perpetuity-of-show-and-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainingplace.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/the-perpetuity-of-show-and-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perpetuity of ‘Show and Tell’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, on Substack, I explain the relevance of the “115 Seen” Portfolio<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

Here is a quick, spontaneous update to the notion of an exile upon an exile to \u201ctake stock\u201d discussed late last week<\/a>, and the \u201clet\u2019s say\u201d route to place immersion in New Mexico put forth last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I admire several friends who help others write memoirs, sometimes as an adjunct to their writing careers or coaching practices (that includes you, Ann Hedreen<\/a>). Implicit are the notions that there is some legacy in our life experiences, regardless of circumstances, and that we all have gained some wisdom (championed by you, Chip Conley<\/a>) to pass on.<\/p>\n

AI\u2014to the degree it has emotions\u2014loves to tout our \u201ctapestry,\u201d a word probably stolen from Carole King\u2019s \u201crich and royal hue<\/a>\u201d without permission.<\/p>\n

As I love to advocate the virtues of observation of place, landscape, and circumstance, I\u2019ve found that the \u201cshow and tell\u201d I learned in elementary school may best fit this form of liminal exploration. So, in compiling the projects and portfolios for the Sustaining Place<\/em> website, I was sure to add an exploratory adventure, incomplete by design, called \u201c115 Seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

115 Seen<\/a><\/p>\n

Please click on the link above and watch the show.<\/p>\n

I share this portfolio because I was surprised by how the selection process for each photo brought back memories and revelations.<\/p>\n

I paired the first photo in Montenegro with the last in the Phoenix Botanical Garden.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/p>\n

Perhaps it is as simple as Georgia O\u2019Keeffe\u2019s fascination with shapes on landscapes<\/a>, be they animate or inanimate (speaking of New Mexico). Or maybe there is a \u201crich and royal hue\u201d continuity. Or perhaps I do not yet know, and it doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n

My Portfolio description follows.<\/p>\n

Beginning with a 1975 sunset over Sveti Stefan on the Adriatic Coast of Montenegro, these 115 images track observations and encounters for the succeeding 40 years, across Italy (Rome, Florence, Amalfi Coast, Puglia, Basilicata, Dolomites), Israel, Tanzania, Portugal, Canada (Vancouver), Iceland, France (Paris, Provence, Cote d\u2019Azur) the Palouse and Puget Sound areas of Washington State, Montana, Scotland, England (London\/Richmond and Newbury), Ireland, Australia, Sweden, the Czech Republic (Prague), Gibraltar, Oregon, California (Eureka, Mendocino, Paso Robles, San Francisco, Palm Springs), Arizona, and New Mexico.<\/p>\n

These images are a small fraction of my work (over 150,000 photos and short videos), and the Portfolio is a literal and figurative placeholder for further refinement and focus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let\u2019s say<\/a> \u201cshow and tell\u201d is tomorrow. Which of your images would you bring?<\/p>\n

And a humble reminder\u2014if you cannot yet recite the moral of your story, trust in others to let you know what you have passed on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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