My mother was a 26 year breast cancer fighter. I am so fortunate to have been able to care for her up to her last week of life, and I was by her side the entire time until she passed. When mom passed, to settle the estate, I had to go home, to Texas, to put my childhood home on the market. When you’ve suffered such a huge loss, the last thing you expect it another loss, and I got a double whammy. Not only was selling our family home truly a devastating thing, to have gone through the likes of Hurricane Ike, and see the wreckage and tragedy dealt to my home community, friends, old haunts, and favorite places was just overwhelming.
I’ve been home in Washington about three weeks now, and have been wrestling with images I shot after the storm. The photos in this show, all but about four, have deep value to me. They may be homes of my friends, restaurants and places where we spent loads of time playing shuffleboard, eating crawfish, drinking beer, places we loved to fish, hang out, images of friends doing their job to help others – they each have a special place in my heart. Assembling the images was not easy, but it was healing. Just as critical for me, was the accompanying music selection. Each song, I feel, is representative of the mood, the emotion, and/or the situation, without being too poppish, or familiar.
The show can be viewed here, with the ability to go full screen, or watch at the bottom for a tiny version. The one at the link, well, the file is just too large to post. :OP
http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewshow.html?fl=3049888&alb=143065
If you choose the link, once you’re on the photodex site, right click and you’ll find an option to view full screen. The first 26 seconds have no music, but they are questions, comments, and headlines I heard/saw during that time. You’ll have to go full screen to read them.
I’ve omitted, from the show in the link above, the first 26 seconds because that portion cannot be read in such a small area as allowed for video within my blog.
Thanks for watching, and please leave comments.
nina
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Barbara Hepler // November 12 at 3:56 am |
http://kevinherrin.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/the-texas-city-dike-post-ike/
Thought you might be interested in seeing this video that a guy posted on his blog of the Texas City Dike…
Barbara Hepler // November 12 at 6:51 am |
Looked at your show. Very moving, very tragic. You should think about publishing some of your stuff… (not just on a blog.)
Diane - Daily Walks // December 7 at 1:10 am |
My heart goes out to you, Nina, for all your loss. You have made a powerful and emotional statement via your art.