December 08, 2004
twinkle
 one of my favorite christmas tree activities was and is simply looking at the tree out of focus. as you may remember, I have but one functioning eye, so I wasnt even sure this was possible to do with two eyes, but I'm pretty sure it is. I'm never quite sure how everyone else sees things.
anyway, I like to just look at the tree lights and bring everything to a blur. it makes the twinkle and sparkle all that much more fun. of course I cant hold it that way for very long before I get a headache.
similarly, I also like slow-shutter photography, with which I entertained myself for quite a few years. my old SLR is long gone, and the abilities of our little digicam are limited, but I had a little fun with it this evening, taking some funky shots of our tree. Michelle made an ink-blot kinda game out of it, seeing ballarinas and dogs in various shots. what do you see?
 
 
 
Posted by bobw at December 8, 2004 10:58 PM
I see a speculum, a sailboat, the Virgin Mary, a tall skinny guy with a guitar case, and pretty pair of earrings. All of that is in no particular order.
I have two functioning eyes, but all I have to do is remove my glasses and I see a lit up Christmas tree just like that first funky shot (where I see the pretty pair of earrings).
Ohh! And I see a pelican. (I listed them out of order because I don't want to influence others interpretations.)
I see a guy playing electric guitar and head banging.
I like this game. I play it, too, when we get a tree (soon! after finals!). And I play it with candles, street lights... 8-)
I see a cooked bird on a platter, an angel with a harp, a basketball back stop, and the last few I have yet to interpret.
Earings, a cape, cooked bird on the paltter tahnks to katie's suggestion, lightbulb filament, and old woman walking on the beach. Not sure what the last two are.
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