my Christmas tree

My Christmas tree
isn’t it pretty?

Christmas pictures, part 2

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something fun

Check out this web site:
http://users.telenet.be/kixx/

pretty good, no?

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Advent

nativity scene
Nativity set my dad made for me

Christmas lights
Christmas Lights

more Christmas-y photos

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A reunion weekend

This past weekend, I got to spend the weekend with six of my best friends. Conveniently, Chicago was celebrating the start of the Christmas season at the same time, so there were lots of things for us to do and look at (not that we would have gotten bored otherwise)

michigan ave
Michigan Ave, lit up for Christmas

starry tree
starry tree

I had my new camera lens along for the weekend, and I discovered that it’s not that great at auto-focusing on what I want it to, especially when it’s smaller objects (like people). it tends to focus on the background, leaving the person nice and blurry. Guess I need to go take some more pictures. all the pictures

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Being creative makes me happy

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tree

Something I read once, paraphrased from John Berger, art critic and artist:

Acquiring things is a poor alternative for fashioning objects.

How do I feel after buying something? Momentarily happy, excited about my purchase. But that quickly fades. Creating something, though, gives me immense satisfaction, both in the process of creating and every time I use/look at/wear/share my creation.

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