tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post2910931167582141274..comments2023-08-22T05:06:48.916-07:00Comments on JR Snyder Jr: The Internet and MeJR Snyder Jrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-77468140107335653362012-02-02T22:41:57.392-07:002012-02-02T22:41:57.392-07:00Thanks Mike for the fantastic statement "...i...Thanks Mike for the fantastic statement "...it'd mean nothing without wonder and effort. I might be wrong but I think life is wonder and effort. Might be some other parts tossed in but I think those have to be there. I can't picture living without them." I want you to know how very powerful that was to read.<br /><br />That said I've missed you being around but I understand believe me. My photographs are developing their own style which I'm rather pleased about and any help in creating a category name is appreciate. Especially one that also made me smile as yours did. You pretty much hit the points of what I'm trying to get at. So glad someone else also appreciates the poles, buses and stuff as part of nature as much as I do and now I have Thoreau to fall back on as my explanation in my defense! <br /><br />I love the internet for all the reasons I outlined here. It also allows me to have friends like you for years. Thanks for commenting and being around when you are.JR Snyder Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825473115986190389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-16127187762189691512012-02-02T20:52:07.219-07:002012-02-02T20:52:07.219-07:00...and I consider the phone poles, buses, and ever......and I consider the phone poles, buses, and everything else I see in your pics to be nature; Thoreau considered the railroad beds to be as natural as the flowers.<br /><br /> I agree with him. Call me crazy. :Drock and confusionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421367977598373300.post-7612360095925513032012-02-02T20:46:00.704-07:002012-02-02T20:46:00.704-07:00First of all (though I haven't been around muc...First of all (though I haven't been around much lately to say this): thank god for the internet. I'm not religious and tend not to thank god for much, but sometimes you have to bend your personal beliefs to fit the evidence...and the evidence says that 25 years ago, everything else being the same, I am not sitting here looking at the photos and writing in this, nor am I marveling at them (way past caring how you made them; just digging that you did). Back then, I also wouldn't be trying (just for fun, because it doesn't matter at all) to imagine a category for your pics (right now I'm going with "post-psychedelic naturalist Southwestern" because it makes me smile, and because that's really what it seems like your photos are). So yes: thank god for the internet.<br /><br />Having said all that, it'd mean nothing without wonder and effort. I might be wrong but I think life is wonder and effort. Might be some other parts tossed in but I think those have to be there. I can't picture living without them.<br /><br />You're an awesome artist, JR.rock and confusionnoreply@blogger.com