Bad Relationships and Koyaanisqatsi

The entrance to what could have been my life, but wasn't, and I'm so happy about that. This is Union Station in Toronto, it is such an old and beautiful building. Great place for photographers, especially new ones, as I did practice here when I was just learning photography. So much has happened to me in one big building. One bad relationship to another bad relationship, and the two mixing together even though I had no idea at the time. One guy and I had a major fight here, it looked like he was not treating me so well, but I was just crying on the floor. What was to be my future fiance came to check if everything was OK, he was a security guard at the station. Yes I was, we left. Later that same guy I almost married proposed to me right down this ramp (that you can't see) underneath this sign. I said yes, but two years later broke it off as I could not handle the emotional abuse anymore. There are other stories, but these are the most recent.

Here is something that always cheers me up no matter what time of the year it is. Flowers, I love to photograph them in happy and depressing ways. In the above case, this was a cheerful moment for me. In N Niagara Falls a couple of years back we were driving around looking for history of our family and I looked up to see this. The image worked out perfectly, first try. Happy memories of driving around in the summer sunshine with my family.

The above is a scene from my favourite movie Koyaanisqatsi. The score is Philip Glass. This is showing many areas in St. Louis, manly the Pruitt Igoe housing complex. It was meant to be a great set of buildings for lower income Mom's to raise their kids. In no time the building became run down and drug dealer infested and everyone moved out. Later in the early 80's they demolished the buildings. This clip gives you an idea as to what it looked like and what became of it. Such sadness.
This whole movie has been the inspiration for all of my photography.


This next scene in more beautiful music by Philip Glass and shows the Michigan Central Train Depot in Detroit. Closed down many years ago. The scene was taken out of the movie Naqoyatsi, which is part of the Qatsi trilogies. Love this song and the amazing shots.

Moving on. This picture above is one of my attempts at light painting. I just liked how it was out of focus and yet surreal almost. One day I want to practice more at light painting and see what I can make of it. I took this one as a practice shot, but ended up being the real deal. It even didn't involve much editing, that does make me a happier person.