51Modelbloke ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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Retired and loving it. Tuncurry NSW
@aby no L. Tuncurry NSW Australia. Oh, Iโ€™m 71
Good night world #Tuncurry #wallislake

Sontag writes that photographs are โ€œnot so much an instrument of memory as an invention of it or a replacementโ€. I like this quote.

Interesting article in The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/tourists-in-our-own-reality-susan-sontags-photography-at-50-197615

Tourists in our own reality: Susan Sontag's Photography at 50

Susan Sontagโ€™s sense of the danger of a photographic relationship to reality is not only relevant today, but positively prescient.

The Conversation
The people in the neighborhood wanted a bridge over the creek. The city had no funding for #PedestrianInfrastructure for something like that. But they did get an #art grant, so they hired an artist to create an art installation that would span the creek that people could walk on. I frequently walk my dogs along this creek and yes, over the bridge sometimes.
https://www.dezeen.com/2021/08/06/drift-pedestrian-bridge-fort-worth-texas-volkan-alkanoglu/
Volkan Alkanoglu designs cedar bridge to resemble a driftwood branch

A sculptural timber bridge across a creek in Fort Worth, Texas, was created by Portland designer Volkan Alkanoglu to be installed in just a few hours.

Dezeen
Watching Tsitsipas v Sinner match. Whatโ€™s with this sideline coaching. What are they, school children learning to play? Supposed to be the final test of the elite #australianopen #AO2023
Amazing photo from The Sunday Times
Not much call for these in #Forster what is it? A clue is, photo was taken in Skagway
@deirdres the paper is WRONG. This is disturbing ๐Ÿ™ƒ
@unembiggen I once took on replacing the tactic motor on my iPhone. Biggest problem was my eyes ๐Ÿฅบ . Man! some of those components are small