S.R. Wild: Artist and Graphic Designer

Electoral College Street

After I voted last week I went home and watched the election coverage like everyone else on the planet. After it was announced Obama was the projected winner I went out on my porch to see what was going on. I heard a few people shouting but nothing out of the ordinary. I decided to go for a walk to get some air and see if anything was happening downtown.

I wasn’t far from apartment when I heard what sounded like a large crowd in the distance. As I got closer to Church St. the yelling got louder. When I got to the top of Church St. it was empty except for a few people running towards a large crowd at the intersection of College and Church Street. There were a few hundred people chanting “Obama” and “USA.” It seemed like most of them were college kids from the bars. Everyone was on their cellphone telling others to come down. I tried to take some pictures, but my batteries died right after I took the one above.

A few minutes after I arrived about 10 police cars showed up and surrounded the growing crowd in every direction. The cops looked very confused but managed to get the crowd out of the intersection. As the crowd moved towards Main St., I went home. Walking home, I passed a lot of people running towards the crowd and I could hear it all the way home until I went inside my apartment.

I arrived home just in time to catch Obama’s speech. I was impressed. I sort of feel sorry for him and the mess he’s inheriting.

This is the closest I’ll ever get to having something political on here. There are two topics I avoid like the plague: politics and religion.

Gleaning Joker

While most people out this evening were doing something involving alcohol, I took a long walk to think, glean, and take photographs. I mostly walked around the South End because I like the buildings there, especially at night — everything is better at night. If I were to move, I’d move to the South End.

Pictured above is the small haul I gleaned. Walking down Pine St. (I think) I saw a joker on the sidewalk, a joker in the grass, an ace of hearts in the dirt, two jokers further up, and so on until I picked up five jokers and three aces. It’s appropriate I should find these because I’ve been thinking about cards: whether something is or isn’t in the cards and when I had my cards read a few months ago everything I was told is turning out to be true. In regards to the latter, I don’t usually believe in such things. A few years ago a Wiccan read my palm and what she said would happen really did happen. Perhaps I’ve just been lucky. Besides, I don’t want to know my future, I prefer to be surprised.

I snapped photos too.

Shots in the Dark

I’ve been experimenting with taking long exposure photographs at night. Not surprising, I’m not smart enough to remember my tripod when I go on my evening meanderings, so I’m at the mercy of whatever stationary object I can find: cars, curbs, sleeping vagrants, my stone-cold soul, etc.

If you’d like to see better examples, check out The Long Exposure Flickr Pool.

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