For 24 years I called Wisconsin home, then I left. I left after graduating college to pursue a girl who made it clear she was getting out of Dodge with or without me. I followed her to Denver where our lives together solidified but what started as a simple quest for love became the impetus for a journey into the uncharted landscape of the self. One dip of the toe was all it took to suck me into a vortex of personal discovery, one that would provide the confidence to begin a c

Hello My Dear Friend, I’m writing today with a topic of inspiration I stumbled across yesterday but due to a full schedule I was not able to spill my thoughts on the matter until now. I’m hoping the delay has not caused my thoughts on the matter to go stale so forgive me if the passion does not flow as strong from my pen this morning. It all started with one word, decorative.  The woman said it in reference to fine art and it triggered the emergency break on my reading. I sun

My Dear Friend, I kept my previous correspondence short but as I mentioned, my latest encounter with a photographic hero inspired a few thoughts which I would like to unravel with you. Here I wish to unpack a rather lengthy instructive quote in which Minor is described as saying, “Venture into the landscape without expectations. Let your subject find you…Wait for your presence to be acknowledged. Don’t try to make a photograph, but let your intuition indicate the right moment

Musing Correspondence — 11/17/2025 My Dear Friend, I came across the name again, Minor White, this time in a book about mindful photography. To no surprise the section inspired numerous ideas for expansion of which I will address in future letters to keep this brief. While White was the primary subject for the section the focus quickly shifted to a student of his that attended one of his workshops. In describing the experience I couldn’t help but long for the impossible oppor