Wheel from a restored fire truck, the Hall of Flame Museum, Phoenix
A foreigner stays a foreigner a long time, whether its a friendly foreigner or whatever. You drag the luggage of otherness with you for a long time.
--from the director's commentary on the DVD of The Man Who Fell to Earth
Now back from a shake-down cruise to Yellowstone. With three trips scheduled for July and August, including a month in Montana, we needed a practice run. Used the GTD process to collect all the data on what needs to be bought, fabricated, invented, organized, simplified. We are plowing through a stack of 3x5 cards this weekend, starting with a major foraging expedition for carabiners, fishing gear, more camo pants and similar things I don't want to live without. Like they don't have stores in Montana.
In the meantime, I spent two full days reorganizing my digital assets for the book project. It's about time to get drive my stake into the ground, claim my territory, declare my ownership of my topic. But not today. A little more footwork is in order, but very soon.
I have always liked this fire truck wheel image, the best in a series I made last year. Even so, it probably won't make it into the final cut for the book. The Hall of Flame in Phoenix is a great, focused museum - I highly recommend it.
