http://www.humanfiles.com/teaparties/teaparty_01.htm

GGW

the most crucifying thing about garage sale for me is that it is priceless memories being given away to fund short term needs – once the money is gone the situation can only be worse.. no money.. no context for your life.. and an even more steep curve, saddled with regret perhaps, to get back on the up.

it’s a tragic illustration of what’s happening..

I think I’d like to follow up with an essay about the “tea parties” that are growing in number, which are basically revolts against corporate bailouts, wasteful government spending, and the taxes that will follow as a result. The gatherings aren’t getting much attention from the mainstream press, but thousands (and growing) are participating.

I can’t do anything until I work out an income though. Totally stuck here.

saw this recently http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/scenes_from_the_recession.html
it’s flat.. hollow and completely sanitory to me.. where are the people suffering?

someone got paid for it though.. many probably..
have you shown the piece here to any editors or had any interest in it for publication?
it is a timely essay and i’d really hope that something is going to happen with it.. throw the link out to 10 national newspapers in the u.s. and u.k. and see what happens?!
d

http://www.myspace.com/luxland

With all the talk of usage rights, etc. I think it’s best to reach out locally, ask permission, and give credit when credit is due!

heh, the one i was poking fun at with the controversy/hornets comment was me. Don’t even get me started on politics ;))

So, it would seem as one already at the lower end of the feeding chain, David (and most photographers), that you can say with authority that Goodwill is doing fine, thank you very much. *wink-wink*…actually one reason i was musing about that is because here in Costa Rica things are changing quite a bit also. I mean, hello, the recession shares something with the world wide web..it’s the WWR. It seems to me that economizing is becoming chic, something that’s not just personal, a crime committed in secret against a culture of excess, but is now coming out in the open. I hear friends who would never have admitted buying from surplus stores bragging about their finds. Others who would never have done so saying, “I can’t afford it this month”. Others saying, “Let’s cook at home together instead of going out. it’s too expensive and besides I’m cutting calories”. The recession has affected my lifestyle a great deal since the company i worked for was recently sold and i was suddenly out of a job though kept on in a lesser capacity to manage the previous owner’s financial affairs. And i was terrified, worried about how my lifestyle would be compromised. But i find that things are much simpler. Sometimes i feel nostalgia for the good old days of gluttony but i recognize that those days were the aberration, this is a return to some kind of balance for which i feel a sense of rightness.

Your stories are very touching. The one that got me was the girl in the wedding dress. When she had it on, the look on her face was so self-conscious, brave, almost giddy.But giddy with what? hope? i don’t know. The truck was another one and this story here about the scooter..this essay is more than a pretty face and it’s about way more than just the USA. There might not be so many garage sales in other parts of the world but there is still a common experience shared globally that goes beyond any one neighborhood or group of friends. This is what’s occurring to me today..about what we ALL share, the guilt, the reality, the hope for our collective futures and well being.

Sorry if this is not particularly coherent..i am in a bit of a rush this morning but did not want your nice long reply to my question go unanswered.

CARRIE:

What else can i say? FUCK YES!!!!

best~
kat

i left comments here this morning and for some reason, nothing i write shows up now…i have no idea what is happening, but i am very frustrated…i’ll try to write later when i am home…there must be some ping problem between burn server and the provide that services our school’s internet access…..but nothing i write now comes through (including my comment for Young tom)…..urrrrrrrrrrrrrr

David, I wouldn’t care if you were serious about politics. I’ve probably lead you down a path to think I’m more to the right than I actually am, but that’s just my idea of fun (I know, I’m a barrel of monkeys.) I’m gaining a disgust for political parties, being that their end-game seems to be simply to grow government, but if I had to align myself with one, (sigh) I’d have to say I’m a Libertarian minus the isolationism. So I guess we’ll take it from there.

But when O’s honeymoon is officially over and he starts to own the results of the bills that he’s signed, do make a post about that, because I think it will be some inspired conversation.

and as for the ‘missing’ pic…i guess David McG left that beauty on the cutting room floor…i always loved it, though it was a great intro or exit shot…wide sky, long, twisting road, a solitary sign….oh, well, maybe he’ll use next version…but i also know the oddity and the photographer-specific thoughts about edits :)))…it’s David’s lovely work, not my own ;)))

cheers
bob

Well, DAH, you’ve arrived. Your magazine has become a verb.