urban ku # 106 ~ update on reality, truth in pictures and Maggie.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 08:35AM 
Dashing through the night • click to embiggenMaggie's resting and recuperating nicely in her hospital room. No tubes. No antibiotics. No sedation. Weak as hell, but she's eating like a horse. And, no, despite ongoing tests, the answer is - we still don't know.
Me, after a dash through the night (to avoid any daylight/commuter traffic on the Jersey Turnpike/Parkway), I'm back home tending to some business. Maggie's surrounded by extended family and we've purchased train tickets for her boyfriend and best friend so they can be there as well. They are on the train as I write. Things are looking good.
Yesterday, Aaron wrote - "Not being able to get down there and share some good vibes for her in person, I am overwhelmed by these photos in a way I don't like .... (I have) conflicting emotions on whether I should have looked at these or not ..." - interesting emotions/reaction coming from the guy who is giving the world his emotion/reaction-inducing Cinemascapes.
I knew when I was making these pictures that they would pack a wallop, especially for those who know and are close to Maggie - many of whom are not able to be by her side. In part, that was my intent - to make it 'real'. If one has not experienced anything like this personally, then it all tends to be rather 'abstract'. As I wrote yesterday, the wife and I, the extended family and friends knew all of the words involved with this event. Now, those words have added meaning and a sense of 'real-ness' attached to them.
Yesterday's pictures are why I get a little bent out of shape when photography discussions about truth and the real in pictures wander a little too much into the 'abstract'.
Reader Comments (3)
"interesting emotions/reaction coming from the guy who is giving the world his emotion/reaction-inducing Cinemascapes."
if you've seen the 80's hockey movie "Youngblood"...youngblood (played by Rob Lowe) faints when he is getting stitched up between periods because he can tolerate other people's blood, but not his own. For me, it's just the opposite.
Aaron that explains a lot. Your ability to empathize may be part of the reason for your uncanny ability to capture emotion within your images.
my prayers are with your family....the reality of your pictures pack a punch, nothing is more real than a loved one in danger. Best to all of you.