Jul 31, 2016

Thank You for yesterday's visit  Frank.
A pleasure to be there.
We were also alone-together from 1940 to 1949.
A detached duo at the house - engaged if Edie drove us to Ojai, poor mother.
Nancy came in '49 - more action - more flyin'-around distance.
I started going away: camps - jr hi - jobs - Midland - jobs - army - Berkeley ...
We always went away - not sadly - not angrily - just 'naturally'.
We've always gone off to ourselves and others.
I sat across from you for good hours yesterday  Frank.
So many spaces ...
Os  Bill.

Jul 30, 2016

BREAK! 
Lost this my Flickr pictures and my Flickr gallery.
Hmmmnnn ... 
I'll just KEEP ON POSTIN'... new pictures - right here at facebook.
That was easy ... might never fix my Flickr ... ! 
Os  Bill.

Jul 29, 2016

Cautionary post for all planning to avoid colon cancer with no pain.
Gassy Bill wears colon on sleeve:
Had a wonderful colonoscopy this afternoon at UCSF.
RNs rule and care with pleasure    Lucky me fa-sho!
Decided on no anesthesia/meds  so hip-bone-on-bone Nancy 
Could leave me to public transportation.  
4 weeks until her new hip arrives!
​And!  I could do the full Doc Terdiman's Perfect huge-screen 
Guide​d tour to my secum n back.
​A few snips here n there  and constant chatter​ ... Very crampy fun.
​Can't go back for 5 years​.
+: MAS IMPORTANTE!  Esther takes the Natl Medical Assistant Exam​ tomorrow Fri.  
Os  mom n dad +

Jul 23, 2016

Emailing with Dan in Norway:
Dan, What's happening? Re: Bill, What happened?
(Dan, wondering about my old ideas re: book projects w/Steidl et al ... +++)
Here you come  Dan.   Obviously too near The Pole.    
🗣tired old-me-shit  hacks into your day-dreams...  ¡Spell-Check Dan!
You are good Dan.   You have a memory+++.    Many-Pieces now irrelevant.   
We will become real-world Guys now.
Fuck the folk who showed backs .  Even my In The Beginning did not appeal.  
They have their myopic-reasonings  & Their $$$.
I think we'll get what we need Mick, thanks.
I have 2016 spell-checking my heart-head-gut, Dan.
​You and I will adventure for the misplaced...    
​Naturally i dont have me 29 year gamle energiene. Viking Dan seeks-on . . .
Utforske for deg selv, og du vil utforske med og for meg.
(+- Explore for yourself, and you will explore with and for me.)
Jippi Oss!
​Bill​.
​+:  Don't pooh pooh the Gru​ ... could mean,  give this roving Brit a read.     
Dan. Please. Cross your heart-gut-head and promise you'll read  
Nigel Merrick's  Summary   scroll-down ... for Oss.
"BLM"SURJ"
99%     =      =  
flickr     website 

Jul 22, 2016

Emailing with Dan in Norway:
I read you Dan  Thanks
Gut says  "research sites that Sell online"   at least to exhaust our pipedream.
There may be sites that make sense to You.
Instagram seems like daily-boppers  not guys wit 99$.  What da i kno?
I believe You should try the contemporary places.  You are contemporary.
Follow the peeps wer they go Dan. You're a devil of a man ... 
I think Instagram is a place.
I don't have one either Bill.
Everyone (meaning 3+ people) tells me I need one. 
A place for people to quickly follow, look, comment  and fave. 
We're not following the people where they go.
Follow the peeps wer they go Dan. You're a devil of a man.  Burning sand +
Flickr is probably better for 'real'(?) connections!  Groups and stuff.
Yes Dan!​  Go Contemp!  Go Comrades!  
I'd like ta go full-frame  Hasselblad  NikonD?   some EOS.  
I need me something that'll micro  Hassel do that?
Better focus on college loan payments!
​¡ ! Go fun n games​  fer sanity  and a life worth sharing.
​Bill here    You there​    Covering the comrade world ...
"BLM"SURJ"
99%     =      =  
flickr     website 

Jul 19, 2016

I will vote in this election.
Try to listen-read some Others.
Read what "BLACK LIVES MATTER"​ believes.
Read what  "SHOWING UP for RACIAL JUSTICE" believes.
I will not turn away from these folks up front - Doing The Work.
"BLM"SURJ"
99%     =      =  
flickr     website

Jul 18, 2016

What is a friend?
1.
a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.
synonyms:companionsoulmateintimate, confidante, confidantfamiliaralterego,
secondself, playmateplayfellowclassmateschoolmate,workmate
More:   like trustable-trustworthy      I'm challenged

Jul 17, 2016

gallery  + flickr  + website    Yours
Nobody but cool friendly freaks
Nobody looks at our stuff for more than a few seconds . . .  just this long   Gone
TRUCKIN'... Adventure Pain Fun  no matter what!   
Os  Bill

Jul 16, 2016

Dear People.     
Perspective:
Of course  all lives matter, which is sadly, historically, irrelevant  because
BLACK LIVES DO NOT MATTER IN OUR WORLD.
Ergo "BLACK LIVES MATTER"  because they haven't  and they don't.
Tragically, sadly, practically, street-wise - white lives matter.
Effective clue: I am not profiled + + + + + 
Myths-Structures of class - white 'race' superiority - economics have plagued the world for centuries.
THE DEHUMANIZATION OF THE OTHER.
Nasty murderous shit flows-on... 
Intentionally or Not and promulgated by media-individuals-groups-church-state-tech-capitalism-art-'history'  + + +
And by the  beside-the-point: ALL LIVES MATTER.
THEY DON'T.
ALL LIVES MATTER lacks perspective-confuses folks-Disrespects The Black Experience +++ and rationalizes more evil acts.
Effective clue:
Can you stand in front of any black person and tell her that all lives matter.
When all lives are actually equal - perhaps all lives will actually matter.
Os,  Bill
"BLACK LIVES MATTER"
blacklivesmatter.com/herstory/
"SURJ"
www.showingupforracialjustice.org/
=======
Debts - ancient through to contemporary Debts.
From the horrific plague of
world-euro-usa   class-'race'  econ-white-supremacy+...
Debts - Always Paid By Some Of Us - The 99%.
Everyday.   Everywhere.
Sewings.    Reapings.
=======
For most people on our planet  living day to day,  on very little to nothing - This is reality.
I was born in 1938,  to white privilege, in California, on the very edge of reality.
Luckily for me  my mother evolved = humanist commonist socialist egalitarian.
Black Lives Mattered in our house.
Money was only a means to do good, we had enough.
But  did-we, could-we, can-we  really comprehend our privilege and entitlement.
Today  classist-racist-global-neoliberal-capitalism is forcing realities on most of us.
Will we evolve.

Jul 9, 2016

Dear  People,
Can we comfy folks 'chance' to walk in other's shoes?!
Imagine:
 YOU  AND  YOURS 
 PROFILED 
 HARASSED 
 MURDERED 
 DEAD 
 YOU   AND  YOURS 
 OURS 
"SURJevery size step moves us 
    99%        =      =   
Os   Bill and Family+++ 

Jul 8, 2016

Trump-USA  devolving like Hitler-Germany 
Scapegoats being lined up
Fear-filled economics
Democrats float armed-neo-oligarch-bullshit lily pads 

Jul 6, 2016

Jul 5, 2016

Hey Yey Dan's Dan Skjaevelend Gallery just opened 
Ja  Ja  including meg    an old vike's leftovers    ha   
Fun!   Os

Jul 4, 2016

$200  People Print  includes:  
20"  X  ?"    
Non-edition
Archival pigment inkjet giclée print
Print   sign   tube   and ship 
+
$5,000 Speculator Special   includes:  
20"  X  ?"
Signed and​ Identified as edition 1/1
​With the ​Buyer's Name​  and​ Date of Purchase
Archival pigment inkjet giclée print
Print   sign   tube   and ship
This Special goes away when I do
+
My existing vintage prints are $3,000 and $5,000
Gelatin silver prints  and different sizes are possible
billdane1938@gmail.com
1-510-527-3172
    99%       =     =    +  Gallery  +  Flickr  +  Website 

Jul 3, 2016

my gallery  YOUR TREASURE
I treasure-hunt flickr. I invite a few pictures.
Favorite mine. I find yours.
www.flickr.com/photos/billdane/
My pleasure, Bill billdane.com/
My business:
SURJwww.showingupforracialjustice.org/
BLM blacklivesmatter.com/who-we-are/

Jul 2, 2016

Nick  
Every time I come back to our website   
It is so fucking wonderful    
There'll never be enough hugs for You  Thanks  Os  Bill 

Jul 1, 2016

Tryin' to help Dan in Norway - self-teaching teacher   9 teens for folk-school class:
Your own relationship to Control-issues  Safety-issues  Health-issues   Art-issues +
Balance-Tension between Being Themselves & Being Directed-Facilitated-Taught-Lead+  & Group stuff
TENSIONS  Yin-Yang  re: Picture-Ingredients  Aesthetics  Personal-Interpersonal  Psychological +++
What can/should be Group oriented   and what Individual ?
Invent projects/assignments that facilitate these
Invent projects for 1,  2s,  3s,  whole group
Sometimes you tell them what it's about   expected   if you know  and want to tell
Sometimes your 'goals' are not concrete  or even understood   you will all find out what happens later 
Make sure they understand that they already have the quality-ingredients for valuable-poignant  visual+++ communication in their 'souls'   right now
They should understand you expect PERSONAL expressions  'solutions'  PICTURES   writing
They can evolve their tools  within themselves   and w/the techs you'll work with
If they choose to try others' 'styles'  that's hella productive way to evolve
I would have them carry a sketch-notes book   draw and write daily  their own style   looking-out   looking-in  share or not?  You see them
Drawing within a rectangle will facilitate picture framing & cropping ++++++
Writing will facilitate all kinds o' shit n' beauty
I would assign projects in the 'styles' of photographers that You love  and hate     ok, don't understand
= Evolution is going to be their business ...
I would assign 'themes' that are historically universal:  face  body  landscape 'nature'  still-life  animals  psycho-interior  surreal +++
You will evolve curriculum as you experience what's happening  for you and them
Present stuff that you love  or are curious enough about:  Include world wide art cultural historical +++
Each has a computer  so: you can see stuff together or projected 
You don't have to be an 'expert' to share what inspires you   is amazing to you
They should be invited to share what they find amazing  troubling  relevant +++
Your plans for year end Show  and individual BOOK  are crucial for Them  parents   you & the program
This may not be crucial at all  Dan    white boy go, "HA HA"​
Os  Bill    +: 
Having an  "Overview"  &  "Lesson Plans"  actually allows for more freedom to evolve as you go
And   it reduces stress   you can always create stress if that's your thing   living on some edges is more fun
You don't want them falling down mountains     acting wanna-be in nyc   sexing w/o condoms in paris
Hey   are you protected from lawsuits if shit happens      do you hug kids in Norge
Have them sketch some historic art works   the Scream   Mona Lisa    Winged Victory   a chosen Winogrand +
Write a poem or blurb to accompany 
Choose a piece of Freud to read & discuss     Szarkowski
They can photograph stuff that 'feels' like their favorite music   their interior world  their parents' relationships  
immigration     drugs    hangin' out    their Norway   their future
How do we have fun  and pleasure    be sad   joke    love  anger  sex  alienation  together  different   ++
You'll be havin' some trips Dan  Lykkelig reiser og eventyr    
Easy fer meg   her i meg behagelig pensjonering barnestol
+:  so much more  and:
Be sure to have your kids each set up their own Flickr share page = regular picture entries  + ?sketches  writing
    99%       =     =    +  flickr + website + gallery