This is the final image in this series of homey B&W images. At least for now. I've so appreciated the comments you've posted on the earlier images. They have helped me gain confidence in exploring my latest obsession with light and shadow. That's all I see anymore. Yes, I'll use color when the subject calls for it, as I did in "Karoline at Seven Months" and "After an October Rain," but my eyes have begun to see the world in black and white. I've done this before.

After having painted in vivid color for almost 15 years, during the first Gulf War in 1991 I started drawing with a rapidograph pen and black india ink. During the 1990s, that was the only medium I used. To see examples of my art during that time, see "Word Art", and "Meditation Mandalas". I even drew on stones (see "Sacred Stones"). Then in 2004 I moved back into color wth a series of abstract acrylic ink paintings (see a "Gallery of Paintings").

And now I feel like I'm doing a similar dance between color and B&W in my photography. Creativity is such an adventure!

This afternoon (Wednesday) I will be going off for four days and nights of music. My favorite kind: creative/experimental/new music created by individuals and groups from Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States, musicians who define the word "original." The Edgefest is in its eleventh year and we have the folks at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, Michigan to thank for organizing and hosting this world-class festival. I'll be staying four nights at a motel in Ann Arbor in order to get some sleep. Ann Arbor is an hour's drive from my home and the night concerts go into the early morning hours. Our days will be filled with concerts, a symposium, and even a parade. CLICK HERE to see the Edgefest schedule of events and concerts (October 17-20). I'll do my best to post photo entries while I'm in Ann Arbor, but can't promise anything. I'll be back here for sure on Sunday, October 21.