Noah’s eyes: still point in the turning world
If you’re having a slow Labor Day, take a look at this (hat tip: Pajamas Media): a young man named Noah takes a photo of himself every day for six years (yes, count ’em–or rather, maybe you’d better just take his word for it).
Ah, Noah, despite your relative youth and my relative age, I can empathize. What am I talking about? Why, the hair, of course! Every day a different experience–every hour a different experience. Those of us with strongly wavy hair that has a mind of its own can understand; others probably cannot.
The variety of directions in which Noah’s hair chooses to go is not matched by any variety in his own moods, however. Never I have seen so little change of expression in my life. And his eyes–how does he do that? They appear to remain focused on a single point throughout the over two thousand photos.
This work in progress brings two things to mind: what can be done with digital photography, and OCD. I have to say, however, I like it.
The hair is, ack how you say, alive no?
Writhing around like a great black mass tentacled monster. It obviously controls the poor man’s actions now.
-yes, he does remind me of a caged parrot
A particularly well-done version of this sort of thing is at:
http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/essays/diegotime/time.html
or
http://snipurl.com/2fc1
Thanks, Neo, for all your writing here ;]
His eyes are focused on one point – I think it is known as a camera lens.