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Waiting For The Train

Ely Nevada Ghost Train

Jay Maisel quoted another artist who I’m not familiar with and said something along the lines of ‘waiting by the stage for the actors’. That was some serious paraphrasing, but I used the wisdom last week when the team decided to go to the thrift store. Instead of trying on smoke scented vintage tees, I headed down to the train depot and waited for the actors. This was the moment and gesture that I thought was the best.

FYI…Jay Maisel is today’s clue for my experiment last week. All will be revealed tomorrow!

Photographer’s Note: I mentioned Jay Maisel. If you are interested in learning more about him, checkout KelbyTraining.com (affiliate link). There is a three part series featuring him on a photo-walk on in NY and Paris. It’s pretty awesome if you are into learning from legendary photographers.

Ethics Note: Some of the links I provide on this site are from companies I’m an affiliate with. If you use them to purchase something, I do get a small percentage of the sale which helps this site continue to roll along.. That being said, I do stand behind all my affiliates as a paying customer. I never recommend something that I haven’t purchased myself already. I wanted to let you know so that you can decide to either avoid the links, or if you like the site you can choose to use them and help support it. No pressure. I’m cool either way.

This Is John

This is John, we met him in a ghost town in eastern Nevada. He has lived here since 1974. Prior to that he was crew chief in the US Air Force. Not only does John coordinate the fire department, he also curates the museum. When we arrived in this small town the museum was closed. It took a local resident that drove to John’s house to let him know that he had visitors. He arrived shortly thereafter, let us in, and proceeded to tell us about the town and its history. After an hour or so, we had to hit the road. We left a modest donation and thanked him for his time.

If you remember back to a post I shared a couple weeks ago about trying to discover your calling, you might recall a bit I shared about my own. I mentioned that I personally enjoy meeting unique people in interesting places and sharing their story with a photograph. It’s something I haven’t done much of in the past, but it’s something I hope to do more of in the future. As regulars here, do you enjoy learning about the people that make this world unique? I’d be curious to hear your thoughts. Thanks!

As for today’s clue…the experiment I was conducting had to do with a tenant of this site. Anymore guesses?

Considerate Creativity

Country Road

Are you the type of person who feels the pressure of the destination, or can you embrace the journey and take time to discover things along the way?

I’ll be honest, if I’m alone it might take me an hour to go a mile. If I’m traveling with others, I will start to manifest a self imposed pressure to get the team to the destination. Usually, I just have to talk myself down and remember, it just as much the journey as it is the destination. I guess my creativity is shy, or just considerate of others. How about you?

Continue for Capture/Processing Notes…

Remittance Man Revisited

Remittance Man

This is what is left of Tommy George’s cabin. He was a classically trained pianist from Britain. You can read more about him and see the outside of his cabin here in The Remittance Man.

Club Silver Dollar

Elko Nevada

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was pretty busy so this will be a quick post. Sorry about that. If you are a regular here you know I have a soft spot for Americana and a great place to explore the forgotten west is Nevada.