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Modern Love **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oSjeHd

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Sadness as a Gift **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oS5onk

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Zürich In our world of short attention span theater, I worry all of you are going to get bored if I just post concert photos so, here's one from my recent European trip. **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oRYZL3

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Charlotte Adigéry (Ghent, Belgium) Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul create politically conscious quirky dance music. I was happy to finally see them live! Listen here: charlotteandbolis.bandcamp.com/ For more photos of them and others at Pitchfork Music Festival: charlotteandbolis.bandcamp.com/ **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oRSHxe

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Happy Birthday, Molly Rankin (Alvvays) www.alvvays.com/ More photos of Alvvays here: bigtakeover.com/concerts/pitchfork-music-festival-highlig... **All photos are copyrighted*** https://flic.kr/p/2oREaa5

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Everything in it's Right Place **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oRvfft

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Mdou Moctar Mdou Moctar, a Tuareg band from Niger was definitely my highlight of yesterday! To see more Day Three Photos from Pitchfork Music Festival, please see: bigtakeover.com/concerts/pitchfork-music-festival-highlig... **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oRvEqB

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Big Thief Day Two of Pitchfork Music Festival is now up and I would love to sleep for a few days straight sigh. bigtakeover.com/concerts/pitchfork-music-festival-highlig... **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oRg85t

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Perfume Genius This was my favorite photo from yesterday. It has been a very long time since I saw Perfume Genius and they were phenomenal. To see more of Pitchfork Music Festival Day One photos see: bigtakeover.com/concerts/pitchfork-music-festival-highlig... **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oR4QY5

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Pop Up Book With Cats! I feel like the push and pull occurs mentally with kids now and more with screens than anything else. It was refreshing to visit the Pop Up Book Exhibit at the Newberry Library in Chicago and see some of these. This one is from a book called Immer Froh Tagaus, Tagein by Cornelie Lechler and is from 1893 (well before smart phones and ipads!) Here's some more information: www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/pop-books-throu... Happy Furry Friday! **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oQTQcp

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The Crossing I like to imagine that each time we make a choice, we exercise our personal volition and a crosswalk is a visual reminder of that choice. We are deciding to move forward in a direction across space and time. So, I like to catch people as they are executing a decision just before they have to make another one. Will they turn left? Right? Go straight? They could even (like me often.) choose to turn right around and go back...maybe check to see if they turned the oven off 8 times and sing a little song about it. On average, humans supposedly make 35,000 choices a day....and we have no idea what our brains are really up to at any given moment. Have you talked with your brain today? You should! **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oQAFGS

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The Catman of Paris This catman was ok with me taking his portrait but his cat was on the fence. There were just more fascinating things to look at .... Happy Whisker Wednesday everyone! **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oQv97f

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The Dogman of Firenze About an hour before this, a man was walking down the street holding a beautiful ginger tabby kitten and I asked if I could take his photo and received an adamant "NO!" (This is why maybe don't ask is all I'm saying!) Then, I saw this man with a whopping 9 dogs with him and asked him if I could take his photo and he was more than happy to oblige. So, I'm sorry cat fans but the dog people won that day. **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oQiacq

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Jane Birkin If you are wondering why I didn't post this Jane Birkin photo 12 years ago, I can only tell you there were many posted with a review written by someone else (link is unfortunately dead, though). Also, when I first joined Flickr, I tended to put up sets of bands all at once and I just found that people would rather look at the cell phone shots they had taken at the show and could view at most one photo of someone else's. That's just the reality of how the world is. There is so much noise. Everyone is standing next to each other in the photo pit. It is hot and sometimes exhausting and we are sharing the same space, breathing exactly the same air, and our minds and fingers are clicking and clicking. So, we are likely getting the same shots with the same timing at slightly different angles. But maybe,just maybe, I manage to get something a little different or a little special and that's what I am hoping for. Let's not celebrate Jane because she died. Let's celebrate her because she lived. **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oPZjyQ

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Le Tigre! I finally had a chance to photograph Le Tigre last night at the sold out Salt Shed in Chicago. Here's a link to the photos and review: bigtakeover.com/concerts/le-tigre-the-salt-shed-chicago-j... **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oPTSuA

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A Laugh and a Photograph A laugh is not like a photograph at all It exerts itself like a wish To believe in a happier reality A better world is possible if we Just want it enough. And then it vanishes You cannot find it in anywhere Not in the sweet grasses Or the hazy atmosphere Not in the fine strands of curly hair A photograph lasts forever Until the world is destroyed, That photograph can be enjoyed You can revisit it like an old friend And make the hours in life bend. A laugh is like a photograph So many so few Do you remember you? Where do all those laughs and photos go? It is so impossible to know. But maybe the laughter enters the photo again And does a strange dance that tells you. Time is just an illusion. We’re all already dead or alive. You have to choose one. Rest in peace, Jane. Or better yet, dance with laughter. **All photos are copyrighted** https://flic.kr/p/2oPU7sm

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Cat of the Ancient Roman Ruins If you've ever been to Rome, you know that they are super into their history (and cats!) In a stroke of extraordinary luck, we managed to get a hotel overlooking the "Cat Ruins" with an actual balcony! Each day, I'd go out there in the morning before the sun got too hot and take some photos and then watch them running around with their ruinous zoomies in the evening, which was just heavenly. I had brought treats to feed them but then I noticed later on that there were signs saying not to and that they are presumably fed by volunteers at Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary even if they don't live in the actual shelter. Note-you can no longer take photos within the confines of the actual cat sanctuary. In any case, I enjoyed seeing these felines living their best lives but I was sad it was so hot for them! In Italy, it is illegal for anyone to harm a cat and I think this should be a law in the entire world. **All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission https://flic.kr/p/2oPDfWK