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Rays

Rays

Photo by Roman.

Sorry if I seem repetitious.

I have this thing about light.

It comes from having lived with two cats for over a decade. We spent long quality hours staring at…

And I still do.

Author rmichaelromanPosted on January 18, 2020September 20, 2021Format ImageCategories Photo WallTags Evanston, light

Dancing without a Net

Dancing without a Net

Photo by Roman.

Well, there is an “immediate care” clinic right at hand. ‘Tis fortunate; the thought of dancing an i-beam evoked so much vertigo that I almost checked myself in. What passes for public art these days is most mischievous. Don’t you love it?

Author rmichaelromanPosted on January 17, 2020January 16, 2020Format ImageCategories Photo WallTags dance, Evanston, fear, fun

Crazy Light

Crazy Light

Photos by Roman.

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Author rmichaelromanPosted on September 4, 2019September 18, 2021Categories Photo WallTags CTA, Evanston, experimental, light

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Public art on the southbound platform of the Main Street CTA Purple Line Station in Evanston. (Sorry: I truncated the name of the artist and haven’t been back since.)

Photo by Roman.

Author rmichaelromanPosted on March 29, 2019March 26, 2019Format ImageCategories Photo WallTags CTA, Evanston

Lake View

Lake View

Just north of Chicago… The fantasy that Time Team archaeologists are about to begin a three day test excavation to find out what these ruins are … keeps recurring in my head.

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Sunbathing on the rocks. Photo by Roman.
Author rmichaelromanPosted on March 9, 2019March 8, 2019Format ImageCategories Photo WallTags Chicago, Evanston

The Mountains of Evanston

“I am forced into speech because men of science have refused to follow my advice without knowing why. It is altogether against my will that I tell my reasons for opposing this contemplated invasion…”*

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At the mad mountains of Evanston. Photo by Roman.

* “At the Mountains of Madness” by H.P. Lovecraft.

Author rmichaelromanPosted on September 28, 2018March 8, 2019Format ImageCategories Photo WallTags Chicago, Evanston, SciFi

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