dan abernathy - contributing to the chaos

march 29, 2008
I have put up the Tramp Stamp Gallery, which is my collection of tattoos for this area. If anyone

out there that reads this and would like to contribute a piece of their skin please let me know. I would like to shoot you and get you in the gallery. The only thing about this project is I have to shoot them. Emailing your own images has not worked.
I also have a new participant in the 23 Questions page, have a look and again let me know if you are gutsy enough to answer the questions.

As I was coming back from Jackson a couple of days ago I found my first Pronghorn road kill image. What a contrast to the pigeon in Denve

march 28, 2008
This little car that I drive seems even smaller as I drive down a interstate highway. Travelers are mere dots in the road for the 18-wheelers hauling freight from coast to coast to weave through on I-80, which has been commandeered by the trucking industry. With the number of big rigs and the constant wind that blows on I-80 my little car does not have much presence as it floats down the road, humming with the collection in my CD case. As I looked out the window when one of these rigs passed all I see are tires and spinning lug nuts. It was a cat and mouse game of sorts. The passed me on the downgrade and I would pass them on the upgrade as they slowed with the burden of their heavy loads.

My Granddaughter
Raiya Sunshine

The first day in Denver was so very cool. I have recently been exposed to a new form of art. I have seen it before, but unfortunately for me I have not paid much attention to it, even though I have shot it before. Jessie, a friend of mine turned me on to this art form and now I'm constantly on the prowl looking for it. I am even going so far as to start tagging with my chaos sticker!

Though it may be deemed graffiti and vandalism it is art. I'm not referring to tagging, which is more like a male dog pissing on the bounders of their territory. What I am looking for is art that has been thought out and executed in a grand fashion. Though the time of year was a factor and I think in the summer months we could have found more, Erin and I walked a lot of back alleys and byways looking for street art that had not been covered up. I don't understand why so many people look down on street art so badly. I would welcome it and like a small percentage of other people do, invite artists to paint murals to brighten the drab and bleak. This whole dilemma reminds me of the animated movie Wizards. The little fat fairy king went around putting color and flowers to the dark and suppressed only for it to be hunted and covered in mankind's drab thoughts of life and existence. Personally, I'm for more color. Shooting street art has become a new photo project for me and I will be posting a new gallery exhibiting street art in the near future.

Erin In the Gypsy House, one of the many coffee houses we visited.

By afternoon we had been out in the brisk air long enough and took refuge at the Denver Art Museum where we strolled the galleries looking at art from Picasso and Monet and many others. I have always been a huge fan of Picasso, both the man and the artist. I smiled inside as I looked at the original work of this great and renowned artist and saw so many similarities in the street art I had looked at during the morning. It was a fantastic day exposing ourselves to the world of art.

march 26, 2008

Erin and Myself,
yes this is a portrait not just a reflection, or a photo of a empty room!

I have been slacking on my updates, and I know that I have, but they will be coming more regular again. I'm getting my head back on tighter, although it is never very tight, and there still seem to be a number of sources trying to keep it knocked loose. They are not have much luck as I'm to demented for their cheap shots.
I just returned from a weekend trip to Denver and I will be posting much from being there
In the meantime here are some images I just downloaded from my digital Leica.

New Road Kill Images.

These are city kills, the rabbit in Pinedale, the Pigeon in Denver

march 9, 2008

Erin, my daughter, sent me this picture game on my cell phone. I usually don't take part of this type of stuff. I have always hated the forwarding of emails because most of what I have seen touched on stupid. I tried this one and had a huge laugh at the photos I had sent to me. I was amazed at the cell phone pictures that I got back. Some were fantastic.
With this idea for inspiration I thought it would be fun to start an ongoing gallery on this blog of the 7th photo. So send me the 7th photo on your cell phone. All you have to do is type in my email address, dan@rockrabbit.com, in your contacts and send it out. I will post all of them in the 7th Picture Gallery for everyone to enjoy and have fun with. Don't cheat, what ever the 7th photo is send it to dan@rockrabbit.com. Take part in contributing to the chaos.

I have not given anyone an update on the elusive Buck Frampton lately. I did get confirmation that he is going to Uruguay to perform in a sleazy cantina. He is right at home in this environment and he will be performing to a sold out crowd. He has posted a new tune for, we - the loyal ones, to enjoy. YO YO. Buck put some funk in this tune, but give it a listen. It will give you the much needed smile from the injection of Buck!

march 8, 2008

A friend give me a mix of a band that I really like and have not listened to for sometime. Cross Canadian Rag Weed, These Texan boys tear it up. If you think you might be having a bad day when you leave for work. Slip their CD in, crank it up and by the time you get to work you'll be jamming. Thanks Cross Canadian Rag Weed and thank you Penni!

I'm a Tanner, and I Like IT!

Please note: the images in the tanning bed were shot by me, i.e. a self-portrait. No one was in the both with me, as this is my time! I think most people that read this would realize that I shoot a lot of self portraits, but for those out there that have a problem with excepting the chaos I throw out this disclaimer is for you!

I not sure why, but when tanning creeps into a conversation, there seems to be a lot of negative thought pour into the ozone. It might be because of the, so-called, health risks involved, or maybe it is the vanity associated to bronze skin. Whatever it is I don’t buy into it.

Tanning with the sun is, to a degree, more acceptable. I agree with this thought pattern, I would much rather be on a beach soaking up the sun, but leaving in this snow bank, that is not possible. So why not go to a tanning bed for your tanning needs.
   Tanning for me it not only helps my skin to not itch throughout the winter it has also has become an escape. I go to Cattle Kates, lock the door, hideout and find my Zen again. So yes I tan and I don’t really care who knows about it, or what anyone may think about it. I do it for me and I like it!
   Even though the attitude about tanning may be a bit smug and something that is all right for a woman, but a bit gay for men is wrong. I spoke with some people that run some tanning salons and they think about 40% of their cliental are male. I think the male tanner tries to keep it on the QT in an attempt to keep their ego intact. My thought s are if you are going to do it, why hind it. Don’t be more fake then your tan, glow some balls and be proud of what you do.
     Tanning has been around for a long time. Two French celebrities can be credited with the transformation from pale to tan. In the 1920s, as fashions were freeing women from confining clothes, thanks in part to designer Coco Chanel, she inadvertently gave the fashion world another new trend: while cruising from Paris to Cannes, she obtained a suntan, and the 1970s, an entire generation had baked their bodies in the sun.
   At the same time fashions were changing, so were lifestyles. Women came out of the house to enjoy outdoor life, and fashionable women everywhere threw away years of tradition to be tanned.
   Tanning can have other benefits besides making you look like a beach bum. Acne is the most common skin disease and it effects nearly 17 million people in the United States. Although most doctors advise against sun exposure for treatment of acne, many people have resorted to tanning as the best solution when pills and topical creams do not work.
   Men and women tan to treat other skin conditions. Keratosis Pilaris is a condition also referred to as "chicken skin". It appears wherever hair grows. Even though this condition is harmless, it still makes people self-conscious. Although tanning does not clear this condition, it does significantly lessen the appearance.
   Tanning also can treat Seasonal Affective Disorder. The disorder, also known as seasonal depression, occurs when a person grows depressed during the fall and winter months and then becomes happy again during the longer and brighter spring and summer months. So when you get blue in the winter, go get brown with a tan. It helps!

So if you want to tan, tan. Like everything else, if you like it, if it feels good and does not hurt anyone else, then do it. Don’t let the insane ideas, or morals of others depict what you like and what you do. Be free and be alive. - dba

february 24, 2008

This Old Hat Has Seen Some Sights!

I've never worried too much about fashion. Just as I am who I am, I wear what I wear. My fashion sense is, and has been, collected and compiled from the different aspects of my life. Where I have been, what I've done and what has influenced me from some outside source. It's different and unique to me as all fashion should be. Fashion for me is something that catches my eye, not necessarily yours. It is something that I feel suits my persona, and usually something that does not fit into the current trends, but then neither do I. I am unique in my own style and built a fashion sense from bits and pieces, labeling me as an individual and a long way from being stuck in the preverbal box. Read More....

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