Clayton Hauck Clayton Hauck

2024 07 05

I’ve always loved visual cues that allude to passage of time. In winter time, seeing the footprints of a person on a snowy sidewalk reveals that someone must have recently passed through. I imagine it’s a bit like having the smelling abilities of a dog or the listening abilities of a whale. We humans aren’t so in touch with our senses as we simply no longer need any of them to procreate. It’s probably why artists are revered. The artists are the ones who still have the ability to tap into the senses and communicate things to a broader population in meaningful ways.

Anyway, that’s why I like this image.

-Clayton

Remains of tree, stuck in fence. Chicago, Illinois. December, 2023. © Clayton Hauck

I’ve always loved visual cues that allude to the passage of time. In winter, seeing the footprints of a person on a snowy sidewalk reveals that someone must have recently passed through. I imagine it’s a bit like having the smelling abilities of a dog or the listening abilities of a whale. We humans aren’t so in touch with our senses as we simply no longer really need any of them to survive as a species. It’s probably in part why artists are revered. The artists are the ones who still have the ability to tap into the senses and communicate things to a broader population in meaningful ways.

Anyway, that’s why I like this image.

-Clayton

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Clayton Hauck Clayton Hauck

2024 06 26

It’s been too long since I’ve posted a quote. This one popped up while stuffing wedding invitations:

“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”

— E.O. Wilson, Biologist/Naturalist

-Clayton

One dead tree in the bunch. Atlanta, Georgia. May, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

It’s been too long since I’ve posted a quote. This one popped up while stuffing wedding invitations:

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
— E.O. Wilson, Biologist/Naturalist

-Clayton

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