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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

Friday Photos: Still Scattered

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MM trips the shutter.
MM trips the shutter.

We hope all our readers had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving.

Keeping to last week’s theme of eschewing a theme, Seraphic Secret is, once again, indulging in a collection of random photos that we like for various reasons.

We hope you do too.

 

Self-portrait with Tefillin for morning prayers.
Self-portrait with Tefillin during Shachareet, morning prayers.

 

Portrait of the great American-Chinese actress Anna May Wong by Edward Steichen, 1931.
Portrait of the great American-Chinese actress Anna May Wong by Edward Steichen, 1931.

 

Lobby card for one of my favorite films, “Gun Crazy,” 1950.
Lobby card for one of my favorite films, “Gun Crazy,” 1950.

 

“Woman Reading a Letter,” by Jan Vermeer. If I could own any painting in the world, this would be the one.
“Woman Reading a Letter,” by Jan Vermeer. If I could own any painting in the world, this would be the one.

 

A classic Brownie camera given to me as a gift by a Seraphic Secret reader. Thank you, Stephanie!
A classic Brownie camera given to me as a gift by a Seraphic Secret reader. Thank you, Stephanie.

 

I was walking along, minding my own business, when BOOM, I spotted this arrangement of green.
I was walking along, minding my own business, when BOOM, I spotted this startling arrangement of green.

 

Since we're doing green, here's a wonderful waiting by James Nares. He straps himself into a harness which is attached to the ceiling of his studio. Then he swoops across the canvas, painting his signature gestural marks.
Since we’re doing green, here’s a wonderful painting by James Nares. He straps himself into a harness which is attached to the ceiling of his studio. Then he flies across the canvas, painting his signature gestural marks.

 

A still from the greatest movie evuh, “The Seven Samurai.” Notice the hidden Jewish theme.
A still from the greatest movie evuh, “The Seven Samurai.” Notice the hidden Jewish theme.

 

I wore these socks to shut this morning. After devaluing, a man sitting next to me said: “You're really secure in your masculinity.”
Another self-portrait. I wore these socks to shul this morning. A man sitting next to me said: “You’re really secure in your masculinity.”

 

BB frames BB.
BB frames BB.

 

The End

Karen and I wish all our friends and relatives a lovely and inspirational Shabbat.

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  1. Love that Nares painting, might try it on my loungeroom ceiling.

    Random images can make a statement. My screensaver is a slideshow of 591 pix I’ve found online, all sorts of places and times. Sometimes I just sit and watch, enjoying random juxtapositions; like listening to 1000 songs on shuffle, it can pop your mind.

  3. Thanks Robert!

    There was a time – 40s-50s, when the Rolleiflex was the camera to have.

    The remark about your socks reminds me of a classic line in the cult series Firefly – main character sees someone at a costume party with a 3 Musketeers type hat – says “A man wearing that kind of a hat isn’t afraid of anything!”

    Your socks – nice contrast.

    You do have an eye for color and lines.

    As an aside, I saw Pulp Fiction last night on Netflix. First time I saw it – or tried to see it, I didn’t get anything.

    Now I sorta get it.

    Wouldn’t you love to have a Jack Rabbit Slims near you?

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