David Whittemore's Two Hundred Fifty Pixels Wide : mark_o_hare

blue cafe .. boomerang .. Mamiya 645 .. Kodachrome .. purdue .. 1989

Mark O'Hare, cartoonist

 Before me, tables of persons, cups of coffee, smiles, conversation and possibility.  Through the broad windows a sunbaked scene - summer's last stand, the trees have already given into the inevitable.  The sky a dead blue. An artificial life fed by pretentious cuisine flourishes here as mushrooms in the manure-filled darkness of some basement.

Something draws us here. Something demands attention - is it simply ourselves? Or is there more here - is there something real? Outside it is no different - the city walls scrawled with my discontent. My only reality is dissatisfaction and unending restlessness.

When I allow the intoxication of interaction, I even in my stupor am aware of the impending sickness. It amazes to see others stumbling always - can they face the starkness that is the seasons unmasked?

Suppose then that I am bitter and empty from my inadequacies and unwillingness to deal with others and subjective wonderment. You may if you wish. I cannot

Mark has since gone on to work on some popular things

Medium format AGFA 50, printed B&W

1989-01-21