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running on empty by tom clausen

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, Old Vehicles, poems and photos, roads, rust, summer, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, details, Detroit, dreams, found art, haiku, junk yard, light, Montana, nature, old cars, past times, patina, photography, poetry, reflections, retired, rust, summer, sun, time, used, vehicles, wabi sabi, witness, worn

out to pasture
the fuel gauge
on empty

 

 

out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -16
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -10
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -11
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -12
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. Cadillac
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. Cadillac grill
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -13
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -14
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -18
Studebaker- out to pasture- Bozeman, MT.
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -4
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -5
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -6
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -17
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT. -9
out to pasture- Bozeman, MT.

across the plains by tom clausen

21 Wednesday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, Old Vehicles, poems and photos, roads, rust, summer, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, details, Detroit, dreams, found art, great plains, haiku, iron, junk yards, metal, nash, nature, North Dakota, photography, poetry, reflections, relics, summer, time, used cars, vintage, wabi sabi, weathered, witness, worn, zen

 

under big sky
from one water tower
to the next…

 

minot-car-yard
minot-old-cars
rusted-beauty

the way by tom clausen

05 Monday Sep 2016

Posted by Tom Clausen in americana, close up details, landscapes, poems and photos, Wabi Sabi

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art, beauty, design, details, directions, dreams, found art, haiku, New York City, New York State, pathway, photography, poetry, relics, signs, summer, the way, time, timeless, wabi sabi, walking, witness, worn, zen

as if I didn’t know
an arrow from long ago
points the  way…

n Central Park a little brass arrow pointing the way from another era... it was not clear what way it was pointing at but I liked the well worn aspect, especially the tip of the arrow...

hay wagon by tom clausen

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

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art, empty, farm equipment, farming, farms, fields, Finger Lakes, hay, hay bales, haying, Ithaca, New York State, photography, poetry, summer, tanka, wagons, worn

wind outside the mall
and as I wait
with my eyes closed
a killdeer calls
from another life

hay wagon at rest, waiting for the next load

hay wagon
at rest, waiting
for the next load

red shed series by tom clausen

03 Monday Aug 2015

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art, beauty, Finger Lakes, Ithaca, knots, New York State, now, photography, planks, poetry, red, summer, wabi sabi, weathered, weathering, wood, wood grain, worn

older and older
the strangers saying hello
to me

the way paint holds on through hard times

the way paint
holds on through
hard times

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peeling by tom clausen

24 Friday Apr 2015

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art, found art, High Voltage, paint, peeling paint, photography, poetry, rust, wabi sabi, wearing, weathering, worn

at this time
a little dust, some dirt
and peeling paint…
welcome guests
in the living room

peeling paint at the High Voltage Lab back door

peeling paint
at the High Voltage Lab
back door

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