Tim Barrus Blog
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CHAOS APPEARS IN NATURE WHEN THERE IS A SYSTEMIC INSTABILITY IN A SYSTEM SUCH THAT CHANGES 2 THE WAY THE SYSTEM EVOLVES OVER TIME 2 RESEMBLE THE MORALITY OF COMPLETE RUIN
Sometimes you can build a set to juxtapose against the background of the background almost as an aside until you realize that the aside is the photograph. My back yard by the kiddie swings. -
CRIMINALS. WAFFLE HOUSE. AND PHYSICS.
I am allowed to eat at Waffle House because all the criminals in town are allowed to eat at Waffle House. If the fry cook murders his ex-wife in booth #3, run. Charleen puts ketchup on her scambled eggs and a little bit in her grits. This is called the…
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I WANT THE PHOTOGRAPHS TO HAVE SOMETHING OFF KILTER SOMETHING STRANGE
You would be incinerated. You were not beamed up. Your molecules would heat, expand, and turned into a sea of electrons. There would not be much evidence that you had ever been here. The only question that remained open for Homo sapiens was one that asked Why Are You Here.…
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It’s About the Red as an Icon Justine Explodes From His Clothes
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I lived across the street from the bar. Poetry night was on Thursdays.
I was very cautious of becoming recognizable in public. A few people knew who I was. Not many. Not well. Not on purpose. I cruised around the world on a tall sailing ship. The HMS Fantome. The Prince of Wales. Royalty will get you everything. Adolfo came around and snarled.…
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photo shoot of accidents
The dogs and I have left the house. Photo shoot at Paton Park. Baseball field. I forgot to power up the GoPro. Try doing this with two dogs.
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Tim Barrus Response NYT Ross Douthat
I am a communist. Capitalism is confused. These ideas will be too radical for Gatekeepers. Because the ideas are the truth. Gatekeepers will never see Appalachia for what it is. A place apart. Not the candy cane Instagram Place Apart. But a Harder Truth. Executions in WV were all hanging…
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The wind. The summer. And the Sandman.
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Tim Barrus: Getting Out of Dodge Again
Half a million Fentanyl deaths in one year alone. There’s your sacred America.
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Tim Barrus: They All Grew Up
Carnival was almost done. I am a communist. I am impotent. Mark Warren called. I have autism. Make it go away. I see timelines and angels. I listen to the voice of the people who have taken up residency inside my head.