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charlesmackenzie

@charlesmackenzie

Photographer-Philosopher-Poet.

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charlesmackenzie
@charlesmackenzie Dec 18, 2018, 10:58 PM UTC

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@charlesmackenzie Dec 16, 2018, 9:55 AM UTC

Youtube News

Youtube news is a straightforward media project with an extremely limited scope: to be the ‘snopes of youtube’. Mission statement: Youtube News is unsympathetic to the “post-truth era” sentiment. For…

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charlesmackenzie
@charlesmackenzie Mar 1, 2018, 9:20 AM UTC

A Four Sentence Eulogy For My Grandmother

Anne was a humble but instructive character who flourished at the heart of conversation. A careful yet deliberate flower: Anne optimistically tended towards the sun, ever careful however to soak up j…

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charlesmackenzie
@charlesmackenzie Feb 23, 2018, 9:18 AM UTC

A Pirate From Black Sails

Or so he told me... The television series Black Sails, shot in Cape Town, required a whole bunch of extras... I haven't seen the show itself, and I'm sure the costume and make-up department did its j…

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charlesmackenzie
@charlesmackenzie Feb 20, 2018, 7:25 AM UTC

The Most Amazing Place

Underneath my fingertips Smallish rebellions exist Scratching away feral sores Hatching away dinosaurs They will be my fossil fuel Burning away at everything cruel Ghosts of dismembered body parts Wh…

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@charlesmackenzie Feb 5, 2018, 9:48 AM UTC

If A Dog Could Blog

That man stands vertical Dog, perpendicular Says only little toward their symmetry That man holds the leash Dog moving only within its bounds Says only little toward their bond If only a dog could bl…

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@charlesmackenzie Feb 4, 2018, 2:18 PM UTC

'Golden Hour' as represented by smoke

Granted, not the traditional golden hour picture. But just because their is no colour, no yellowy ephemeral gold - doesn't mean there isn't the associated awe and beauty! ©2017 Charles Harry Mackenzi…

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@charlesmackenzie Feb 2, 2018, 9:54 AM UTC

Smile, it's the end of the world

> “Particles decay, molecules disintegrate, cells die, organisms perish, species become extinct, planets are destroyed and stars burn-out, galaxies explode… until the unfathomable thirst of the en…

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@charlesmackenzie Feb 1, 2018, 5:02 PM UTC

Portrait Contests: Men | Of Dreams and Nightmares

Dream? Or Nightmare? I collect faces as if they were sweet metaphysical breadcrumbs Artistic avarice: I become fat with their images along the way Yet still it is not enough simply to divine out thei…

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@charlesmackenzie Jan 31, 2018, 10:56 AM UTC

Islands: A short story anthology

Image by Nathan Anderson # Islands A miniature anthology of miniature stories for @miniature-tiger’s 50 word competition: ‘island’ theme # The Cycle Trapped in the whirlpool’s throes, more powerful t…

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