Oh, hi.

I’ve been thinking about how strange time is. It’s hard to remember what day of the week it is. Clocks have taken on new meaning because many of us have nowhere to be. They’re now a reminder of how time is something both measured and precise, but also highly subjective. As Al Einstein once said, “time is an illusion.”

Speaking of time, it has been a long time since I shot an assignment. Like music and restaurants, commercial photography has been largely put on hold. Fortunately, while I wait for the assignment work to come back, I have been able to focus my creative energy on building a clock company. But it’s actually more than a clock. OneClock is essentially an art + music project that slowly formed by following my curiosity down new paths, and using all the skills I’ve picked up over the last few decades.

Almost 2 years after my first sketch, we have production ready prototypes in hand, and we’re gearing up for an official launch in late January. Have a look and let me know what you think.

Until next time, 

JK

Seen / Heard / Felt

My Octopus Teacher. Easily my favorite film of 2020. This simple, beautifully crafted documentary follows filmmaker Craig Foster as he very patiently forges a relationship with a wild octopus, which is a freakishly strange, highly intelligent creature. Eventually, they fall in love. Which sounds crazy, because it is.

This film is a powerful reminder that we are all connected: humans, animals, plants, oceans, air, all of it. And that we have to respect and nurture our connection to nature. But in the context of 2020 — politics, pandemics, environmental awareness, etc — I’ve come to believe that all humans can be sorted into two groups: those that believe that we’re all connected, and those that don’t.

This piece is part of a series that I made after spending some time in Japan. The layout of the image is based on a tradition from WWII where Japanese civilians would write well wishes on Japanese flags for soldiers to take into combat as good luck charms. The proportions of the image are based on the actual flag, which interestingly (and in a very Japanese way) moves the circle 1/100th to the left to create more visual balance with the flagpole.

Thanks for reading,

Jamie

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