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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 21h

Same--I aspire to the simplicity of Cluster, but usually can't stop myself from adding bridges and intros and such.

I can improvise in a group, but in the studio I always end up refining it.

Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 1d

Dunno if there are ongoing threads like that, but let me know if you find one! I wouldn't call myself an expert, but I know more about music theory than at least some people who try to teach it on YouTube...

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 1d

Some examples:

Abandoned cabin with sunrise behind it illuminating broken glass in its front window.

Storm approaching above desert homestead.

Abandoned housewares lit by a stray sunbeam.

Overturned chair in abandoned cabin, with string of Christmas lights and interior wall lit by sunrise.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 1d

My new book Five Acres of Heaven: Photographs from Wonder Valley is available as of today!

It's priced to move at $15, and available on line at www.f28press.com/store/p/five..., and locally to Wonder Valley at Desert General (29 Palms), the 29 Palms Art Gallery, and Acme62 (Yucca Valley).

Five Acres of Heaven — F2.8 Press

Photobook exploring the abandoned homesteads of the Wonder Valley area of the Mojave Desert

www.f28press.com

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 3d

Definitely later for me—probably the oughts at the earliest—but IIRC the term came out of comics fandom, so I would have been late to the party.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 8d

that guy in Starfleet who loves the Borg

kk.org/thetechnium/...

Paying AIs to Read My Books

Some authors have it backwards. They believe that AI companies should pay them for training AIs on their books. But I predict in a very short while, authors will be paying AI companies to ensure that ...

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 11d

Used book stores put me in magpie mode.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 11d

claimed
#photography #wondervalley #twentyninepalms #california

A dirt road leads toward distant mountains in desert landscape, with "No Trespass" and "Keep Out" signs on either side.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 11d

I bought this on sight because of its having the same title as one of my favorite albums, whether by coincidence or not I still don’t know. Haven’t read it yet. www.discogs.com/release/2489...

Peter Blegvad - King Strut & Other Stories

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1990 Vinyl release of "King Strut & Other Stories" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 13d

traces
#photography #wondervalley #twentyninepalms #california #monochrome

Monochrome picture of leafy stalk lying in desert sand with ripples to its left and a tire track to its right.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 14d

sunrise at the midden
#photography #wondervalley #twentyninepalms #california

Plastic bottle covered in water droplets, lit from behind by rising sun, amid a field of trash.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 15d

toy story
#photography #wondervalley #twentyninepalms #california

A pile of brightly colored discarded toys in desert landscape with moutain in background.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 22d

early riser
#photography #landscape #wondervalley #twentyninepalms #california

Mountain lit by sunrise with flat dark sandy desert in front and a partly cloudy sky.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 23d

prospector's wash
#photography #landscape #cleghornlakeswilderness #wondervalley #california #twentyninepalms

A muddy wash with reflective areas and tire tracks recedes into the distance, with mountains and sunrise in background.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 25d

instant runoff
#photography #landscape #wondervalley #cleghornlakeswilderness #california

Muddy water flowing through narrow desert wash, flanked by creosote bushes, with mountains and low clouds in background.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · 29d

Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score

Rotten tomatoes entry for Breakfast of Champions with 28% tomatometer.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · Sep 13

impatience
#photography #monochrome #wondervalley #twentyninepalms #california

An M-shaped scar in desert sand from a vehicle's leaving the road in order to turn around.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · Sep 12

point blank
#photography #monochrome #wondervalley #twentyninepalms #california

A rusty metal object casts a long and sharp triangular shadow in desert landscape.

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Tim Walters @timwaltersphoto.com · Sep 12

@scalzi.com 's book-signing thread has reminded me of one of my prized possessions. I handed it to him without having looked inside first, and without a moment's hesitation he added the second inscription.