Wobneb: Top Reasons to Support Independents in 2023 carybenbow.substack.com/p/top-reasons-…

My review of Teju Cole’s Golden Apple of the Sun was a wonderful discovery process, but I had to admit my own disconnect with some of Cole’s other work. “We are on the ride that is Cole’s dialog with us; one idea seeping into the next, a steady stream of words and ideas.”

I would never dream of calling myself a “Whatever” if I didn’t have the credentials to do so. I’m not an Architect, a Graphic Designer, Librarian, or Chef. That is all.

Why drag Indiana into this? “David vs. Goliath. The Miracle On Ice. Hoosiers. The New York Mets in general. Americans love an underdog story, especially when mixed with a dose of nationalism.” :: 5 takeaways from Biden's State of the Union address npr.org/2023/02/08/115…

An actual, vetted and approved graphic to illustrate Solar Energy Windmill Diagram. For a legit textbook in the US. 🤬

“I am an artist and I believe deeply in the power of art, but I also want to materially create change in the lives of the people that are a part of it and also in the communities that it wants to serve." npr.org/2023/02/10/115…

This Ben Davis ArtNet article was a good read. “Viral culture is flattening everything into one incoherent mass.” The incoherent mass is more like a cryptic rat nest of ‘reality’ - one that I often find myself orbiting rather than understanding. news.artnet.com/opinion/waffle…

It's feel-good-pick-me-up-makes-you-smile kind of morning Lyle Lovett : open.spotify.com/album/3ToElQNX…

The photograph not taken: a young woman standing at her supermarket cash register tonight, somberly waiting to serve no customers in a rather empty store while cradling a giant teddy bear, swaying with it like a parent trying to lull a baby to sleep.

I’ll start to let this little secret out - I’m guest editing the #streetphotography issue coming up for @fstopmagazine - deadline for entries is March 15 fstopmagazine.com/submissions.ht…

It’s true. #streetphotography is the upcoming theme for @fstopmagazine - due date is March 15th -see our website for submission details! I was asked to guest edit the submissions for this popular theme - traditional, contemporary and thematic submissions are all up for grabs!

Day from Hell

Anyone else in Indiana hear the frogs that just thawed out?

So pleased to get feedback like this for my first fully edited issue/ exhibition for F-Stop Magazine. Thanks J Chen / Photography and so many others for your kind words.

Tickety-Boo by Charles H. Traub on WobnebMag Cary Benbow wobnebmagazine.wordpress.com/2023/10/02/tic…

40 yrs ago, in college, I raged against dictators for atrocities they waged against human beings in countries far away from me. Now I'm writing my US representatives to speak truth to power & rage against authoritarian acts against own own people and our allies. Mic drop