Peek-a-boo

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THE PROMPT:
This week’s photo courtesy of Douglas MacIlroy.

Peek-a-boo

The assignment was simple: paint the railings and catwalks, sealcoat the floor. A crew of four and we’re in and out in a day. What I didn’t know was we’d be working at Keck Observatory.

Talk about cool?

Looking past the MOSFIRE I was surprised to see a floor to ceiling mirror. Why’s that here? I guess scientists are as interested in how they look as they are in science?

Me being me, I put down my roller, stood, waved and took a selfie. Gotta get this on Instagram, I thought.

“Hey, movie star, get back to work!”

“Yeah, boss.”

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Guy Clark, one of the best songwriters of our time, wrote this song about a special photograph. If you watch the video I hope you enjoy it. At the beginning of the song he explains how the photo came to be taken and he mentions Townes: “Me and Townes were in that house drunk on our ass“. He’s talking about fellow songwriter (someone who was every bit as poetically brilliant as Guy), Townes Van Zandt.