Belltown Bent

• Line of sight

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  Some time has passed since the Bent considered Mountains, murmurations, and Mortimer to tell a story about European starlings. Right around the time we further mangled alliteration with Luke and Linnæus in an attempt to better describe clouds, or not.... [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2008, 4:28pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• Buddy's view

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  It was Buddy Catlett day in Seattle two weeks ago - February 21st, 2008. I was at City Hall to recognize Buddy, along with my friend Robert Wade, and to celebrate all he means to the city's jazz history and... [...]
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  Posted: March 06, 2008, 6:22pm EST
  by Bruce Moore

• Lionel Loueke: long trip, short stay

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  I'm always fascinated by the paths which lead musicians to my neighborhood jazz club. Born in Benin, West Africa, Gilles Lionel Loueke moved to Côte d'Ivoire to attend the National Institute of Art and study music for four years. He... [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2007, 2:53pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• Silas makes his point

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  I'm still thinking about John Szarkowski, and his gifts to the world of photography. Especially his notion that photographers are pointers. They want to show you what they saw, asynchronously. First, capture the moment. Then, find the memory in the... [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2007, 11:51am EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• Thank you Mr. Szarkowski

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  Photographers see things. We walk around with invisible brackets before our eyes, constantly framing most anything which falls within our view. We are consciously aware of patterns and lines defined by light and dark, color and texture, physical objects and... [...]
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  Posted: July 11, 2007, 9:22pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• Have a nice yesterday

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  Looking out the window this afternoon brought the pleasant reminder that this upcoming weekend presents one of the Bent's favorite opportunities to go back in time. The unmistakable lines, the perfect pace, the gentle roll of the bow wake, and... [...]
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  Posted: June 14, 2007, 4:15pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• A Saturday Double-Header

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  Double-headers don't come around every weekend. And if you've going to see one, you pretty much know what you're in store for. But Saturday, about 2 miles north of trackside Safeco Field, and several hours before the Mariners hit the... [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2007, 2:57pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• Unfamiliar territory

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  Just as Edward found himself checking out his strange, stylized and fantasized fifties suburban setting, so did a handful (well, four fingers worth) of newer world photobloggers, including the Bent's resident shooter. We all (Edward and the four of us)... [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2007, 1:17pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• Women of the world

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  The world of music is an extraordinarily large place. It is populated by talented individuals who, as musicians, come from faraway places - like Ouidah, Benin, or Hamamatsu, Japan. They develop their musical voices in many more places, like Paris... [...]
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  Posted: May 01, 2007, 4:32pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• A plane runs through it

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  It's been over thirty years since an admiring audience watched Alexander Calder complete the painting of his abstract design on a Braniff jet at the 1975 Paris Air Show. But almost every week you can see a Boeing jet fuselage... [...]
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  Posted: March 23, 2007, 12:59pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• The lady gets around

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  Since the lovely yacht Laurel last graced the Bent's view of Elliott Bay, she has covered thousands of nautical miles visited glamorous ports of call. Wherever she went, it seems, folks wanted to know more about her. Thanks to those... [...]
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  Posted: March 18, 2007, 10:34pm EDT
  by Bruce Moore

• Paternity TBD

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  Monday morning brought with it the joyous arrival of three little eaglets, nestled comfortably in their cozy nest, under the watchful gaze of their Eagle foster mother or father (Calder never really made that clear) in Belltown's Olympic Sculpture Park.... [...]
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  Posted: February 13, 2007, 3:16pm EST
  by Bruce Moore