Those who know me best are familiar with my affinity for the Google Image Search. FlickR is my pal too. It’s like Romper Room on crack for the visually oriented. I have several Firefox Plugins that have helped me achieve ninja status when it comes to tracking down an existing image that conveys my intended concept with artistic economy rarely afforded by words alone. As with most of my talents, it is my blessing; it is my curse. Several of the 31 posts in draft are unfinished because:

• I got distracted by the looking for the perfect accompanying image(s), found the image and lost the steam to take care of the minor detail of content. Forest – I’d like to introduce you to my close, personal friends – the Trees.
• The idea that I am trying to convey is so specific or obscure that even my might powers of keyword cross referencing are unable to turn up a match.

The former is why G*d created Adderall (BTW- thanks for that, Big Guy). The latter is why serendipity brought me my friend Sean (aka – Demonhood). A while back, I got it in my head that I wanted (nay – NEEDED) an image of a Rufeetini. Not one to turn away from a "dare to be great situation", Sean took the conceptual directives sent via IM and boldly assumed the role of the hero. Hopefully this is the first of many collaborations.

The Artist Currently Known As Demonhood

By day, this Santa Barbara based photog is an oracle of tech geekery at an area university. Able to photograph tall buildings in a single bound, nights and weekends are spent taking pictures of things the rest of us are too harried to catch the first time around. His lens captures delightfully quirky moments in the most poetic of ways. Check out his work and if you’re getting hitched in California, hire him to photograph your wedding.

Tags: Artist, California, Google, Santa Barbara, Sean