Color and Non-Color

David Brookton, Untitled, (Color and Non-Color), Contrasting Photos

Queer artist David Brookton is a software engineer and interdisciplinary media artist who graduated with a BFA from the University of Colorado in Boulder. His signature pieces are created by using sharpie and watercolor on canvas, two opposing media types. Brookton works out of his Denver studio and enjoys recontextualizing classical sculpture in contemporary media.

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Red Hair and Earring

Photographer Unknown, (Red Hair and Earring)

Winter’s Jack Frosts

Photographers Unknown, (Winter’s Jack Frosts)

Beach and Sun

Photographer Unknown, (Beach and Sun)

“To be upon the beach yourself, and see the long waves coming in; to know that they are long waves, but only see a piece of them. And to hear them lifting roundly, swelling over smooth green rocks, plashing down in the hollow corners, but bearing on all the same as ever, soft and sleek and sorrowful, till their little noise is over.”
― R.D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone

Gazing Onward

Photographer Unknown, (Gazing Onward)

“Why do you reduce art to an autobiography? Once a piece of art is concluded and ejected into the world it changes with every single pair of eyes and becomes an endless object of transformation. The spectator makes it his or her own. Don’t decontextualize it and call it truth, call it your perspective.”
― Laura Gentile, Within Paravent Walls

The Bar of Light Across His Eyes

Photographer Unknown, (The Bar of Light Across His Eyes)

“The light was only just visible – except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.”

― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

Lost in Thought

Photographer Unknown, (Lost in Thought)

“…the sad part is, that I will probably end up loving you without you for much longer than I loved you when I knew you.
Some people might find that strange.
But the truth of it is that the amount of love you feel for someone and the impact they have on you as a person, is in no way relative to the amount of time you have known them.”

― Ranata Suzuki

Stephen Russell: “You Can Trust Everyone to Be Human”

Photographer Unknown, (Decisions Await)

“You can trust everyone to be human, with all the quirks and inconsistencies we humans display, including disloyalty, dishonesty and downright treachery. We are all capable of the entire range of human behavior, given the circumstances, from absolute saintliness to abject depravity. Trusting someone to limit their sphere of action to one narrow band on the spectrum is idealistic and will inevitably lead to disappointment.

On the other hand, you can decide to trust that everyone is doing their best according to their particular stage of development, and to give everyone their appropriate berth. For this to work, you have to trust yourself to make and have made the right choices that will lead you on the path to your healthy growth. You have to trust yourself to come through every experience safely and enriched. But don’t trust what I am saying. Listen and then decide for yourself. Does this information sit easily in your belly? You know when you trust yourself around someone because your belly feels settled and your heart feels warm.”

-Stephen Russell, Barefoot Doctor’s Guide to the Tao: A Spiritual Handbook for the Urban Warrior

Palm Leaves

Photographer Unknown, (Palm Leaves)

“The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and three hundred and sixty-two admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love heterosexuals. It’s just that they need more supervision.”

—Lynn Lavner