uplifting through adversity

[porphyre]

I spent last night at Lung's place being wined and dined with David and Claire and writing a glossy, shiny happy proposal article for Reader's Digest about Slab City, where we were staying by the Salton Sea. Considering that Slab City is essentially a small town comprised of poor and crazy people pushed out to the ultimate margins of society, it was pretty tricky. Not only did I have to write in the sappy, almost vapid style of Reader's Digest, I had to gloss over anything untoward. Nigh impossible, but I think I succeeded. By the time I was done, I had a rough article draft which failed to note any of the incest, open meth use, unbalanced people suffering from mental illness, or the terrifying number of sex offenders. Instead it talked about how great our friends are. It was pretty awesome, like looking at the moon with a microscope.

Via Lung today:

Very hard at work putting together an article for a magazine. Typical photographer's home office scene just prior to the lingerie pillow fight: