Today, I’m thankful for my neighbors: invisible and wonderfully generous; young and fun, old and curmudgeonly; Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jew, Sikh, Buddhist, Atheist, and whatever. May Allah make the trial of having me for a neighbor easy on them all, Ameen.
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Ferrania P30: first roll review
It’s been a long time coming, but the first film from Film Ferrania is here. Ferrania P30 is a new production run of a classic emulsion, and it’s beautiful, low speed black & white film. Film shooters, rejoice! [vimeo 197269585]
Flexibility
Today, I’m thankful for flexibility. Rigidity has its place, of course, and I’m grateful for it too, but today, it’s flexibility.
Rain
Today, I’m grateful for rain. اللَّهُ الَّذِي يُرْسِلُ الرِّيَاحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحَابًا فَيَبْسُطُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ وَيَجْعَلُهُ كِسَفًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ ۖ فَإِذَا أَصَابَ بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ It is Allah who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds and spread them in the sky however He wills, …
Family
Today, I’m thankful for family. I should acknowledge this gratitude more often, and to them directly. Alhamdulillah! Hanabibti, Mom, Dad, Samie, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws: you’re a blessing.
Abstract Thought
Today, I’m grateful for abstract thought, without which, we’d be pale shadows of the servants of Allah we are today, and that He gave to us to aid in our role as the Vicegerent for the rest of His creation. If Allah didn’t want us dreaming, imagining, wondering, pondering, and otherwise using the big brains …
Unboxing some prints from Tim Dobbs
With three or four days left in May, I managed to weasel myself into the May edition of @CraftyMoni‘s postcard swap. tl;dr: I got the better end of the deal. https://youtu.be/AWwLaNu6QCM
