A weed is any plant growing where it is not wanted.
In the gardens of the mind, weeds are called ‘stupid,’ ‘dumb,’ ‘pointless,’ ‘boring; ‘hot air.’
For me, the technical details and comparisons of cameras and lenses are weeds. HDR, picture-a-day, book-in-a-month, printer specs, nudes in unnatural places, cute anything … weeds, weeds, weeds.
For many people, history of photography, philosophy of photography, digital anything, discussions about meaning, the word “image”, the word “art”, the word “think”, are weeds, weeds, weeds.
No problem. Weeds are not defined by what they are but by their wanted-ness. One person’s hot air is another person’s prized obsession.
Just remember that there are quite a few people out there for whom the entire field of photography is a weed in the garden of their mind. The moment you show them one non-utilitarian photograph or say one non-utilitarian word about a picture: “pretty”, or “nice,” for example, you’re generating hot air; you are putting weeds in their garden.
-Julie
Coloring 
I like that a lot.
I’ve always been drawn to weed gardens in physical relity, and my mind is a tangled profusion of the buggers. Of course I like it a lot… :-)
Comment by Felix Grant — July 20, 2008 @ 6:40 am
Felix,
Weed gardens, or weedy gardens? I have the latter.
Congratulations on your Guild Gallery show. I enjoyed the videos.
-Julie
Comment by unrealnature — July 20, 2008 @ 8:06 am
I think I have the former…
Comment by Felix Grant — July 20, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
You’re an oxymoron.
Comment by unrealnature — July 20, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
I know … it’s the deep breathing that does it…
Comment by Felix Grant — July 21, 2008 @ 2:46 am
Yes and no. If your yin yang is Krebs cycling that simply indicates a certain wishywashy-ness. Be decisive! Yin or yang?
Comment by unrealnature — July 21, 2008 @ 4:09 am
OK … ummm … errrrr … YES! Definitely YES!
Comment by Felix Grant — July 21, 2008 @ 2:50 pm
And thank you for telling me who stole my cycle. I shall call on Krebs tomorrow to discuss its return.
Comment by Felix Grant — July 21, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
[ laughing ]
And there you have it, folks. The entire history of western philosophy in eight blog comments.
Comment by unrealnature — July 21, 2008 @ 3:33 pm