Road Kills
You can tell because deer get bloated, don't know if that's a smell you really can get used to. Not like living on a dairy farm where you get used to it. Death has a smell all its own, it kind of lingers. — Shawn Kremsreiter
like the slant of light.
the air is clear with anticipation,
But its real strength lies in the quiet tension of isolation
And living patiently, without atonement or regret,
In the eternity of the plain moments, the nest of care
—Until suddenly, all alone, the mind is lifted upward into
Light and air and the nothingness of the sky,
Held there in that vacant, circumstantial b... See more
But its real strength lies in the quiet tension of isolation
And living patiently, without atonement or regret,
In the eternity of the plain moments, the nest of care
—Until suddenly, all alone, the mind is lifted upward into
Light and air and the nothingness of the sky,
Held there in that vacant, circumstantial b... See more
The Late Wisconsin Spring
"I stopped being grossed out when I started getting hungry and thirsty. I had to eat. And this was the job that was available," Jackson said. "You got child support looking at you in the face. And after so long it just became natural to me. To pick up a deer or a raccoon or a skunk, it's natural. I know how to get it."
He told me he could eat a san... See more
He told me he could eat a san... See more
Byron McCauley • Meet Danny Jackson, the man who cleans up roadkill from Cincinnati streets
grace
is the act of restraint and road-kill is not a sport
is the act of restraint and road-kill is not a sport
The Street of Heavens
“In the end, people seem to be afraid to think of their bodies as merely temporary arrangements of atoms which house an eternal life-force. They are attached to their limited, constructed ways of thinking, and any change scares them. For this reason, my work is often not well-received.”
Ed Snyder • Roadkill Photography - A Manifesto
I wonder if people are better able to accept the death of an animal if it appears peaceful, versus one that has suffered a tragic, blood-spattered demise? I wonder if the people that react most violently to Joy’s work are those steeped in the denial of their own mortality?
Ed Snyder • Roadkill Photography - A Manifesto
“Whether it’s a highway or secondary road, this job is always dangerous,” Morris said. “You never know who is distracted, what is going through their minds, what kind of day they’re having.
Shula Neuman • Curious Louis Answers: Who Cleans Up Roadkill And What Do They Do With It?
Driving = job = money = food & shelter. Without food & shelter we would die.
The short equation is: Driving = Life and its counterpart,
Not Driving = Death.
The short equation is: Driving = Life and its counterpart,
Not Driving = Death.