I was having an identity crisis so I took my old profile down.
I prefer to mediate the world through a camera or written words than to deal with it directly.
I do not like the way the world is and I do not think it is part of any grand design. To the degree humans have shaped it, I sometimes marvel but mostly weep. How can we invent such marvellous things and then tell the huge majority they cannot have them? I have my nose pressed against the glass wanting what I have been taught to want. But if everyone else can't have it, I don't want it.
I treasure my education, my computer and the cameras I am privileged to use.
From each according to his ability to each according to his need, said Marx and Engels in the Communist Manifesto. I find that a worthy credo and try to follow it while still holding to the kindness in my human nature.
I try to see dyslexia as a gift and hope I don't harm myself or others by getting some stupid little thing backwards.
My daddy always told me "You will come to grief, little girl" and generally he has been right on the money.
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Groups (50)
- TEAMWORKS 65 photos, 47 members
- The Beauty of Sloughs 968 photos, 110 members
- Take my Picture! 1111 photos, 325 members
- Photographic Evidence That Stephen Harper Eats Babies. 82 photos, 27 members
- Canadian Politics 1466 photos, 103 members
- AntiWar: Pictures that Protest the Madness. 10993 photos, 1213 members
- GUSTO: Aging with Power, Wisdom, & Irreverence NEW RULES 2722 photos, 525 members
- Black and white Cri 418 photos, 88 members
- Verde e Amarelo - Green and Yellow - Vert et Jaune 11235 photos, 1514 members
- Graphic comments 821 photos, 333 members
- Shooting Through Sunglasses 842 photos, 379 members
- 100 views + 10 favourites (unlimited) 38989 photos, 5118 members
- Animal Addiction! *Post one, Comment one plse* 87787 photos, 6162 members
- PHOTO / LYRICS 1765 photos, 304 members
- Ernesto 686 photos, 537 members
- POSTER DESIGN 16225 photos, 4870 members
- Dumpr: MUSEUMR FRAMED PICS ONLY! 1373 photos, 634 members
- Why doesn't anybody notice me? / Perchè nessuno mi caga? 14540 photos, 1374 members
- White Cats 8498 photos, 837 members
- Beauty Parlors Everywhere 795 photos, 436 members
- AardCard Postcard Project 111 photos, 123 members
- *Cat Century* - 100 Views+ ONLY - please add the Tag "CC100" 19168 photos, 1357 members
- Patricks (or Patricias too) 534 photos, 37 members
- **A Big Fave (Invite Only)-Post 1/Fave or Comment 2 498651 photos, 61491 members
- Mundo Uno - One World, One Future, for the Children 21259 photos, 5321 members
- Christianity Unleashed 2705 photos, 460 members
- Paris of the Prairies 1621 photos, 130 members
- Ladies with Lawnmowers! 16 photos, 15 members
- Antony & The Johnsons 202 photos, 90 members
- One Banana Skin 114 photos, 72 members
- *Connect* 6843 photos, 427 members
- Photos of people taking photos 6670 photos, 1031 members
- Amazonia Now 819 photos, 140 members
- Photo Kranti - Click For A Cause 1266 photos, 260 members
- LOVE & PEACE > READ THE RULES OR... 6684 photos, 1877 members
- Painted Trains 19942 photos, 1304 members
- Chucky P! 133 photos, 85 members
- Cats Sniffing Flowers - P1/A2 Sweeper Activated -USE THE CODE 6487 photos, 1794 members
- IRONICALS 1490 photos, 154 members
- The Blink of an Eye 2214 photos, 3230 members
- Modern ICONOGRAPHY 14052 photos, 1592 members
- onthewalls 177 photos, 48 members
- 10-25 favorites [No nudes / erotic] 25663 photos, 4660 members
- damage 8562 photos, 1184 members
- canadian architecture 3091 photos, 188 members
- wordiness 1062 photos, 112 members
- Obligatory Purple Objects 1713 photos, 483 members
- Hockneyized 371 photos, 149 members
- ALL THINGS ROUND 3121 photos, 437 members
- Oh Baby, Baby Blue! 4075 photos, 626 members
Testimonials (3)
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PhylG says:
"I have been very proud to know Sheila through Flickr, and am even prouder of the work she has done in her life. I loved when she would suddenly pop up to comment about one of my cats, or other photos, and I was always keenly interested in her own photos, on everything from cats to protests. It has been a great privilege to have had even my brief contact with someone I consider to be one of the greatest Canadians."
23rd November, 2006
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nuanc says:
"To say that Sheila takes pictures of her world is a vast understatement. The Samuel Pepys of flickr, she will turn her lens to anything and everything and, in doing so, chronicles not only what wants to be seen but also what needs to be seen. Not always (though often) pretty or pleasant, Sheila's unflinching image-diary of the early 21st century is detailed and intriguing and often, just plain fun."
15th July, 2006
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leeontheroad says:
"Sheila is an artist of the everyday, an everyman and -woman's photojournalist. In recording the world about her, she has a keen eye for the ironic and the poignant, the beauty in apparent ugliness and the rampant ugliness in what passes for beauty. She knows the world has gone mad, but hers is a genial presence, flecked with a wicked sense of humor that is a rare joy."
3rd May, 2006
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