I had a friend once call me the “Queen of the stream of Consciousness” back in the days of LiveJournal. Growing up alongside the internet digital remnants of myself are scattered across screens, not all of which I’ve been able to track down. In an effort to keep some thoughts my own I added a personal blog to my website. So I can write when I feel called to without being tied to a specific project.

Over a 7 year span I blogged exclusively on Tumblr under the name “Kiss My Flash”. While much of the photography work has been relocated pieces that I wrote are captured in an archive below.

Katherine Arnett 4/29/20 Katherine Arnett 4/29/20

99 Love Balloons

“Hey, how are you?” is meant to be answered with “Good thanks, and you?” It’s part of the social contract. A polite acknowledgement that both parties have their own series of events unfolding and both will suspend whatever demons lurk below momentarily.

It is the hand shake of conversation. And much like actual hand shaking it has been made irrelevant by 2020.

Katherine Arnett 4/28/20 Katherine Arnett 4/28/20

Stillness Speaks Volumes

Midnight is a strange time for a walk. Or at least it used to be. I noticed, a couple weeks ago for the first time, a couple out strolling through the schoolyard path at 11:42. In no rush to be somewhere, without a canine companion, they ambled along in the orange glow of suburban street lights.

Quiet. Still. There’s no need to worry about keeping your distance when the world is asleep.

Katherine Arnett 4/9/20 Katherine Arnett 4/9/20

Puppies on Parade

Each day seems more uncertain than the last. Forced into the microcosm of our homes the opening of a tulip seems the grandest of events. Laundry has presented itself as a contemplative task. And the puppies march in a parade with an audience of one.

Katherine Arnett 4/7/20 Katherine Arnett 4/7/20

Tulips & Toilet Paper

When I am asked years from now what living through a global pandemic was like I wonder what I will say. Will I explain the fear I felt for friends in China, Spain, France, and the United States. Or the terror I felt being deemed an essential service worker and risking my health for minimum wage. Or will I laugh and say, “toilet paper and yeast were more valuable than gold!”

November 2021
- Nov 18, 2021 Floods, Fires, and Farmland: Climate Change in BC's Backyard Nov 18, 2021
November 2020
- Nov 1, 2020 Patron Saint of Old Maids Nov 1, 2020
October 2020
- Oct 25, 2020 A Spark, A Flicker, A Flame Oct 25, 2020
- Oct 18, 2020 Death By a Thousand Likes Oct 18, 2020
- Oct 12, 2020 The Vampire Within Oct 12, 2020
July 2020
- Jul 3, 2020 From Grave to Garden Jul 3, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 30, 2020 Anywhere But Here Jun 30, 2020
May 2020
- May 25, 2020 From the Archives: The Fourth Wave is a Tsunami May 25, 2020
- May 21, 2020 The Nature of Work May 21, 2020
- May 5, 2020 Happy 37th Birthday... Again May 5, 2020
- May 4, 2020 Gaia's Revenge May 4, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 30, 2020 Field of Dreams Apr 30, 2020
- Apr 29, 2020 99 Love Balloons Apr 29, 2020
- Apr 28, 2020 Stillness Speaks Volumes Apr 28, 2020
- Apr 9, 2020 Puppies on Parade Apr 9, 2020
- Apr 7, 2020 Tulips & Toilet Paper Apr 7, 2020

Kiss My Flash

Like so many others for years I hosted a blog on Tumblr called Kiss My Flash. I documented my life as a photographer, my pop culture ramblings, and life in general. Not wanting to lose memories and pieces of myself from seven years I have transferred them to my own site. Below are some excerpts and links to the full archive.

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