Backdrop

Anna Maria Horsford embodies the definition of her Los Feliz neighborhood. “The happy” beams all over her beautiful face. It’s special to be here. Tourists turn away as they see the steel yellow-posted sign: “No Access To The Hollywood Sign.” Address the world from the place of discovery. On Live Oak the righteous are called to the steep and narrow.

Her home has become an observatory of what could be. A view few see. Set up the backdrop on the back porch near the top of the hill’s crest. Iron giraffes, hippopotamus and rhinoceros stand among the lemon-scented gums.It’s a hike to get here.  It’ll take your breath away. Look out and dream bigger than before. Our dialogue over a Home cooked meal centered on books like “One Shot Harris” bought and brought from Out of the Closet. The discussion at times is jarring and other times rich like tar. Here’s an LA Times book. Forty years of highlights. These phrases escape right away so I reach out and keep them in a glass jar. The light intensities flicker inside like the dense city far below. She told me, “Do not lose the gift you have not used.” Oh God, help me figure out the instructions in my soft box. It requires an understanding beyond yourself.

Over and over climb the glass steps etched words first determination to the last vision. Here’s a shot from the photo shoot. One more photo on display from the inner workings of how I’ve been made. Come what may. Now shoot. Let the light be continuous to be in the happy.