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"Double-Take"—Lark Farlee. ©2017 Rodney Margison Boy, what a year 2018 is turning out to be. As the sun set on 2017, I was riding a bit of a creative high. I started January with a mandate for myself to make 2018 “My Year of Creating Fearlessly,” and although that seemed impossible just days after making that declaration, I can say with confidence that I’m doing [...]

Me kissing the bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 2018 Indy Mini Marathon. Photo by Rodney Margison   Dear Mom, So, I did a thing yesterday. It was not something I had ever imagined myself doing, and as recently as a year ago wasn’t even on my radar. I ran in and finished the Indy Mini Marathon. I’m aware that this is a [...]

Two minutes later, my mother was declared dead. Photo by Rodney Margison. Six months. The anniversary passed uneventfully. In fact, I was sleeping—or trying best I could, considering the circumstances—just as I’d been after one month, and two months, and each month since. It was 2:58 a.m. when my mother died on August 25, 2016. That also happened to be my younger son’s 22nd birthday. [...]

(Photo by Linda B. Margison) The decision to shutter This Is Brown County has not been an easy one. In fact, it took us a year to make the decision, and even then we all had to do some deep soul-searching before the final call was made. You’ve already heard from the others, so I’m going to try not to repeat what they said. There [...]

The Roebling Suspension Bridge over the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio. It is amazing what a change of scenery can do for a photographer's perspective. Recently, I made the two-hour trek to Cincinnati for a weekend so I could visit a good friend and hopefully renew myself creatively. In a nutshell, I succeeded. Before this short journey, I was in a photographic funk unlike anything I [...]

Tonight I attended the end-of-year reception for the Creative Mentoring Program in Brown County. This is the 10th year for the program, the brainchild of Beth Mathers, that matches local artists and artisans with junior and senior high school students with a passion for learning. I was asked mid-school year if I would be willing to be a mentor and I jumped at the opportunity. [...]