Hughlings Himwich

Pater · Magister · Poeta

Hughlings Himwich

Missing me, you will find me in my poems.

Hughlings Himwich in a white hat and dark jacket, looking up into autumn leaves along a garden path

Photograph by Ber Himwich

BER’S PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Black-and-white portrait of a jockey in his helmet, looking straight at the camera. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white photograph of a burned forest, fallen and standing trunks crossing in snow. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white close-up of Hughlings Himwich, his long white beard catching the light and half his face in shadow. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white close-up of an elephant's eye set in deeply creased, cracked skin. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Violinist with red hair playing under red stage light. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white photograph by Ber Himwich of a spiral staircase curving around a tank
  • Black-and-white portrait of a boy with tousled hair looking down, a tear on his cheek, against a quilted blanket. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white portrait of Temple Grandin. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Silhouetted grasses and seed heads against warm amber light. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Ironworker in a hard hat and harness climbing rebar scaffolding. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white photograph of two white-bearded men seated side by side, one in a straw hat, the other in a hooded parka and cap. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Abstract in two halves: a black and yellow-green curve on red at left, black chevrons over blue sky and white clouds at right. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Full moon above a radio telescope dish. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Silhouetted bird with spread wings landing on bare branches. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white portrait by Ber Himwich of a long-haired young man in fingerless gloves and a denim jacket
  • Abstract geometric planes of blue and white glass. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white portrait of an old bearded man in profile. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Close-up of a rough sandstone outcrop lit warm gold against deep blue darkness. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Two young men against a riveted metal wall in downtown Albuquerque, one hiding his face in his hand, the other in round glasses and a dark hoodie, toned sepia. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black cow standing before a radio telescope dish. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Photograph by Ber Himwich: close-up portrait of a laughing man with curly hair and a grey beard, in black and white
  • Black-and-white relief of overlapping shapes, stepped bars, a white disc and a perforated metal disc, framed in deep blue. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Colorful mural of a face seen through a yellow chain-link fence. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Black-and-white portrait of a young man in a black cowboy hat and sleeveless white shirt, looking off to the side. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • White and violet orchid blossoms against a black background. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Bearded man in a straw hat beside a scarecrow. Photograph by Ber Himwich.
  • Photograph by Ber Himwich: four square windows in a stucco wall, each with a potted plant in silhouette, in black and white

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dialectic. dy-uh-LEK-tik. Meaning: 1. the art of seeking truth through reasoned dialogue, by question and answer. 2. in Hegel and Marx, a philosophical and historical movement by which contradictions are resolved in a higher stage: for Hegel, being and nothing are resolved in becoming; for Marx, the conflict of feudal society in capitalism. Origin: Greek διάλεκτος, dialektos, “discourse, conversation.” Example: In Book I of the Republic, Socrates’ dialectic tests and overturns each definition of justice his companions propose.

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About Hugh

Hughlings Himwich is a teacher and poet in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His poems and other writings reflect on the coming-to-be and passing-away of all that is: love, time, memory, birds, mountains, rivers, and words.

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