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Jelani

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About Me

I am a full time photographer living in portland Or. i'm pretty new to the game so each shoot i learn something new, but i love what i do...and well...God has blessed me to be damn good at it.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

G.K. Chesterton once said...it shouldn't be the carricature...or fantastic thing that we be amazed by, but rather the man on two legs...living...breathing...such is the most awe stricking thing of all. on that note...anyone i meet is farely overwhelming.

My Blog

weather man

i have been in the habit of describing my current state as a season i'm going through. somehow listeners think i'm insightful and wise for noticing such and even more so for enduring through it, bein...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:45:00 GMT

brokenness (if you would like to call it that)

i'm troubled by a not so entirely new reality. in retrospect, i have thought and surmised all i believe there is to surmise about this reality. i have found best to articulate this reality in a ques...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:46:00 GMT

hide and seek (the game we play)

now this topic is not a short one for me, but considering the time, and the fact that i have soap boxed it so many times, i think i can put it short. we have this notion...most Christians...that God...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 01:14:00 GMT

my transperency on relationships and marriage

alright...marriage. the topic...that if most of us are honest with our selves....is on the mind a lot. some may not pin it with the word marriage...but if you are thinking of the opposite sex a lot....
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 00:32:00 GMT

"turn or burn....sucka" and yo yo baloons.

there is a season of parades that happens toward the end of every school year in the month of june in Portland that brings lots of portlanders...and others...gathered together to listen to the ratatat...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 13:55:00 GMT

Muhamed Ali as messiah

a conversationcharactersSavanah: ten year old girl i'm baby sittingJelani: me....the baby sitter"alright...alright....who said" jelani said adding a dramatic pause for effect. "who said, 'float like ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:22:00 GMT

blind faith (a story)

i'm always amazed how you can never expect what will happen to you in any given day. i was on my way home the other day from baby sitting for a family that i have gotten to know quite well and i saw ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:07:00 GMT

least of these.....who to help and why

i'm sure that you have encountered someone in your life....undoubtedly more than once....who you have passed on the street or has approached you in the city. it usually goes like this...."excuse me m...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 17:09:00 GMT