JUNKY: A STUDY, PART II

Brace yourself for the letdown.

I'm afraid I was a little misleading. These photographs aren't like, prime examples of junkiness. Nor are they supposed to be photography, necessarily. I was just looking through image files and was a little surprised at how junky most of my collection is.

I suppose a better way to go about this would have been to nix the rambling Part I bit and just say "I was just looking through image files and was a little surprised at how junky most of my collection is." Or to have said nothing at all.

Regardless, I give you:

JUNKY PICTURES I FOUND ON MY COMPUTER, A DISJOINTED COLLECTION OF BLAND IMAGES

Obviously some of these are kind of elderly files, since certain folk pictured below now live in Saipan.

This one might also go in my Pictures That May Have Captured Ghostly Entities, because the photos taken immediately before and after weren't nearly as washed out. Or maybe that book had me in the ghost sort of mind. Whichever.

This one is so junky because: tired/slouchy people, nude man on Jeremy's shoulder, medals that look like lanyards, banana + chocolate milk, etc etc

JUNKY: A STUDY, PART I

Part II is a photography post. You are welcome in advance.

And by "welcome," I of course mean "welcome to prepare in advance and find more worthy photography elsewhere."

I would have to devote a multi-volume work to the cause if I were to fully and adequately address the issue of Junkiness, even narrowed to our culture today.

My brother and I did some amateur research several years ago, primarily in the later 90s. Of course, field research and immersion methods were very popular and easy to come by in that era, so (often unintentionally) immerse ourselves we did. We were only able to elucidate and articulate several of our current definitions and principles of Junkiness later in our studies, with much of our early field data available to support our claims.

These days, we've collaborated with other researchers and, adhering to those working definitions and principles, generally focus on diagnosing junkiness. Corbin has become a leading expert in diverting it, and even I am still floored by the precision of his methods and their effectiveness.

But like I said, I have neither the time nor the space to get into our conclusions. I can briefly mention that Junky is difficult to define. Several individuals have trouble pinpointing it, though I guarantee most are familiar with it. It can describe an object, word, action, feeling, general mood or atmosphere, though its use cannot thus be limited. It is not interchangeable with words like messy, used, disorganized, or dirty; while the occurrence of Junky often coincides with these other characteristics, it must not be limited to them.

Junkiness can ruin days. It can lead to dull headaches, feelings of unsettledness, and general discomfort, among other things. It's an unfortunate field.

A brief list (though far from exhaustive) of Junky examples includes: a sticky child, a winter coat worn only partially on the body, sweat clothing worn for extended periods of time, sweaty Skittles on a sunny day, most afternoon and weekend television, ill-fitting or improperly worn socks, syrup, words ending in y with the y changed to an i, and the word panties.

If you have questions about our research or definitions, please feel free to ask. I myself am frequently a stellar example of junkiness. However, the point of this post was that I was recently looking through my image files on this computer, and noticed the prevalence of junky photos.

Therefore, tomorrow or some other time soon, I will present: JUNKY: A STUDY, PART II: JUNKY PHOTOS I FOUND ON MY COMPUTER. Unless I lose interest, which is possible.