My Mentor And Biggest Fan, Don King Of King's Recording Studio. Don Hired Me On As An Apprentice When

My mentor and biggest fan, Don King of King's Recording Studio. Don hired me on as an apprentice when I was 12 years old. I worked in his studio until his death in 1972. He was perhaps the finest man I have ever known. More of a father to me than my father was. He believed in me. ~ Trabue Gentry

reblog if its completely ok to see a therapist

this guy at my school thinks that only ‘crazy psychos’ see therapists, and anybody who does get a therapist is crazy. reblog, so I can show him how wrong he is.

Hi, Renata. Thank you so much for the follow. I really appreciate it. I hope you take the time to skim through my blog and give me some feedback. Oh, and feel free to ask me anything, though I will probably bore you to death w my answers :-). ~ Trabue

Nice to meet you, dear Trabue! I hope we can be good friends, I just checked your blog and I really like it…it is very interesting! ❥

One of several smoking pipes I decorated w brass inlay and plaster relief. Age 18. Circa 1968. ~ Trabue Gentry

A bit of darkroom darkroom fun. I know, who w a darkroom hasn't done this? Nevertheless, the cliche doesn't negate the simplistic beauty of this fairly primitive technique. For those who don't know, this image was made by holding a carnation on an unexposed sheet of black and white photographic print paper, turning on the darkroom light briefly, then developing the paper. It's a hit and miss process as far as length of exposure and development is concerned. Yes, those are my fingers holding the carnation. Circa 1981 ~ Trabue Gentry