Perfect Duluth Day

Selective Focus: Cabin Fever

Aaron Reichow

Aaron Reichow, untitled

While it has been too warm to be stuck inside contracting the negative strain of cabin fever (Winter will no doubt find us), this week we can emphasize the phrase’s positive connotations. Such retreats represent our desires to simplify, to get away from the dissonance and clutter of what we ordinarily deem important. They foreground necessity and diminish the superfluous, and manifest our plainest requirements for dwelling; heat, light, a water source, a welcoming entry, maybe a window to gaze from or peer into.

Given expected highs of 3 degrees by Sunday, next week’s theme will be “gelid.” Send your iciest unwatermarked, signature-less images by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m to tim @ perfectduluthday.com — 1000px at their largest dimension — along with title (if any), and URL of your website, Facebook page, Flickr stream, or Instagram.

Aaron Reichow, untitled

Terry Gydesen, untitled

Frank Sander, untitled

Emily Norton, “Elcho”

Emily Norton, “Sunny Bay in Winter”

Derek Brochu, untitled

Zoe Prinds-Flash, “Trampled by Turtles”

Cheryl Reitan, untitled

Cheryl Reitan, untitled

Mark Ryan, “Caribou Retreat”

Mark Ryan, “Startled Crow,_Wyoming”

Tim White, untitled