Photos are not treasured in the moment They need time to become priceless a gift to our future selves So we take a moment seemingly quite insignificant Snatch it from the ether Wrap it in chemicals and paper Tuck it away in a box Until along comes a version of us one day Exclaiming “Oh […]
Productivity Creativity Curly hair Straight What we have, we take for granted What we don’t We Wish We could do better at being *I wish I could spend money on sensible things, but blinds for my home are boring when compared with vintage cameras. I wish I could spend my time more wisely, sensibly, productively. […]
The warm air is breathed into the belly of the earth Sucked in In anticipation of dawn I feel the shift in temperature as I walk The moisture turns to frost A bird sings a poignant anthem And the sun rises Gently warming my shoulder My smiling cheek The camera buttons sleek beneath my frozen […]
You know some people never see such things. John Williamson’s beautiful song “Cootamundra Wattle is my friend” is floating around my head. Day 7 of what has become a photography/blogging challenge (as one art form nourishes the other), it’s Sunday. Sunday used to be a day of absolute quiet in country towns. Not so much […]
It’s so easy to chuck in a self directed challenge. I’m up to date 6 of my photography challenge on Instagram and I struggled a little this morning. I thought I should be running instead of walking. I didn’t know what to take a photo of and I felt the need to get it over […]
One day to the next Weather changing Sometimes varying enormously Emotions Veering from bright To gloomy A flurry of worry setting in One day to the next Can feel like travelling a lifetime away Only to return To a different array of feelings thoughts No two moments are the same And neither am I We […]
Sitting in the seat of the drunk the maudlin the pitiful fool the jester the heartbreaker the family jewel the business man juggling his takeaway coffee the grandmother enroute to see her family The busy the tired the fraught the lonely the peaceful the calm the distracted the lonely I wonder who sat down here […]
Inside everybody is a monster and the monster whispers that it is everybody but actually it’s a nobody nothing of substance except a blackened strip of velcro to which every negative word and memory clings like lint Everybody isn’t out there It’s in here And when it stands up it becomes nothing but a curtain […]
Burning incense Scented smoke curling All the small dramas of the day dissipating, unfurling. Leaving only the thought Did I inhabit this day? Small anchors set down throughout the expanse of hours. The morning run, that meal, a bunch of grapes, breathing while I swim, lap after lap. The feel of the damp grass, Bodhi’s […]
Look for yourself in yesterdays footprints The wind has erased your passing Look for yourself in the thoughts that you had a year ago You are not there you barely remember what you had for breakfast last Tuesday We wake, we think thoughts and we journey over the day The hills, the valleys Emotional highs […]
