Monthly Archives: January 2022

Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1070: Embracing the Breeze

You sit there and you sweat a while, but there’s a nice breeze coming in and you want to embrace said breeze, but you can’t as you’re busy sweating and so you’ve got yourself caught in a conundrum. Really the … Continue reading

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Rings

A photo of a few rings if you consider the walkway, its shadow and its reflection to be separate rings. I like how the visible water almost feels like space visible after tearing something. Maybe in this case it is … Continue reading

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Junya Nakano: The Summoning

This was written over six listens. “The Summoning” is quite short, but also quite complete in its composition. It gets across what it needs to and does so without wasting a moment. When I first started I wasn’t sure as … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1069: Unfathomable Beast

Behold! Another day is here. This day is much like the previous day, and I’m sure that the day that comes after this current day will also be the same, if not similar. Sure, there will be some differences, but … Continue reading

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On the Clifftop

This was taken quite recently. I think that this photo is okay. There’s just detail to know what things are, though I feel the geology is a little too intense in its colouring. There’s a sense of the arid, though … Continue reading

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Josh Johnson: Nerf Day

One listen for this one. I ended up going for describing the song more than going for any imagery and I’m not sure why. I was getting a space-like feel at the start and I didn’t run with it; something … Continue reading

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Tadayoshi Makino: Village on the Sea, Moga

Two listens for this one. I was mostly looking to write about imagery and some of that came through, but I feel as though I forced myself too much. Tadayoshi Makino’s (牧野 忠義) “Village on the Sea, Moga” (“海上の村、モガ”) is … Continue reading

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A Poem About Writing Late in the Evening

This was kind of written quickly. I feel it’s a bit of an awkward read. Maybe a little too blunt. I hope you enjoy. — Once more I am sitting here To write before the last minute Despite having much … Continue reading

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Water Reaching Inward

This is the same patch of water as seen in this photo. There’s a bit more of the area visible here. I like how there’s more of a sense of shape and form, and a bit more detail. Some parts … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1068: Don’t Need to

Sitting here and feeling sorry for myself. Such is the way that some things go. Probably don’t need to feel sorry for myself, but I am and I want to. It makes the tea that I’m drinking better as… well, … Continue reading

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