Monthly Archives: January 2022

King Crimson: The Sheltering Sky

This was written over one listen. I mostly wanted to focus on describing the song and I kind of did that, but I don’t think it makes for interesting writing. King Crimson’s “The Sheltering Sky” is from Discipline. I hope … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1061: Throwing at the Wall

And so we reach the end of another day and the end really is not actually here yet, but it soon will be. I also need to think about what it is that I can throw at the wall and … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1060: Porcelain Throne

Since yesterday morning I’ve had a rather unpleasant time, let me tell you. I have spent a lot of time in the bathroom and I do not want to spend another minute there, but alas, soon I will have to … Continue reading

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Obscuring Cloud Cover

Here’s a photo I took at roughly the same time as these ones. I like how there’s a sense of detail whilst also a sense of ambiguity to this one. You can see what is behind the clouds, but you … Continue reading

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Junya Nakano: The Void

This was written over two listens about forty minutes apart. I’m not sure as to why the large gap and I don’t think it helped. I found writing about this song difficult and I think that may be due to … Continue reading

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A Poem About Watching Clouds

Just some more rushed stuff. I had the idea probably about a minute before I started writing. Not sure if jumping into this so quickly was a good idea or not, but, well, I did, so yeah. I hope you … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 171: Struck by an Idea

Time passes on by and slowly things drift away as new things drift closer. However, that is not what this is about. What I am doing is trying to get under a certain amount of time as there is little … Continue reading

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A Poem About Accumulating Work

I only had a few minutes to spare when I wrote this and wanted to see if I could write something really quickly that made sense. This is probably pretty lazy writing, but I had an idea and knocked it … Continue reading

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Ibes at the Water Feature

Another photo of the Northern Water Feature. Here’s one that shows a bit more of the area as comparison. With this photo I think I was trying to frame the ibes in a certain way relative to the pond and … Continue reading

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One Thousand Word Challenge 170: Bit of a Pause

There’s a bit of a pause in everything at this particular moment. That’s what it feels like anyway. There’s a bit of a pause and things are stretching away from where I currently sit, but they are stretching away silently. … Continue reading

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