Monthly Archives: November 2024

Wollemi Pine, Another View

Another photo of the wollemi pine I have. This bit was still quite fresh, and I guess still is at the moment, but it was more fresh when this was taken than it is now. This is my submission into … Continue reading

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Form in Wind

Lucius Lu’s Navigating the Winds was one of the sculptures featured as part of this year’s Sculpture by the Sea. It’s one that I like quite a lot, and here I like the sense of isolation that comes through. A … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1423: There is no getting away

What is even going on? I’m sitting here and nothing is happening, and this person is droning in my ear and I have no freedom to articulate or respond. I cannot get away mas they follow me wherever I go, … Continue reading

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Crouching, Thinking, Launching

Here’s a photo of Sue Corbet’s Crouching, Thinking, Launching as seen at this year’s Sculpture by the Sea. A lot of people were taking photos of it with the end of the curves aligned with where the ocean met the … Continue reading

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On Maruki and The Phantom Thieves

So I’ve been working on this essay which I’ll be publishing somewhere away from the usual places. I’ve been working on it for far too long and slowly chipping away, and it needed a lot of work and still does … Continue reading

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Pinpoint Cleaning

Another photo of a pelican cleaning itself, and another one where it feels a bit odd, I guess. But it feels natural too. I hope you enjoy.

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Shade and Sunlight

And all in one picture. Featuring one organism! Not much to say. Feels like a pattern, and I’m quite happy with how this photo turned out. I hope you enjoy.

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From a Crevice

Growth happens in a lot of places, including this crevice in a wall in my backyard. It’s nice to see this kind of adaptability and exploitation of whatever space there is to grow. Not always, but here it’s nice. I … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1422: It Takes Time

Sometimes you just wonder as to how much noise is a tolerable amount before you decide to no longer tolerate what you have been tolerating. Sometimes you wonder, and you decide that you’re just gonna live underground… in the sky! … Continue reading

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Blind Idiot God: 747

One listen. Threw myself in, got some result. More on the descriptive side of things than I’d have liked, but it gets the song across. Blind Idiot God’s “747” is from Cyclotron. I hope you enjoy. — Tense, quiet, ominous. … Continue reading

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