This was taken earlier this year during my first trek out to La Perouse.
The scene is perhaps too bright but maybe that makes it work. Would probably work better had I made sure the sky was a bit more visible as it actually was, however.
I hope you enjoy.
Another photo from Palm Beach.
I was walking back to my car when I took this photo.
This probably isn’t the best photo I could’ve taken but I still like how it turned out.
It’s dramatic and moody, and perhaps there’s a sense of mystery due to the brush-turkey partially obscured by silhouette.
In a way seeing this is a treasure of sorts. I don’t know if I’ll see something like this with a brush-turkey again. I certainly could have another situation where everything lines up at just the right time with the right kind of scenery, but I don’t know if I will. This was a really lucky moment for me.
I hope you enjoy.
Another photo of Barrenjoey Lighthouse.
Not much to say about this one. I think the photo is sharp enough and I like how the contrast in light provides a different feel to the shaded part of the lighthouse.
I hope you enjoy.
Just a short rough sketch.
I was hoping to get something out quickly and tried a few things but I couldn’t get them to work. In part due to not being awake enough to work under a time constraint before I switch off for the night… Actually, that’s the whole thing.
Just self-referential writing that expresses in a clumsy way.
I hope you enjoy.
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I had words and I threw them away
There were ideas that needed work
I wanted to express something grand
But all I could say was very little
The ideas were there and ready for use
I could not help them grow
And so they are now gone
Though I may seek them later
I’m fairly certain that I took this photo due to the clouds being reflected on the ocean.
It’s not something I see often and so I wanted to capture it as best I could. Probably could’ve done better with a long exposure but I need to get new filters so I can do those during the day again.
This is a very blue photo and pretty standard in some ways, but I still like how it turned out. There’s a nice contrast between the ocean’s surface and how the sky appears, and the clouds are easy on the eyes.
I hope you enjoy.
Another day passes and in that passing the passage of time is denoted by the recognising the passage of time, though it probably wasn’t worth recognising as there was nothing to recognise… at least, on a personal level.
Anyway, now that that is out of the way I can revel in something. I can revel in the sounds and maybe I can revel in the lack of things to revel in but I don’t know what I’ll do from here. I think I should just be resting but there is plenty of time to rest later. I could also try to type a bit faster but I am lazy and laziness takes hold and all of those things.
I’m inside and the world is both in here and out there and I’m thinking about what I’m missing, which probably isn’t much.
It’s probably a lot but I don’t want to admit that.
I think about how being tired really has a negative impact on a lot of the things I do. It makes it more difficult to write and it makes it more difficult to be motivated in general. This isn’t some amazing insight and I know it’s a pretty common thing, but sometimes I wonder as to why I allow this to keep on happening. I could be so much better about the amount of sleep I get, though over the past week, aside from one day, I haven’t exactly decided that not getting enough sleep would be a good thing. It’s just happened and, as it always does, it is affecting my ability to get anything done, but it’s not that big a deal at the end of the day.
Sleep is something that should be less elusive and, really, it’s something that everyone should be able to embrace without any issue or trouble. People shouldn’t have to fear going to sleep and people shouldn’t have to go to sleep afraid. Sometimes that’s a thing and I wonder as to what we can more actively do to minimise and hopefully eliminate that as being an issue.
There are a lot of things we could do to make things better but I’m struggling to think of other things. My mind is so set on thinking about my lack of sleep and it doesn’t help anything or anyone and so I’m just going to continue on rambling about the lack of sleep. It’s not a good thing but again, it’s not the worst thing. There are worse things I could be going through right now so I’m just going to continue on with my rambling as that’s about all I can do at the moment. Sure, there are other things I could do, but motivation and all that.
Maybe there will be more sleep tonight. Of course I hope that that will be the case but there is no telling right now and so I’ll just keep trundling on and I guess what will happen is I’ll see what happens.
The time it took to write five-hundred words: 07:36:79
More blandness. It happens.
There’s something in this that could’ve made for interesting reading but I touch on it far too lightly.
Written at home.
Fairly straightforward photo. I like the differing levels of shade in this one and I think it’s due to how it works in with the space. Some of it creates a sense of zoning, I feel.
I also like how straightforward this image is. Just easy on the eyes and not anything particularly amazing or standout.
I hope you enjoy.
Today I went for a long drive. There were reasons, except there was only one reason and that reason was to visit people I don’t often see.
I started early and getting out to where I was heading – Bathurst – and I didn’t take too many stops along the way. I had planned on doing so but it was meant to be raining so I only made one stop along the way and that was to have a quick rest.
It didn’t rain on the way there.
I saw people, I hung out for a few hours and then I drove back to Sydney and I took my time doing so. Lack of sleep does not make for a desire to go fast and drive without stopping, it turns out. Well, maybe it does in some people but not for me.
Anyway, it was a nice drive. There wasn’t much of that introspection that often goes on but I was reminded of my desire to be moving and traveling. I like having a place to return to, but I like being on the move and thinking about things.
There’s not really much else to say. There will be photos from the trip and they will take their time in going up, but overall it was just a pleasant thing. I saw some animals, I hung out with people and I did a bit of driving.
I also got to hash it out with someone I haven’t spoken to in a long time.
Life is a thing and people come and go and all that other crap, and sometimes friendships don;t last. Sometimes they just go quiet for a while. You think you might not talk to or see a person again and then something happens and you’re talking again, and sometimes you or them or both of you need to meet halfway, and it’s nice. It’s a nice thing to happen because some friendships become firm through years of fun and shittiness, and sometimes you fight with your friends but you come back because… well, maybe you’re older and find the bond you have to be stronger than any problems and you want to sort those problems out.
That’s all I have to say about that so I’ll move on and talk about birds, which I saw quite a few of and were all lovely to see. It was nice seeing cockatoos in a tree in an area with far more vegetation than the urban sprawl. It was nice seeing rosellas and lorikeets and it was nice seeing a bunch of others.
Maybe it was just lorikeets and there were no rosellas. Anyway.
It was also nice being able to capture the rain whilst not necessarily being in it, though I also got caught in the rain a few times but such is life. I hope the photos turn out well.
It was also just nice to be moving and seeing a few things I haven’t seen in a long time.
The time it took to write five-hundred words: 09:26:44
I had this idea where I’d end up writing something that involves a good deal of introspection but it didn’t turn out that way. Oh well.
Written at home.
Stupidity Hole 