I didn’t seem to get it together to post anything during the year, but I’ve gathered together the little fragments that came to me. They are either from staring into my garden or from travelling round Europe. You might notice a bit of a spider theme going on – for most of last year I was composing an album “Presentiments from the Spider Garden“, inspired by Rilke and the spiders in my backyard. You can listen to it here.
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a coke sign sunrise
frames the old man in repose
big city Buddha
7/3/2010, Annandale
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after the fight
we swap sides of the bed
to see things differently
23/3/2010, Rozelle
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cool autumn morning
brings my words home
from their summer holiday
7/4/2010, Rozelle
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you’re in tomorrow
while I’m in today
so far away
5/9/2010 Linz, Austria
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my washing in the dryer
turning like the world
9/9/2010 Berlin, Germany
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autumn leaves tumble
across the square
and through the goal posts
19/9/2010, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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across a slate grey sea
the horizon comes closer
riding the rain
20/9/2010, Baltic Sea, Germany-Denmark
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a spider’s silk thread
visible – invisible
binding us all
22/9/2010, Copenhagen, Denmark
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through morning mist
the pale sun surprises
even the lake
1/10/2010, Kuopio, Finland
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travelling backwards
golden leaves fly past
twice as fast
4/10/2010, train Kuopio-Helsinki, Finland
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the twisted jade plant
feigns wisdom beyond its years
30/10/2010, Rozelle
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wild backyard
domesticated
by the washing
5/12/2010, Rozelle
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a leaf on spider’s silk
spinning like a circus girl
14/12/2010, Rozelle
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sharing the morning
the lizard hunts for bugs
I for words
16/12/2010, Rozelle
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drinking tea
in the garden
word-watching
18/12/2010, Rozelle
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you and me
the simplicity of being
happy
25/12/2010, Rozelle