insecurities

i try not to let my insecurities
dictate who i am, or who i want to be.

- polly scattergood

^{now playing: polly scattergood - poem song}

you can never hold back spring

^{now playing: tom waits - you can never hold back spring}

sofa

^{now playing: the lightning seeds - thinking up looking down}

raw

^{now playing: neneh cherry - kisses on the wind}

breaking the magician's code (or the emperor's new clothes)

^{now playing: sinéad o'connor - the emperor's new clothes}

shake dreams from your hair, my pretty child, my sweet one

^{now playing: jim morrison - ghost song}

there is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy

there is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy

- friedrich nietzsche.

The latest instalment of my project with Sarah Mercer is now up on weaving words into light.

^{now playing: amy winehouse - cupid}

ealing

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food [not] served [the town house, ealing, london, england, 2011]

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untitled #16 [the north star, ealing, london, england, 2011]

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the north town star house [ealing, london, england, 2011]

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l.a. confidential [ealing, london, england, 2011]

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untitled #29

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untitled #38 [the grove, ealing, london, england, 2011]

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untitled #8 [the grove, ealing, london, england, 2011]

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welsh presbyterian church [ealing, london, england, 2011]

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untitled #50 [pitzhanger manor house, ealing, london, england, 2011]

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untitled #55 [pitzhanger manor house, ealing, london, england, 2011]

^{now playing: nina simone - brown eyed handsome man}

woman withdrawing into herself

^{now playing: ani difranco - untouchable face}

shifting relationships

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untitled #128

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untitled #117

^{now playing: elvis costello and the attractions - you'll never be a man}

light of day

^{now playing: marvin gaye - i heard it through the grapevine}

please don't touch

please don't touch
please don't stop and stare
yes, i thank you for your kindness
but there's sadness in the air
please don't touch
'cause it makes me jitter, and

although i lost my mind, sir,
i think you lost yours quicker
please don't touch

- polly scattergood

^{now playing: polly scattergood - please don't touch}

blue and green should never be seen...

...without another colour in between.

^{...what a load of bollocks...}

^{now playing: david bowie - fashion}

headshot

In case you're wondering, I'm catching up on posting some old work.

My hair is much longer at the moment.

^{now playing: veruca salt - get back}

it's not easy being green...

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untitled #23

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untitled #24

^{now playing: young werther - cornish green}

weaving words into light

I've been collaborating with Brisbane writer, Simon Groth, on i see a pattern forming since May 2011. Though our posts have been minimal lately, this is still a work in progress, and the concentration of late has been more about how to make this collaboration come to life in a place other than the internet.

A recent collaboration with McKenzie Johnson, an American photographer currently based in China, is much less formal, and taking place as a sort of dialogue, loosely titled 'Alone Together'. We are currently posting the first tentative responses to each other via Flickr, but may take the conversation to a place more consolidated in the future. I will keep you updated on that.

Slightly more recently, myself and Canadian photographer, Sarah Mercer, have taken to collaborating one on one after being involved in the Divine Diptych Project. We both enjoyed that experience, which often took a second place to life for many members of the Divine Sisterhood, so we thought we'd branch out on our own.

The work we are producing for this project is based on themes coming from song or movie titles and quotes, weaving words into light. Some images, like the first, will be diptychs, but that is not a requirement of the project. We're both excited about where this might lead.

^{now playing: pj harvey - you come through}

i see a darkness

Well, you're my friend and can you see, 
Many times we've been out drinkin', 
Many times we've shared our thoughts, 
But did you ever, ever notice, the kind of thoughts I got? 

Well, you know I have a love, a love for everyone I know. 
And you know I have a drive to live, I won't let go. 
But can you see this opposition comes rising up sometimes? 
That its dreadful imposition, comes blacking in my mind. 

And that I see a darkness. 
And that I see a darkness. 
And that I see a darkness. 
Did you know how much I love you? 
Is a hope that somehow you, 
Can save me from this darkness. 

- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

^{now playing: bonnie 'prince' billy - i see a darkness}

bodysnatchers

^{now playing: radiohead - bishop's robes}

wishin' and hopin'

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...and hopin'

^{now playing: radiohead - supercollider}

in pursuit of perpetual motion

From Wikipedia: Perpetual motion describes hypothetical machines that operate or produce useful work indefinitely and, more generally, hypothetical machines that produce more work or energy than they consume, whether they might operate indefinitely or not. 

[Sister image to like spinning plates]

^{now playing: radiohead - little by little}