Saturday, January 6, 2018

What season cannot locate an eye in the dark

The photographs were taken on December 3rd in Petikko.

This morning was wet, but it didn't rain when I went out walking. Yesterday I forgot to take the camera with me, but today I didn't make that mistake. There wasn't much that caught the eye, however.

(Posting title is from the poem What land have you cast from the blotted-out region of your face? by Sherwin Bitsui.)

Friday, January 5, 2018

He felt he was healing

The photographs were taken on December 2nd.

This morning I walked for two hours, going past a place where I fell ten years ago while riding the bicycle, breaking my wrist. I was asked what color I would like for the plaster cast, and I selected pink because I thought the children would like it. And thus I gave the welcome words in a seminar wearing a dark suit and tie with a pink plaster cast.

(Posting title is from the poem A Leg in a Plaster Cast by Muriel Rukeyser.)

Thursday, January 4, 2018

To earth and to stone

The photograph was taken on December 2nd.

The weather is still wet and rather warm, +2 °C. It is dark even after sunset because of the thick cloud cover. I did some walking this morning, and took photographs, but it was far from inspiring.

(Posting title is from the poem Charm for the Tooth-Ache by Philip Murray.)