I could not bare to leave you with my two disastrous attempts at polaroid any longer so I offer you this – a little vignette of a few of my favourite props at the moment. They’re all French finds, and I love the colour of that café au lait cup, don’t you? I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! px
You are forgiven if you have no idea what this is. It’s one of my bookshelves here on the boat, and that strange man’s face looming about is from the cover of a book of photographer Paul Strand’s work. And as Annie suggested in the comments on the previous polaroid: I shall not quit my day job. promise.
Have a fabulous weekend everybody!
P.S. Check out this incredible illustration piece on Corine’s blog.
P.P.S. Jools, who lives in Brisbane, Australia has been inspired by my soundscapes and wanders and has been posting her daily walks on her blog called passion pages, for the past week. Her walks are breathtaking – she lives in one of the most beautiful parts of Australia, go and take a look. And notice the footwear on a winter’s day – thongs! I can’t even wear my flip flops here and it’s summer.
P.P.P.S just when you thought I had run out of P.S’s… check out this fabulous photo Taryn sent me the other day – she is rockin’ with style, and it just goes to show that your wandering hearts can be found, and fashioned, in the most unlikely of places. Thanks Taryn!
I’ve been so inspired by fellow bloggers fabulous polaroids these past few months that I decided to give it a whirl myself…
…and this is pretty much the best result I’ve had out of 10. I mean, it is interesting, right? (!!) Abstract art even?
It really makes me appreciate how wonderfully talented these polaroiders are. How do they do it? I have no idea. But I do think polaroid and me, were just never meant to be.
well folks, this little sound project has been alot of fun. There is certainly something special about looking at still images and listening to sound, isn’t there? It’s quite different to watching a moving picture. While I’ve been making these posts, I’ve been thinking – how would this differ if I used a video camera? It just wouldn’t be the same. It has taken me back to my Uni days when I was studying time based art, although then my focus was making short films with the now vintage technology of 16mm, however I did experiment a little with still images in film-style sequences and I really enjoyed it – so here I am again it seems, rekindling an old flame.
If you have enjoyed this series do not fret, I will be back with more, albeit spontaneously, over the months to come – this week’s series was just a taste to see how you liked it & to see how it might work on the blog medium. And I think it is unanimous that we all love the idea, is that right? so I’ll be sure to keep it as a regular feature. I can think of so many wonderful soundscapes to capture – living in a foreign land, listening to foreign voices, befriending foreign water creatures… the creative possibilities are endless.
But today, on our series finale, I thought you might like to hear what life sounds like for me on the houseboat. While part one was a glimpse of life on the canal when it rains, this little piece captures the essence of my days here – I feel a bit like I am living on noah’s ark, except that instead of the animals living on the boat, they live around the boat and come to visit me regularly. Can you believe this is in the middle of a city? I cannot.
So come on in and follow me…
let’s open a window…
and have a listen. Enjoy…
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Thank you everyone for visiting. It is such a pleasure to share my creative endeavors with you on a daily basis. You have become my muse. Thanks to you, who knows what I shall create next…
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