You give me that look that's like laughing

with liquid in your mouth

like you're choosing between choking

and spitting it all out

like you're trying to fight gravity

on a planet that insists

that love is like falling

and falling is like this

Feels like reckless driving when we're talking

It's fun while it lasts, and it's faster than walking

But no one's going to sympathize when we crash

They'll say "you hit what you head for, you get what you ask"

and we'll say we didn't know, we didn't even try

one minute there was road beneath us, the next just sky

I'm sorry I can't help you, I cannot keep you safe

I'm sorry I can't help myself, so don't look at me that way

we can't fight gravity on a planet that insists

that love is like falling

and falling is like this.

Ani DiFranco

"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education."

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."

"...one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought."

and something less related to what I've been thinking about...

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."

made me chuckle.

I have brushed the dust off of my EOS 30 and am using up some of the film I had kicking about.

There are post-it notes EVERYWHERE in my parents house.

'lock doors check windows'

'Just water me a little bit once a week Thankyou x'

From 'Diary' 29th of September 2007,

'I just wish I knew if I was actually ok in my head or not.'

'Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition'

A bit long winded I feel, but interesting non the less.

Has reminded me of how badly I want the Canon Canonet GIII QL 17.

I totally forgot to blog about this when it actually happened but nevermind. For anyone (that is, if anyone actually reads this) who has even a passing interest in performance and installation art you should have a look at Eloise Fornieles. There are a number of reasons for this, firstly; she is awesome. Her work actually changed my opinion about performance art completely, for the better I mean.

I was lucky enough to be present for the private view/opening evening of Carrion. A group of us were there to help set up along with the scaffolding crew and the guys from the gallery. In-between wrestling giant bags of clothing and hanging black-out curtains I took photos of the progress and later of the performance and visitors.

Some of those photos have now been included in an Other Criteria publication all about Eli's work! All a bit exciting. I believe the book is available from the Other Criteria website and elsewhere from the beginning of November? I think.... whatever. I'm getting myself a copy as soon as I can afford to.

turns out it wasn't my mango...

still tasted really good though