Austmarka | 10 degrees | dull
eat breakfast
without 2 sweaters
and a scarf
it’s almost warm
faff around
with this and that
write out a
daily plan
make soup
using up
sad looking veg
the sky presses down
outside looks downcast
stumble in nearby woods
collecting long sticks
of grey elder
to make something
to get outside
my head
but it’s damp
and brittle
unsatisfactory
cut and snap
to different lengths
leave in a pile
venture down
the garden
felled trees
all about
lie on a hefty pile
and watch the sky
the tops of trees
shivering in the breeze
strangley peaceful
to be horizontal-ish
in the landscape
a submissive position
for a dog or cat
walk through the wood
down to the river
over a small green bridge
following a man
in a hi-vis jacket
past chalet style houses
with ramshackle yards
a car in a pit
overgrown with
weeds
if there is
nothing distinct
to separate
today from yesterday
it all begins to merge
there is
no grand plan
no defining artwork
no shift of direction
just a stumbling
over motifs
and gestures
trying to avoid
action replays
of previous
efforts
photographing landscape
a thing to do
in a place like this
a site specific
knee-jerk action
filming this and that
the water, the forests
the hillsides and
wooden houses
that’s what’s here
to see
territory
here, you can walk
anywhere you like
if it’s
not fenced or farmed
back in the studio
unhappy with
Premiere Pro
but seems important to
learn it somehow
it requires
a methodical approach
‘a workflow’ system
if you like
prefer an intuitive and
speculative approach
a playing with
shape and form
with sounds and image
anyway ….
spend the evening
looking at maps
drawing
playing with a torch
and a mirror
on and off
you Tube
restless in this
eerie place
