31.01.2010 – Goods receiving

Perhaps behind this door there is a magical circus. Maybe there are bears on balls and dainty trapeze artists, but alas I suspect there is just frozen fish.

Song pairing: My happiness - Powderfinger

30.01.2010 - Gables

Imagining 1912, whilst shooting upwards makes my head spin. It has been raining all day, like I am sure it did then.

Song pairing: Obstacle 1 - Interpol

29.01.2010 – Denims

Much to our surprise the girl in blue bends forward to get a better look.

Song pairing: The Distance - Cake

28.01.2010 – Halo

Half on my knees in the dark with legs on fire from trying to keep still, I wait. I am about to collapse when the Spanish girl draws a playful halo.

Song pairing: The Hollow - A Perfect Circle

27.01.2010 – Roundabout

Around me, children are pacing, curious but keen to get back on. I barely climb out and they are back in place, soon turning faster and faster and faster and faster.

Song pairing: Sing - Travis

26.01.2010 – Plait

Whilst you are twisting string around a dainty bunch of bright flowers, I capture your perfect plait. Everyone is oblivious to your concentration. You take the scissors and snip the ends with such focus. Pieces of string fall to the floor.

Song pairing: Heart Of Gold - Neil Young

25.01.2010 – Entwined horns

I believe that at night, they unlock their horns with an aching crunch and slowly gaze up into the night sky.

Song pairing: Your Painted Smile – Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music

24.01.2010 – Potted plants

Behind me, someone is pouring afternoon tea clockwise, one dainty cup at a time. By the time they finish, I am back at the table.

Song pairing: Sweetest Smile - Black

23.01.2010 – Dark Alley

In the street below, people are shouting at one another as they stumble along further into the dark.

Song pairing: Caroline – Fleetwood Mac

22.01.2010 – Road to Vleesbaai

One foot in, the other out and wedged between the open car door, I capture the green on green. Around us, flocks of sheep are grazing in the wet grass.

Song pairing: Black – Pearl Jam

21.01.2010 – Rocking Horse

Even before you came along, the cat chartered this rocking chair. She is cross with me, but the sun is perfect. I gently place her back when I am done.

Song pairing: The News about William - Calexico

20.01.2010 – Crossed Wires

I trace a makeshift letter Z with my minds eye.

Song pairing: Intervention – Arcade Fire

19.01.2010 – Green Slide

High above children of all ages have collected on the rickety platform. The next one in line is too scared to go. He is being coaxed by someone on my left.

Song pairing: Wires - Athlete

18.01.2010 – Perched bird

My dainty fake bird, the size of my palm, is listening to the noises outside. The air is filled with the smell of fresh petrol and the fleeting sound of tyres being pumped.

Song pairing: Private Universe – Crowded House

17.01.2010 - Pedal chair

This chair has seen countless people persevere through pleasure and pain. Each one, am sure, initially collapsing with a reticent resolve and then relinquishing all fear. To my right someone is taking bookings on the telephone.

Song pairing: Ribbons - The Sisters of Mercy

16.01.2010 - Inside Bucket

In a corner, this bucket stands unnoticed. Each shell is hand-painted a different shade of pistacchio green and so perfectly placed, that I leave them in peace.

Song pairing: Everything In It's Right Place - Radiohead

15.01.2010 - Parasol

The wind is howling, I can barely stand upright and duck behind a car. There, in the fleeting peace, I capture the pretty painted inside.

Song pairing: Don’t Cry – Guns & Roses

14.01.2010 - Tail Feathers

I long to gently pluck this bird from the winter sky.

Song pairing: All I Want – Sarah Blasko

13.01.2010 - Highway

I have travelled to and fro on these highways more than I can remember. The surrounding landscape has shifted over time. I am now standing underneath, listening to the drone of cars above.

Song pairing: How Will You Meet Your End – AA Bondy

12.01.2010 - Bottle Rainbow

To my right someone is being inked, but resisting baring a flinch.

Song pairing: Devils & Dust – Bruce Springsteen

11.01.2010 - Candles

These candles have melted in the sun, forgotten until next time. The cat is curled up on the bench below in a deceptive deep sleep. She reluctantly claws at my ankle as I slowly take a step back.

Song pairing: Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles

10.01.2010 - Clock

What bliss, time is irrelevant, but for a second.

Song pairing: Stranger Than Kindness – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

09.01.2010 - Swing

Carrying the weight of countless children through the decades, this bar has remained in the same place since we were young. The only sign of time passing, the layers upon layers of paint peeking through the scuffed holes. I can’t recall the colour of our time, but vividly remember flying as high as we could and taking off into the sky.

Song pairing: Hang Me Up To Dry – Cold War Kids

08.01.2010 - Right Arm

I wonder if the ship sets sail at night when eyes gently shut, heavy with sleep, only to settle in the same place (or perhaps slightly to the left) in the morning.

Song pairing: Boat On The River – Styx

07.01.2010 - Barong Mask

This is the mask that both thrills and scares me. It is always behind me, instead of me behind it.

Song pairing: Idle hands – The Gutter Twins

06.01.2010 - Pampoentjies

Oh the childhood joy of finding a whole pampoentjie, placed just for you, on the beach. Strings of joy hanging peacefully, whilst the bridal party is frantically dashing about.

Song pairing: White Wedding – Billy Idol

05.01.2010 - Hanging Out

Behind me a young brown dog is hopping through the long grass, ears flapping. The next month we learn that it was run over. They now have a little black one in his place.

Song pairing: Heart of Gold – Neil Young

04.01.2010 - Bird Spindle

Together we throw hands of bread into the air and collapse onto the ground with a thud. I shoot upwards amidst laughter. The silence does not reflect the mass of fluttering wings.

Song pairing: Rooks - Shearwater

03.01.2010 - Dry Dock

A man is slowly descending the stairs one by one, a wet white towel over his shoulder. He is dwarfed by two ailing ships, in turn dwarfed by our mountain behind me. This remains his home. I wait until he disappears inside.

Song pairing: Factory – Martha Wainwright

02.01.2010 - Scoot

Crouched down low, people are milling all around me and I can’t help but wonder who gets to ride from here to eternity on a bike the colour of happiness.

Song pairing: Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads

01.01.10 - Swish

The only sound breaking the hot silence is the deliberate deft swish of a tail on flank. Behind me, to the left, are about thirty other magnificent beings, their tales of wiles and woe spun into collective hope as love and peace now reign in their world.

Song pairing: The Jeweller’s Hands – Arctic Monkeys