30.04.2010 - Triangles

Sometimes if you look at a picture long enough, shapes appear. Not intentional, but always a pleasant surprise.

Song pairing: Dry – William Elliot Whitmore

29.04.2010 - Tollgate

We pay our toll, but want to speak longer with the friendly lady in the booth. The moment has passed too quickly.

Song pairing: Why – Andrew Bird

28.04.2010 - On the bench

I sit down beside you and lay my weary head on your chest.

Song pairing: One Line - PJ Harvey

27.04.2010 - Magical Chimney

The sky is about to break open, to reveal a cluster of light beaming down. If you were nimble enough to stand like a confident acrobat on top of the chimney, you could be beamed right up and away into eternity.

Song pairing: Keep the Car Running – Arcade Fire

26.04.2010 - Surfs Up

From here, everyone is so small. Who could they be and what trials and tribulations are being temporarily escaped here in the ocean.

Song pairing: Fight for Your Mind – Ben Harper

25.04.2010 – Porcelain Dog

Someone placed him there, deciding that he is just perfect for staring out of this patched up window. And he is.

Song pairing: Way Over Yonder in a Minor Key – Billy Bragg with Wilco & Natalie Merchant

24.04.2010 – Gable Sky

We can’t remember who told us, but both recall the story of a woman who jumped, to escape, from somewhere up high and broke both her legs. Whenever we drive past this neighbourhood, we talk about her.

Song pairing: Us – Regina Spektor

23.04.2010 - To Do List

I will always wonder what you had to do on Monday and Wednesday. I didn’t have a chance to look.

Song pairing: Passing the Hat - Cold War Kids

22.04.2010 - Flame Tree

Dear Mrs. Lee, your incredible tree is in bloom just like many many years before. Now you will see, that between you and me, your heart may perhaps be less sore.

Song pairing: Love Me Tender - Elvis

21.04.2010 - New Yorker

Down to my right there are three guys sitting in an idling car. I scamper down, skipping the last step, both feet landing firmly together next to the barrel. In my mind, it is with gymnastic flair, in reality I lost my shoe.

Song pairing: Plain Song - The Cure

20.04.2010 - Blue Door

All around this corner house the windows are closed, curtains drawn shut. I know there is no-one there, but how I long to just knock, be invited in, sit down on a threadbare sofa next to the old lady and her ancient cat to hear all about heartbreaks, heart-aches and perhaps learn a thing or two about love.

Song pairing: Army Dreamers - Kate Bush

19.04.2010 – Tunnel Vision

Mentally mapping an escape route from the belly of the mountain through random chitter-chatter, we are racing towards safety.

Song pairing: Morning Star - Andy Lund & The Mission Men

18.04.2010 - Pantone Horses

We are passing at such speed, but the three Pantone horses, much to my surprise, remain frozen in time.

Song pairing: Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House

17.04.2010 – Wooden Chairs

You simply cannot have enough of ground coffee, spine tingling moments of truth and wooden chairs.

Song pairing: Sometime After Midnight - The Airborne Toxic Event

16.04.2010 - Teacup

The man in the front is engulfed by his newspaper. He is happy for us to walk around, but sorry to say that anything displayed against the walls is not for sale. There are sadly a lot of spectacular things displayed against the walls. It is hard to look down.

Song pairing: Store Bought Bones – The Raconteurs

15.04.2010 – Speckled Dog

I do sometimes imagine a production line of plain white animals awaiting to be brushed with thick coloured paint by patient artistic souls on the other side, before emerging exactly as they are meant to be in this world.

Song pairing: Georgie - Pussycat

14.04.2010 – Railroad Tracks

Above me the clouds have slunk down low, almost enveloping us in a grey mist. We reach up on tippy toes, grab chunks of cloud floss with bare hands only to release them in awe.

Song pairing: I Want You – Elvis Costello

13.04.2010 – R317

We have gone both this way and that, yet find ourselves back here.

Song pairing: Marian – The Sisters of Mercy

12.04.2010 – Yellow Roses

These picture perfect roses smell exactly the way I remember them. I fell out of the guava tree in forever slow motion into the cut branches stacked below. Oddly and sublimely coincidental, the man I meet next is the neighbour of the house where this happened. Twenty five years have passed in a mere second.

Song pairing: Avalon – Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music

11.04.2010 – Brown Hat

Underneath we find the missing white rabbit.

Song pairing: Moving Mountains - Thrice

10.04.2010 – Race Car

These pasted stickers remind me of the miniature ones you would find on toy race cars, thus giving an odd mental sense of perception. All of a sudden I am small, crouching behind a large toy car.

Song pairing: Sinnerman – Nina Simone

09.04.2010 - Church

In the past there was a wedding, in the future a funeral.

Song pairing: Love’s Humming – Mark Eitzel

08.04.2010 – Liesbeek River

You are so small in the distance. I am worried that thundering hooves might run you over, but there is not a horse in sight.

Song pairing: Answering Bell - Ryan Adams

07.04.2010 – AA

To my right I can hear people having a heated discussion. I am caught in that strange moment in time where, with heightened hearing, I am trying to gauge whether it is serious or perhaps just a conversation. On the cusp of relief or feeling very uncomfortable.

Song pairing: Wildflowers - Tom Petty

06.04.2010 – Blue Diamond

Happy birthday to you, my love with the electric blue diamond shining so brightly. You are still wearing the piece of string you found on the floor of that decrepid old shop, over many an ocean, filled with far too many bits and bobs. They were only too happy to give it to you for free. Good riddance on their part and a treasure on yours.

Song pairing: Of The Sea - AA Bondy

05.04.2010 – Hangklip

I can’t help but wonder if we are all not under the illusion of our mighty existence, when the mountains are but asleep for a thousand years. They are bound to wake up, uncurl into powerful beings from elsewhere. With a stamp of a firm foot in the puddle of an ocean, this tail will slither away, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

Song pairing: The Moment I Said It - Imogen Heap

04.04.2010 – Chandelier

Right after this picture was taken, your spirit jumped up in one slick maneuvre, pulled imaginary knees to a hollow chest, swung forward and lurched over the couch. I am surprised that there is very little damage.

Song pairing: Chocolate Jesus - Tom Waits

03.04.2010 – Ten Green Bottles

Ten plus green bottles are standing forlorn. Neither filled with wine, nor polished and displayed. They are just hidden around a corner, filled with cobwebs and scampering small spiders.

Song pairing: Nutshell - Alice In Chains

02.04.2010 – Pastel Windows

Someone went through a myriad of shades of peppermint green to finally settle on this one.

Song pairing: Blues From Down Here - TV On The Radio

01.04.2010 – Still life

On the floor, to the right, is the basket filled to the brim with bright and slightly wrong-coloured plastic fruit, the dead pheasant placed in front to the side and a medieval style flask of blood red wine.

Song pairing: New Grass - Talk Talk