Walking Commentary
Thoughts and cycling from Manchester to Rome in 2023
Having leaves two inches broad …
This collection of photographs shows recent activity on the twenty year old Salix caprea ‘Kilmarnock’ (formerly ‘Pendula’) in our back garden. Whether presenting bare canes in winter, early catkins in spring, luxuriant summer leaves or an autumnal colour show, it’s a hive of activity in all seasons.
Do you really see yourself when you study your reflection in a mirror? Can others ever know how you see yourself?
I planned to document a bicycle trip from Cheshire to Kent with images of street art. I imagined this afterword would be drawn from street artists’ words and ideas. Yes, I’d expected that murals and graffiti would be ubiquitous. But no, there was less urban scrawl than I’d expected, especially rare in the heritage parklands of the Peak District. Instead, it was the elusive Chiffchaff that inspired us.
A camera asks a question. The answer is in the image. A photographic dyad.
The colour palette and forms of broccoli are intriguing.
Aren’t we mortal, fragile and perhaps a little afraid?
