It’s one of my old photos, taken on a large format camera – the roll of film slipped.
A happy accident as I liked the effect so much that I published it as a postcard, and as two different greetings cards.
see – the Julz Cards page, if you want to have a look at my other old cards – smile
one of my postcards (see odds & sods)
she played the flute then
it cried for him
in a forest unknown
with someone’s big dog
resting on her shoulder
ignorant,
she descended the canyon
wandered a day and a night
alone
sleeping on a stone
emerging dusty and triumphant
and late for her flight
picked her up in the night
gave her money to get home
refusing her thanks
and taking nothing in return
bought in London
was never sent
she had lost his address
years later she regrets
her thoughtlessness
and remembers
his act of kindness
in her newly fatherless world
my long forgotten
younger self
stares back at me
the dog at my shoulder
the flute in my hand
and I feel her spirit
come back to me
I took this still life many years ago, on a large format, with real film in it – I think this is a scan, not of the negative, but of a print of the negative, as it’s not as sharp as I would like it to be.
a still life I took many years ago
