Ophelia and Tatyana are placed on the columns of the very Edwardian bay window. They are birds of course. Felted woollen ones I brought into the Department and placed on the windows to get rid of my constant loneliness. People aren’t good enough for that, you see. Often, I wonder if I am a borderline …
Gun Island and Turning the Guns on Climate-Writing
It felt great to gaze at the treetops in the sweltering heat. This very cold land is unaccustomed to moments of tropical weather, such as the one we are having these days. Mornings, this summer, looked like afternoons. By the time it was actually "afternoon", people were effectively knocked out by the heat and the …
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Creatures of Resistance
Dusk in Sydney is a strange time. The Antipode is very strange for that matter, but I am not going to delve on the geographies of strangeness. For someone who is been on the continent for the first time, it appears difficult to follow the hours. I thought I was paying attention to the time …