Topicmarginalia
12 entries, newest first.
Marginalia XIII: Not the NivaA borrowed truck, a strap that did not survive the heat, and a road with no opinions.Marginalia XI: The Frame AfterOld contact sheets instead of launch nerves, and the frame that sat beside the one I chose. Re-shot the strip on the desk this week.Marginalia X: Rain, HoodieRainy June evening, balcony door open: an unzipped hoodie and boxer shorts, comfort and desire sharing the same quiet room.Marginalia IX: Same Ribbon, Four YearsSpring light on the red korpe again, a thin ribbon, and a quiet bookend that simply continues. Desk photo from this spring; the ribbon story is older.Marginalia VIII: One ButtonWhite shirt, a gap of shadow, freckles in focus, and the soft brass of the samovar.Marginalia VII: What the Desk KeepsInk stains, a bare thigh under the desk edge, and the archive that includes its keeper.Marginalia VI: The Small ClickWinter window light, a garter strap, and the quietest decisive sound in the flat.Marginalia VFour flights of bazaar bags. Sweat darkening a shoulder strap. The lift remains a rumor.Marginalia IVFirst long drive in the old red Niva: hot vinyl, a cooling engine, and a slipped strap left alone under empty sky.Marginalia IIIAfter the Saturday banya: goose bumps, wet hair, steam still hanging. Film grain for a winter Saturday.Marginalia IISummer heat on a Kyrgyz korpe: a black silk scarf as the lightest compromise when clothes become impossible.Marginalia INotes in the margin of my own record. Faceless photographs, close crops of fabric meeting skin, only the degree of seen I can bear.