Domino Heart

In Diary by Alun Kirby

It is easy for any who have known love to feel for this domino heart – to see the ghost of it’s once whole self clinging to something that no longer exists. Or perhaps the heart is coming together, healing…. Or finding love for the first time, and the anticipation permits …

Condensed Love

In Diary by Alun Kirby

It could have happened to anyone, anywhere, at any time.  To me, it happened like this… Walking through Botanik, a Sunday morning most likely, visiting the hothouse, quail scurrying in the shrubbery.  On a glass door between rooms, she does this.  Only a quick movement of finger on glass, some …

Tao of Taos

In Diary by Alun Kirby

Taos is a small, New Mexico mountain town, a base for nearby skiing.  Wandering around in Spring sunshine, several residents caught the eye.  Zen masters, every one. Taos Hound  Beyond the dog, the decrepit pick-up, the run-down porch, the mountains.  If we can learn how to see, the mountains can …

When Love Breaks Down

In Diary by Alun Kirby

In the little good sunshine we had here in Yorkshire last year, I made a few significant new images.  The first of these is a contact photogram, ‘When Love Breaks Down’.   The image is large, for a contact photogram, at 18 x 24″ (46 x 61 cm). It was …