This autumn,
How old I am getting:
Ah, the clouds, the birds!
– Bashō

Modern Goose (via National Film Board of Canada) is a short film by Karsten Wall that takes you into the world of Canada Geese trying to make their living in the urban environment that has swallowed up the landscapes they once knew.

It’s taken me nearly until the end of September to post about the unexpected album of the summer – at least my summer. Maybe it’ll become the album of your autumn?

These short spaces between seasons – like the edges of watercolour paint bleeding into one another – increasingly catch my attention and imagination. Summer, fall, winter, spring: we hold these words so close, templates we can stamp over periods of time. But like everything in the real world, there is no clear border between anything. Perhaps the idea of (and desire for) borders is one of the defining ideas of our primate brains?

As you’ve noticed, without my gulls to check-up on my posting here is becoming more sporadic. So… let’s catch up.

Ring-billed Gull