The Service of Clouds

Really enjoyed our morning Plateau Walk in Kanangra Boyd NP, arriving back just before the storm hit!

Cosy afternoon reading Delia Falconer’s “The Service of Clouds”, a magic realist novel set in 1906 Blue Mountains. Photography a major theme, really enjoying it and collecting lots of quotes…

He thought of the strange nature of this new process, which poisoned the image to grant it eternal life. As he coated his plates with gun cotton he took a savage delight in photography as a kind of war upon the world. While the picture on the glass was as delicate as breath, this solution he painted on it was strong enough to blow off a hand and leave shards inside a heart”