Author Archives: nyx
stone wall
layers on layers
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Tagged amy vaillancourt, holga camera, nyx, pool on the mountain
field of dreams
zenith of daylight
summer solstice
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full reach rapunzel
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Tagged ghosts. montreal, nyx, Vanessa Morrell, westside st laurent alley
the median
this lonely set of highway barriers is a particularly old and beautiful one. i immediately was drawn to them, they had a sort of ancient throne appeal. the common barrier that you would find on a highway (also known as a jersey barrier or k-rail in the more western states) was originally designed for the safety of pedestrians as well as the elimination of head on collisions but has had arguable impacts on the movement of animals. the jersey barrier has more recently been deployed in anti-terrorism plights due to the durability of their reinforced steel design. their advantage in battle is their moveable but semi-permanent nature. but i must ask the question of this need for separation, if the lines are ephemeral how does one know what side of the line one is standing on?
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Tagged christmas trees, griffon town, holga camera, jersey barriers, Listpoem, nyx
standing giants
steel skeletons exposed against the sky.
a perch for only the bravest of birds.
standing giants
crushed
the street hits back.
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Tagged can photography, ghosts. montreal, Listpoem, nyx, staples, street art, wren
tree top treason
yellow sun burns
even the trees were crying
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futuristic sailors
the nautical hour of brilliant light
forecasting our sights
into falling night
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cross hatching
a linear representation of shadow
parallel lines crossing on an angle
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Tagged double exposures, holga camera, Listpoem, montreal, nyx
come join us
in our inner city trailer park
a parking-lot paradise
of high density living
with flexible habitable space
and a lack of rules.
with flexible habitable space
and a lack of rules.
know your neighbors, too well.
mobile homes
rvs
trailers
pop trailers
tents
hammocks
tarps
sleeping bags
rvs
trailers
pop trailers
tents
hammocks
tarps
sleeping bags
edge of the pond
it is as if they were the beginnings of frogs emerging from some melted run off water, mere tadpoles with transforming bodies. a huddled mass of a new years hatch, fresh and anticipative for warmer months.
(read in Herzog’s voice)
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Tagged beaver pond, beaver pond Rupert, darryl singh, j morgan, jason mahon, Listpoem, nyx, Rupert, spring, Vanessa Morrell
the crossroads
why is it that strangers rarely if ever collide with one another? is it fear of proximity, intimacy? is it society’s ethics that drive us to comply to politeness or hurried steps?
or is it simply that we are on autopilot, our paths pre-determined in a complex maze of ties and steps?
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Tagged crossroads, Listpoem, nyx, railroad, toronto
highway prism
the turcot interchange was originally built as a “dramatic” display of montreal’s global position as a metropolis, yet it has become a crumbling problem. its design accommodated both ships and trains to pass underneath its expansive footprint and in this case, deviant youth.
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Tagged holga camera, Listpoem, montreal, nyx, railroad, turcot interchange
welcome home to alcove
every season is Junk’s favorite season, but when the sun is shining in Alcove , Junk is particularly alluring.
magpies crash, from glinting metal escaping through patches of rust,
Junk cars arrive unannounced in the night to huddle with each other,
head in the clouds
picture daydream
a fissure-like crack into a cavern of construction.
manipulations hold time and rule only to a test.
the tame and tribulations coincide in ennui.
playful interactions lend themselves purely.
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Tagged amy vaillancourt, icicle, ladder series, Listpoem, Plateau
broken glass
in the darkened belly of places left to sit
creatures become silhouettes against
the light of the whirlwind sun.
gaze they do out into the world
trapped by their own innards
and insecurity.
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Tagged Listpoem, nyx, snow storm, train tracks
shopping cart pusher
we all have to make a living.
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undercovers
untouched snow where green grass grows
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Tagged holga camera, Listpoem, mont-royal cemetery, nyx
rubbish bin
i got as close as i could. i thought that he might jump me. he has a little bit of that crack fox look, if you know what i mean. we were both out on a limb.
pigeon playground
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Tagged ice, Listpoem, nyx, steel factory, under the 720
rippled mirror
Echoes of attraction
extend out into the
mirror of space,
beauty’s symmetry.
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Tagged holga camera, Listpoem, nyx, reflection, swan, toronto harbor
last leg of the journey
ominous buildings conceal the snarl toothed beauty of nature.
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high vis
civil servant art
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Tagged chicken guillotine, double exposure, high vis, Listpoem, nyx, pylons, railroad, street art, toronto
outer body experience
lucid perch
moments fluttering with contemplation, self-reflection
images of escaping reality.
an attempt at being grounded
left as shadows cast upon the horizontal.
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Tagged alley, amy vaillancourt, garbage, ghosts. montreal, holga camera, Listpoem, nyx, snow storm, step ladder
the secret quarry
a vacant hole
once purposeful
now a layered picture
the opposite of a mountain
with a reservoir at its pinnacle,
collecting gravity’s treasures
I always wanted to be a geologist
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Tagged amy vaillancourt, farmpoint, Listpoem, secret quarry, Wakefield
it comes to a point
not everything has to be right angles
perspective: when lines get fuzzy
all the way up there, one step at a time
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Tagged architecture, ghosts cities, Listpoem, montreal, nyx, snow storm, stairs, westside st laurent alley
sights set
“deceptive lizard”- Apatosaurus
Marsh, the inventor of the brontosaurus made a purposeful mistake. The bones for his creation were assembled from a head and a body found in separate quarries, as well as in different strata. Yet it remains one of the most complete skeletons ever exposed even to this day. A fabrication of magic and legend warming out hearts to the cold blooded building sized lizard.
One must study their prey before the hunt in order not to be deceived.
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Tagged black and white 35mm, bushwick, dinosaur, direct hit, Listpoem, NYC, nyx, Rooftop, summer, throwing rocks
paper hearts
hairless bodies clamber within the corridors of their papery spit sack;
ever-expanding production to satisfy the tireless needs of their queen.
the systematic ticking of the gauge as it spins is
patterned with humming wings and scurrying feet.
sensing danger
reaction attack
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dying every second
depths of layered reality, somewhere between shadowed pasts and ghostly futures.
haunted we are by glimmers of far off white.
even the stars are dying every second.
their light may pass us eventually but it continues and expands the universe further.
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Tagged alley, amy vaillancourt, ghosts. montreal, graffiti, holga camera, Listpoem, stars, street art, winter 2011
to be a park legend
tender on delicate branches, facing the slope to infinity of a brick wall.
feral city beasts using parks to their maximum.
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Tagged brick walls, climbing trees, cory chivers, Listpoem, montreal parks, night time, siobhan mcpherson
summer heat
brooklyn boys beat the heat with snow cones and broken fire hydrants.
montreal girls hit the rooftop for cool breezes.
either way it was way too hot to stay inside.
good times new york until our paths cross again.
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the mirror’s eye
twinkle toes and stardust pressed on after the precipitous on slaughter. they fancied their gaze upon rainbows as ships finally sunk across a setting sun.
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heart shaped snowflake
inspired by the massive amount of snow that had fallen and continued to fall we decided to go out into the night and try to capture some of it’s enchantment. out in the alley we attempted to get some action shots of jumping off dumpsters into the puffy blanket but all that produced was strange ghostly flashes. we did however manage to catch this magical moment. it arguably took all the chaos of the universe to procure this chance encounter.
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Tagged alley, digital, dumpster jumping, ghosts. montreal, Listpoem, nyx, snow storm
priceless artifacts
here is to a beautiful boom-box.
an elegantly crafted piece of machinery.
an object capable of breaking it down or soothing the soul.
in some senses a slice of time itself.
an ant’s perspective
the corners we forgot
remembered with two blinks of an eye
i like looking at the ground because i am shy
but sometimes it is nice to look up at the sky
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exterior wall accessories
Street side cabinets
figure and organism
Back door specials
the darker places
Portals penetrate
the maze of grottos
Syntactic relations
of transferable language
on the up and up
spiraling staircase
ascending levels
in fall time when
nature puts itself
to sleep
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watchful eyes
blank stares
woodland creatures
there is something special about carrying things around on the ends of sticks. there is also something humorous about going around looking through people’s recycling for tin cans and then hammering holes into them with some finishing touches of garbage bag fringe. some things take a stretch of the imagination and a little bit of effort.
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Tagged fires, Jessica Fahey, lanterns, Listpoem, mont royal, montreal, rima arthar, toby xx, Vanessa Morrell
prosopopoeia
seemingly old as dinosaurs, they display their strength with heavy arms lifting boxy cargo into the ports of san francisco
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paneless retrograde
take that
garbage post
over the last little while i have been developing this sort of theory that people are ok with garbage accumulating in certain places. maybe it is that they don’t really notice the piles or maybe it is the unwritten language of city, proper etiquette if you will. it seems partly due to the patterns of human behavior, the necessity of these neutral spots and there is definitely a location issue (slightly off the main street, tucked into a recess, never in someone’s front lawn). it seems that over time these spots become even more useful, somewhat like a reusing center but free, anonymous, ever changing; a reflection of the community itself.
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keys and ladders
the logical use of a ladder is to reach higher space. the logical purpose of a key is to gain access to that which has been locked. but what they do have in common? = they are man made and therefore unnatural, in a sense pollution, garbage. but they sure are shiny.
the man who let us photograph the keys is a little bit hysterical, being portuguese, but he says the kids are always coming in asking to take pictures. the street art was done by toby xx on a multiple exposure.
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in case you were looking for a little magic
Sheep, Goats, octopuses and toads all have rectangular pupils (although they appear as slightly oval due to the rounded nature of the eye). The evolution of how this came to be is an unsolved mystery but i guess it helps them evade all the predators who hunt them both night and day.
scrappers delight
tossed sore sight. scrappers delight.
if it doesn’t work right. scrappers delight.
broke down in the night. scrappers delight.
bus graveyard
where STM’s outdated vehicles go to die.
it used to be the final parking spot for Montreal’s elderly transportation. then one night a hooded figure masked in smoke ran past me and lou made the call to the fire station as one lone bus experienced a viking burial. torched to a crisp, the bus graveyard was no longer a fine canvas for graffiti, but a symbol that the out of function busses needed a new retirement home.
desole hors service
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Tagged amy vaillancourt, burnt bus, bus graveyard, desole, hors service, kirk irwin, Listpoem, lou kosack, montreal, public transportation, rail road, siobhan mcpherson, STM, tracks, water tower
Bird of Prey
Discovered in the attic of a grandfather house.
it has slowly decomposed allowing the feather to reveal
the fleshy straw of its innards, much like a vulture.
A few wires cage its fragility though it is paraded about town in the passenger seat of a car.
I had been warned not to look into its eyes; I dared and I saw their glassy truth.
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Tagged amy vaillancourt, andrew ryan, attic, bird of prey, construction, fall, Listpoem, quebec, uncle denis
under the highway
day three, frigid explorations continued through the cold drizzle of impending fall. this huge building leaves you feeling small against the freeway, its haunting echos of sky high traffic vibrate along pane-less corridors of reclaimed territory. it will all be gone and forgotten, but for now it remains a priceless gallery for those who are willing to enter.