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Swan My Mother Said :: Hobo 23

Speculative Ontology

Category: Uncanny Objects

Written by hobo23@gmail.comOctober 15, 2012March 28, 2018

Swan ghost-traces on the lagoon.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comNovember 3, 2012April 1, 2018

An algae I had not noticed before is growing in the swimming pond on an unusually warm day.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comJanuary 5, 2013March 28, 2018

The weather thawed and I left an instant photo in the park with a manta scratched on it.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comMarch 4, 2013April 6, 2018

I am awating the delivery of more instant film. Meanwhile I used a medium-format film camera to take photographs of fowl poop in the park. I am told that goose poop and swan poop are indistinguishable other than under the eye of an expert.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comMay 20, 2013March 4, 2019

Like Thomas Pynchon’s rainbow, the swan appears in an upward streak of light in the sky.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comJune 11, 2013April 6, 2018

This morning, several blocks from Humboldt Park, I stumbled upon this totemic effigy erected to the swan in a front yard.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comJuly 8, 2013March 4, 2019

The Windmill gives Me A Powerful Vibe Of An Invisible Presence, Perhaps Of The Swan.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comSeptember 7, 2013April 6, 2018

The long neck of the swan appears in an image of the morning sky.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comJuly 26, 2014April 6, 2018

I’ve been using the pinhole device on my DSLR to collect video of the swan’s luminous habitues throughout the park. The windmill has been a particularly revealing place.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comJune 17, 2015March 4, 2019

OR— Maybe It’s Hiding Under the Water!

Written by hobo23@gmail.comOctober 3, 2015March 4, 2019

The Camera Catches an unusual speck of light dancing in the duckweeds.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comDecember 28, 2015March 4, 2019

The Camera’s Flash Makes the swan appear like two Kite-shaped snowflakes chasing each other.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comApril 1, 2016March 4, 2019

A Slender Ghost Appears Between Two Ducks.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comApril 17, 2016March 4, 2019

An Imperfection In The Photographic Emulsion Marks The Presence Of The Swan.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comApril 7, 2017April 7, 2018

The lights on the boathouse stand guard like round-headed soldiers.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comApril 8, 2018March 4, 2019

This Tree Is Sporting A Face This Spring.

Written by hobo23@gmail.comMay 7, 2018March 11, 2019

After almost six years of looking for something I thought I’d never see, an unexpected flock of swans appeared in the lagoon one early summer morning.

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