In a response to Why am I not taking pictures?:

Dave Rogers, January 2025

I think you just need a change of scenery, Jack. Or a change of perspective. It'll happen.

I think Dave's right. Given the weather and my aversion to going places, I'll have to start with perspective :).

I personally found the first line of "O Wow O Wow" from Wild God to be cringy.

"She rises in advance of her panties"

Cave responds to criticism of the line - Issue #309:

as its creator I feel the need to defend it – not just out of some paternal urge, but because I have always thought the line was rather good. Truthfully, when I wrote the first verse of ‘O Wow O Wow‘, I was so pleased, that I took the rest of the day off!

And suggests how Anita, who passed in 2021, might feel about it:

Understanding Anita, as I do, I know she loves this song and is happy to be occasionally awakened and called back to us. The dead are glad to be remembered. As for the contentious first line, Neil, I think she likes it a lot.

I wrote on Mastodon yesterday that I feel like I've given up on photography as a creative pursuit. It was a throwaway post, but it's been bugging me since.

My rooms are full of cameras, lenses, and film. I'm surrounded by equipment for scanning, printing, developing, enlarging, viewing, etc. I love photography. And yet most of it sits idle. I'll snap a couple of mirror self-portraits when I'm bored. Or maybe take a photo of the dog when she's being cute. Otherwise, nothing.

I don't know if this is just a brief slump or if it's a sign of a larger shift. I hope it's the former. I'd hate to lose interest in the one thing that still holds my interest.