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Precariousness:

The tarn fell off the mountain.
At any given moment.

Precariousness: The tarn fell off the mountain. At any given moment.

Honesty:

But truly nothing
that I said were true.

Honesty: But truly nothing that I said were true.

Suddenness: 

I’ve got three favourite words
and I can’t remember either one of them.

Suddenness: I’ve got three favourite words and I can’t remember either one of them.

Envy:

The sun was found 
where it had last left itself.
Bathing. Acquiring colour.

Envy: The sun was found where it had last left itself. Bathing. Acquiring colour.

Luck:

By the time I’d finished 
photographing silence
the future was already.

Luck: By the time I’d finished photographing silence the future was already.

Rumour: 

The angle of a colleague’s shoulder
turned the other way. The almost imperceptible
slight of five degrees.

Rumour: The angle of a colleague’s shoulder turned the other way. The almost imperceptible slight of five degrees.

Surprise:

You can’t even know everything
even about everything you know.

Surprise: You can’t even know everything even about everything you know.

Frustration:

Over there – the smell of falling water.
On first appearances.
Entirely unnecessary.

Frustration: Over there – the smell of falling water. On first appearances. Entirely unnecessary.

Trust: 

A single blade of grass.
The lee of a rock.
Subtlety external to parabola.

Trust: A single blade of grass. The lee of a rock. Subtlety external to parabola.

Freedom:

on the same afternoon
I came to understand 
that I was made with other

Freedom: on the same afternoon I came to understand that I was made with other

Justice:

The sky just says 
it just as it is.

Justice: The sky just says it just as it is.

Disturbance:

What are you most afraid of? 
Uncertainty.
Stilled rivers / stopped water.

Disturbance: What are you most afraid of? Uncertainty. Stilled rivers / stopped water.

Wonder:

an unusual spell
of deep freeze drought and
the gale emptied

Wonder: an unusual spell of deep freeze drought and the gale emptied

Fascination:

If you stand on one leg long enough
you'll be offered an advance on heaven.

Fascination: If you stand on one leg long enough you'll be offered an advance on heaven.

Curiosity:

The colour of urine
in freshly laid snow.

Curiosity: The colour of urine in freshly laid snow.

Unhappiness:

I began reciting 
the alphabet.
Tasted unusual.

Unhappiness: I began reciting the alphabet. Tasted unusual.

Love:

The freshly laundered bedding
unwrapped itself in snow.

Love: The freshly laundered bedding unwrapped itself in snow.

Loneliness:

Suddenly realise
that I’m walking on water.

Loneliness: Suddenly realise that I’m walking on water.

Possibility:

Is enough

Possibility: Is enough

The future:

Of what are you most wanting?

The future: Of what are you most wanting?

Failure:

I did not 
attain 
highest water.
Au contraire.

Failure: I did not attain highest water. Au contraire.

Wishfulness:

Lost sensation in order.
To float, to freeze, to dream.

Wishfulness: Lost sensation in order. To float, to freeze, to dream.

Laziness:

Pushed the clouds
over the horizon.
The practice of scudding.

Laziness: Pushed the clouds over the horizon. The practice of scudding.

Upwards:

The length
of a single fold of snow.
Capable of forgetting.

Upwards: The length of a single fold of snow. Capable of forgetting.

Identity:

Yesterday lay beyond
the border of the photograph.

Identity: Yesterday lay beyond the border of the photograph.

Boredom:

Speak to me a little louder
or I shall come to see.

Boredom: Speak to me a little louder or I shall come to see.

Treachery:

Sounded like
a good idea.

Treachery: Sounded like a good idea.

Scree has been made possible with financial support from Arts Council England & the Lake District National Park Authority. Thanks also to Kirkgate Arts & Heritage, Kendal Mountain Festival, the National Trust at Wordsworth House & the British Mountaineering Council for their partnership & ongoing support.

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