hello. it's been a while, sorry. much activity, busy times. all good. very good.

inconsistancy has always been a weak point with me. ephemeral should be my middle name. i have not just one or two unfinished projects in my cupboard - i have a freakin' hundred. this website was supposed to be a sort of professional, consistent project, the sort of thing a real grown up does. very well intentioned indeed.

but instead, it has been a kinda embarrassing exercise in growing up in public. lots of stupid, niave flippancy and awkward fluster. i went back and reread all my archives a few nights ago and was astonished at the escalating change in style, caused mostly by the realisation that i hate attention. frangipani has gone from being a really open and honest account of my life to a kind of deliberately spare, obscure style of writing and photographing.

especially now that i live in tokyo. it was easy out in fujiyoshida, in all that glorious anonymity and poetry, but here in simmering tokyo town, a hell of a lot of very sharp, web-savvy people are out and about all the goddamn time. i kinda feel like dippy-jenny-from-the-block wearing her heart on her sleeve in amongst all the cool kids doing their infinitely cool, crisp, hip thing.

but never fear dear friends. i have learned a thing or two recently. awkwardness and inconsistency are not such bad things. you just need to transform them into Ephemeral Efficacy. it's quite an Endearing process. look at all that E.

there is much word yet to come, i am drowning under the weight of photos and stories. oh, and the gorgeous middle photo above of the praying boys was taken by justin at sensoji temple. i guess you're back at work in australia by now. i miss you already, you great big lump'o'joy. the stream of visitors has reduced to a trickle, and the last two, matt and milo, leave tomorrow. it's been such a joy but it'll be nice to get my room back.