“This autumn,…
The trees have slowly been undressing their leaves
..
Here I am
Open eyed, beginning, beginning all over again
Astonished at the naked girl in the exhilarating rain”

I really loved this poem by Jackie Kay. The second verse was the  inspiration for this mobile.

I’m very grateful to Carolyn Yates who introduced me to Jackie Kay’s work. I haven’t quoted the poem in full because unlike other poems I’ve used this one is not freely available all over the internet and I don’t have permission to use it. It’s a great poem – seek it out!

The video above shows my second attempt at this mobile, the first is shown below.  I think the new version dances better!

Photographs above courtesy of Alistair Hamilton of Eurgain Studio