Thomas Clothier

1987, Verulam, South Africa They sat on the balcony. In slow, long drags emitting tiny shimmers and snaps, conversed. Above the sound of pedestrians shuffling their heavy parcels along the rain dampened pavements, aunties and mothers rushing errant kids snotty nosed, nagging them for sweets on the busy street below A dimly-lit scene, coloured by India-dyed shades, in our mind’s eye at this hour For a plastered-shut bannister required none but the tallest, tippytoed audience, or the heckling nosiest participants to consume it with an eye...

Soon after arriving in Korea, I bought myself a bicycle to commute in to work. At that time, we lived in a suburb of Hwaseong, in Gyeonggi Province. The town wasn't cycle friendly. In fact, it was hazardous to use the bike. My safe commute took me along agricultural service roads, beside rice paddies and under freeways. In 2010, we moved to Geochang, a town nestled in Daekyu mountain, and Jiri mountain just 25 kms to the south. In contrast to Hwaseong, this location has over 15 kilometers of dedicated...