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#37 – I Should Have Told You.

I Should Have Told You

Perhaps we said

Those three words

A little too much;

But even if

We didn’t speak love

With our lips,

It was written in your eyes;

Painted with our hands;

You showed me with a kiss.

I thought you were too good

To be true – I knew;

Now I know I should have known

Not once did you speak the truth.

With love, Emily.

Poetry, Fujifilm Superia 400, Film photographyEmily Ung13 June 2016Poetry, Film Photography, Film, Fujifilm Superia 400, ThoughtsComment

#36 – I Never Told You.

It’s been pouring with non-stop miserable rain the past two days in Sydney. The past 13 weeks have been tough at uni (what’s new?) – especially the last 2 weeks – and it’s come to the final stretch. I’m extremely excited for the winter break! I’ll have 5 weeks away from the books to relax and get on to doing a long list of creative and adventurous things I’ve been wanting to do. A lot more photography, more writing, more road trips, more food and more fun – can’t wait! I’ve also got some things planned for the blog and a couple of announcements to make, so watch this space!

If you’ve been avidly reading and following along (hello subscribers!), I’d just like to say a massive ‘thank you’! It’s incredibly humbling to know that there are people who like my work, and I really appreciate all the support – honestly. Especially when people are compelled to reach out and tell me that they really liked a particular photo or poem – means the world to me, so thank you. If you come across an image you love or words of mine that resonate with you – if my work relates to you at some level – I would love to know! I’m also open to shoots, road trips, collaborating or other exciting opportunities that will challenge and inspire me as a creative – absolutely anything! You can always shoot me a direct message on Instagram @emilyyyung or send me an email at noiseandnuance@hotmail.com.I’ve been making little waves and small victories in my creative career, and I’m very eager to share it with you (soon) and see where this all takes me.

The forecast for this week shows signs of improvement in weather conditions, meaning I can finally get out of the house (thank god). I hope it’s better wherever you are in the world and life is treating you well x.

For now, I leave you with this poem:

I Never Told You

You know,

All your insecurities

Were never meant to be

Yours and yours alone.

Every second thought,

Every question – without a doubt –

Involved me

And involved me completely.

But there was irony

In my unknowing.

Our choices make us,

But these choices

Are also ours to make.

You could have chosen otherwise – you

Made all the difference –

And believe me when I say

You’ve changed in some ways.

Every conscious choice you make

Still hurts me terribly,

And I can’t accept that as an apology.

With love, Emily.

Film photography, Fujifilm Superia 400, Poetry, ThoughtsEmily Ung6 June 2016Poetry, Fujifilm Superia 400, Film Photography, Film, Thoughts, Appreciation PostComment

#34 – No end.

No End

It starts with you

The butterflies growing

The heart beating

The sparks flying

It starts with you

The palm sweating

The spine tingling

The adrenaline peaking

It starts with you

The nervous breathing

The hesitant pausing

The anxious waiting

It starts with you

The white lying

The mask hiding

The blatant cheating

The downright disgusting

It starts with you

The incessant crying

The crude swearing

The soul crushing

Death-defying

The feelings lingering

The stomach churning

The eyes burning

The heart wrenching

Truth

The downwards weighing

The heart sinking

The almost ending

With love, Emily.

Film photography, Kodak Portra 400, PoetryEmily Ung9 May 2016Poetry, Kodak Portra 400, Thoughts, Film, Film PhotographyComment

#33 – Seven Years.

Seven Years

Today,

Seven years from now,

If and when

You see me standing

Across the road from you,

Will you have the courage to

Tap me on the shoulder?

Would you have prepared yourself to see

The swelling pain in my eyes

And tell me

How you let me

Pass you by?

Could you then

Finally understand why

You never really apologised

All this time?

On this day,

Seven years down the road,

Although we would have paced

Parallel paths

And skewed streets

To get to where

We thought we wanted to be,

I’m unsure if

You would see what I see.

Today,

Seven years from now,

I hope you’ll find me

And when our eyes meet,

The distance between us will melt away

Like fog on a summer’s day.

And I hope this time

You’d choose to stay.

With love, Emily.

Film photography, Fujifilm Superia 400, PoetryEmily Ung27 April 2016Poetry, Film Photography, Fujifilm Superia 400, Film, ThoughtsComment

#32 – Road Trip / Helensburgh + Sea Cliff Bridge.

Memories in film: a road trip last Christmas.

I went on a little road trip with Jenny, Alex and Jane last year on Christmas day. We headed down south to explore Helensburgh and Sea Cliff Bridge – taking snaps along the way.

Our first stop was Helensburgh: a popular place known for an abandoned train tunnel.

It had rained on Christmas Eve, and so when we arrived (some of us wearing white shoes – clearly not the best idea), we were welcomed with muddy tracks and murky puddles that we cautiously and carefully tried to avoid by balancing on the railway tracks. Let’s just say not all of us were spared

This was my first time visiting Helensburgh and the train tunnel, and I immersed myself in deep exploration – literally wandering deep into the pitch-black tunnel. I was told that the tunnel was home to glowworms - but I must have not been paying much attention (and paying too much attention to puddles in the tunnel) because I unfortunately didn’t see any. That just means I’ll definitely be going back to visit – this time with shoes more suited for the occasion.

About an hour’s drive from Helensburgh brought us to Sea Cliff Bridge.

I know a lot of people photograph Sea Cliff Bridge from atop a cliff – a higher vantage point that we didn’t know how to get up to (but which I did visit two weeks ago – a post for that coming soon after I get all this backlog out of the way). So instead, we parked at one end of the bridge and proceeded to walk along it.

We didn’t go up, but we did find a way down – and luckily so. We were able to get close to the crashing waves without the crowd and see a different perspective of the curving bridge. There were also a lot of interesting textures and surfaces that caught my detail-oriented eye, which compelled me to capture their found and fleeting beauty.

And now I’ll leave you with six lines I wrote and call a poem – one that I keep coming back to because of it’s enduring relevance to events; incidents that remind you to be less trusting and less sentimental (which is really depressing in my opinion - why live in a world like that?). I guess lower expectations = less disappointment, but that would also imply that disappointment is inevitable.

#261 – There’s no point maintaining a one-sided friendship.

If someone doesn’t value your relationship enough to be honest, truthful and considerate; if it’s come to a point where you’re the only one that’s giving, and receiving reluctance in return; and if you’re hurting because of it, darling it’s time for you to get out. Your thoughts and effort – your heart – are much better placed somewhere else.

Honesty

Honestly,

Honesty is a sought-after commodity

That you can give but never get back;

Rather, if I told you everything’s a lie,

Would I then be lying – or have you lost track?

Anything you say to this is a lie you must retract.

Honesty is honestly always the best policy xx.

With love, Emily.