Looking at things from a different angle results in a different understanding or a different appreciation of everyday objects or things. We are so used to, for example, bird photography being from a certain angle that when we are confronted with images from uncommon angles, it almost becomes uncanny, weird, alienating. I also think a lot of time these images are thrown into the graveyard of unnamed folders on our computers. We do not have time to sort through them but unlike images where the object is out of focus or already out of the frame, these images are relegated to the "what if" and "almost" category. And I think they deserve more attention.

This afternoon, after a long trip in the car, I heard the sounds of the Cape White-eye in the tree above me. Completely covered with tiny white flowers, they feast on the nectar or they eat the smaller insects that are also attracted to the flowers. Sitting on a lower angle, I could not see them from the front or the normal angle. I took photographs of them from below. Again, they were distracted by the mechanical shutter on my camera. I managed to dance around and get some images. The light fell perfectly. A single phrase jumped in my mind whilst I listened to their cheery chirps: Are we art? And so, a poem was born. Please enjoy the poem with the images of this stunning small and artistic-looking bird!