Hypernormalised Language

February 8 2025 · philosophy books

Normalised language is loose convention across prose, narrative form, formality, and conciseness in text we write. Academic papers, professional writing, advertising, group chats, and workplace chats all have different forms of normalisation. Texts can also be normalised by the way they look – …


Hawkdun Sunset

Foot of the St Bathans Range.

Foot of the St Bathans Range.

It’s the middle of summer and the golden tussock has overtaken its shorter agricultural cousin. Back …


Maniototo Landscapes

Old Dunstan Road.

Old Dunstan Road.

Hawkduns.


St Bathans - 1877

St Bathans. 1877

St Bathans. 1877

St Bathans is a small town in the Maniototo with a history of gold mining. On a recent trip there I was reading a …


Hasselblad V Lenses on Sony Mirrorless Cameras

On a recent trip to the Maniototo I was shooting the Hasselblad 501cm film camera. One evening up the Manuherikia River the skies clouded over. There wasn’t enough light to shoot without a tripod so I put away the film camera and experimented with shooting the Hasselblad lenses adapted to my …