From the archive. A   study in the bark series whilst on a poodlewalk in the local Waitpinga bushland during the winter months of 2025. Mid-winter is when the light is there is soft (not harsh and contrasty)  in southern South Australia.  This small patch of bushland is surround ed on all sides by agricultural fields for grazing and cropping. The natural environment is  first  experienced as it is by the farmer.

It was a  particular moment:  one when afternoon light when the cloud cover broke and the sun's rays briefly filtered  through the bushland.   It is the 'not' of technological ordering and enframing of  human beings to technological being that sees nature as  a standing reserve that is that calculable  and exploitative.  

The bark as the 'not' of technological being in that it  opens up technological being against itself. It opens up a space in which nature appears other than as calculable and exploitative. To think the “not” of technology as earth we cannot leave technology behind; rather we need to think both with and against technology at the same time