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This song came to me suddenly when I was at an exhibition of early photographic pioneer Henry Fox Talbot's work (by Hiroshi Sugimoto) One picture "Portrait of Charles Turner, 1842" really caught me and as I stared into the image, sensing some kind of spirit of the man, the song came into my head, fully formed and simple.
We decided to make our own version of the image, using a very old photo of Brian.

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1842

His face looks through the darkness into you
His contemplative moment comes to this
Your form reflects and merges into his

The shadows that we are or that we were
Tricks of light
The dust caught in the air

We're floating in a place that's neither here nor there
Freeze framed
Shadows and light
We gaze into the night

1842

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from of winter born, track released November 1, 2011
Music & Lyrics: Janette Kidd
Brian Kidd: Atmospherics
Janette Kidd: Vocals, Piano

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Not for Pussies Perth, UK

Not for Pussies came into being in 2008, although Brian and Janette Kidd have been together - and playing music together (and with others) for much, much longer.
We felt we're into an era in our lives where Bette Davis' quote about getting older (it's "not for pussies") felt very apt - and our music reflects this - and the experience of having lived a little! ... ... more

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