Brushes at a Concert
#nontransparentthings 018
Circa 2023. Tonimas Plaza, Makurdi.
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LED lights on a mirror’s frame in a beauty salon. A gash of light from the LED in the centre appears spectral and definitive. One lilac and three sky-blue, cuplike containers hold makeup brushes that appear like miniature stick figures at a concert. A black handbag spotted with silver buttons. A smartphone with screen displaying app icons. A small heap of synthetic locs. Two lockers. A number of colour palettes. An empty face wipes pack. The reflection of a ring light in the mirror; a glass slide door too. A bag on the floor. ++
#Nontransparentthings is a photography writing project and is now a unique hashtag you can Google to find out all the posts, stories, and reviews of. To catch up, here is a link to entries 1–10. You can read the last entry no. 17 here, or the introductory essay here. Recommended reading for today, indulge me, is my short story “Bad Nigga,” on nostalgia and meeting a secondary school mate many years later.
