I can’t help but think about cast-offs in the street.

This car door was sitting on Burton Street (near Thomson) in Darlinghurst yesterday. Leaned up against an old pigeon-hole cabinet with an old blanket swung over the top, it was a snapshot of some other place. A bit of country NSW in town, maybe.

Torn from a car by a thief, remnant of a back-room mechanic’s operation gone wrong? Replaced? So many questions.

We’re always tempted by cast-offs on the street.

I was struck by this deconstructed barbecue as I walked up Liverpool Street.

I found myself wondering who has three derelict barbecues sitting around just waiting to be assembled into a poetic bit of street art, but then I realised. Maybe someone else is dreaming of taking things home and seeing if they work.

Walking about the neighbourhood we often spot peoples’ cast-offs. Inevitably, one of us will ask: “Should we take it home and see if works?”

I saw this old Hoover vacuum cleaner today on Burton Street, up near the art school. I really wanted to try it out.