As many of us do, Olson carried about a little notbook for writing down his ideas, here collected are overheard phrases, strange sights, personal reflections and anything else that struck him during his 2003 residency at the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art. Every line is a gem: “The rain sounds like a pencil sharpener – Dylan”, “Teach/chill/dara” or “TWYFORD Goethe-Institut, basement tiolet”.