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Nothing else compares… (thoughts on Sally Mann)

August 27, 2010 Photography
Sally Mann, Deep South Series

I saw these pictures on Tuesday, and ever since, I can’t seem to get them out of my mind. By chance, I read about this exhibition, by an American photographer, called Sally Mann, at The Photographers’ Gallery, and I decided to go along. I didn’t really know who she was, but her name stuck in [...]

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Gipsy Hill, and The August Break, Day 23

August 23, 2010 Photography

Can you guess where I am? On a jaunt into the city, on my own. To visit an exhibition tomorrow at the V&A. This is bliss to me. Solitude and Art combined. It feels a bit naughty, a bit luxuriant. But I’m worth it. It’s a long time since I’ve had a proper Artist’s Date [...]

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The Creative Path and This Blogging Life

August 21, 2010 Wholeness
Rusty Gate #34

Our beach is feeling terribly grey for an August Day today. I’m not happy about it at all. Last Saturday was much the same–wet and grey. Dismal. But with the wasps in tow, which seems all wrong, considering the weather. It feels more like November today than August. I guess I’m in a bad way. [...]

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Recovering a Sense of Strength

July 11, 2010 Wholeness
New Forest Trees, April 2010

What does strength mean to you? From where do you draw your strength and in what ways do you consider yourself to be strong? Not so long ago, I would have told you that my strength was in my independence and my singularity. However, as I dove deeper into my creative recovery, I discovered that [...]

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