VeraClark
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A very authentic piece that
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2015
A very authentic piece that captures the anxiety of so called friendships.
Read full commentPosted in Growing Up
A traditional piece that
Posted on Wed, 04 Feb 2015
A traditional piece that makes the mouth water. Brought Rosetti's 'Goblin Market' to mind.
Read full commentPosted in Orbital (final)
There's a touching simplicity
Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2015
There's a touching simplicity to your choice of words here. It brings impact and perpetuates the loss of normality sharply. 'Dapple-day' is lush.
Read full commentPosted in Only Cats Know When to Walk Away
You forgot 'give him a bottle
Posted on Mon, 26 Jan 2015
You forgot 'give him a bottle of formula' when you have been breastfeeding every twenty minutes 24 hrs a day for five weeks. 'It won't kill him' No. But I will kill you, you ignorant link of shit. If another human tries to sabotage my commendable...
Read full commentPosted in Breast is Best
I return from the newborn
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2015
I return from the newborn world and find you have written so much I don't know where to start. Picked this from list with closed eyes and so pleased I did. We are all shoes and we all run out of steam, some shoes I grieve for. Others I take to...
Read full commentPosted in Once, We Were Runners
Some chilling images and your
Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2015
Some chilling images and your short tempo works well.Seems to change rhythm at "meet" - not sure if it is intentional. It is a really unusual metaphor for the sea, really like it.
Read full commentPosted in Full fathom five
This is stunning. For me it
Posted on Wed, 17 Dec 2014
This is stunning. For me it works as a microscope looking on the past - it magnifies human frailty and the transitory state of life itself in all its agony whilst providing an acute lens on the vulnerability of our natural world too. You distil...
Read full commentPosted in Quarter to January
Lots of your work is very
Posted on Thu, 11 Dec 2014
Lots of your work is very surreal and can have a sense of fragmentation or a momentary interrelational link between its characters. I think the polish on this is good - it's vivid with picturesque scenes you can pin down with your eyes because...
Read full commentPosted in Shadow Cooking
Sharp pull in the opening,
Posted on Sun, 14 Dec 2014
Sharp pull in the opening, engages straight away Lindy.
Think it needs more of Ben's personality to come through, more quirks and history of why they've moved - is he popular at new school, is he a content child? Often lonely kids...
Read full commentPosted in The Tree House
Captured the complex emotions
Posted on Sat, 29 Nov 2014
Captured the complex emotions really well, Bee, the resentment and helplessness, the quiet waiting for any sort of end and noticing trivial details in the immediate environment until the noise finally ceases. Crucially, DV is frequently witnessed...
Read full commentPosted in Asleep
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