God this is stunning. Such a profound statement on the quiet lives we all live, bumping into one another, occasionally getting a deeper glimpse of another life, and then moving on. Your Snaps all have a very Raymond Carver quality, mundane circumstances on the surface but so deeply complex underneath.
“You live life in one direction, but you understand it in the opposite.” 🙏
Jeez, this is stunning, all those snaps that pass and we notice but don't and then suddenly they're there punching us in the gut! Elise... gulp! Bilal... believing no matter where, just beautiful.
I love these Snaps, Dierdre. They feel cinematic as I read. Magic Gas – what a great name! And those paper cut-outs. I can imagine the surprise, when you're still expecting something festive and then… Oh! Sounds like Elise had a real talent.
In truth she cut them out individually and linked them together on paper which was still pretty extraordinary but in the retelling that's how it came out! :)
"In the retelling that's how it came out" is a wonderful phrase. It seems to encapsulate the collage-like beauty of your writing, Deirdre. The tone of the pieces today seem to hover between Benjamin's Arcades project and a Donald Barthelme story. Truly remarkable writing.
Still! They sound amazing. Reminds me of those silhouettes that were made for shadow theatres in Victorian times (not sure of the technical term). They could be very gothic and spooky. There's a scene featuring them in the movie, The Piano.
God this is stunning. Such a profound statement on the quiet lives we all live, bumping into one another, occasionally getting a deeper glimpse of another life, and then moving on. Your Snaps all have a very Raymond Carver quality, mundane circumstances on the surface but so deeply complex underneath.
“You live life in one direction, but you understand it in the opposite.” 🙏
God does The Listening. I do The Reading. Cuz this was Magic.
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Another picture in more than 3-D.
Forwards and backwards, deep and surface, colour and black & white, now and then.
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The moment with Bilal, magic.
May we all be "jaunty and guileless and up to something" at least now and then.
I think it's the name of my law firm.
Every day! I think that’s also a description for the photo you posted of yourself eating eggs😍.
Ha! I'll take it.
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Jeez, this is stunning, all those snaps that pass and we notice but don't and then suddenly they're there punching us in the gut! Elise... gulp! Bilal... believing no matter where, just beautiful.
A Snap can warn a heart -just like that. As always - beautiful.
Thanks Marc. :)
I love these Snaps, Dierdre. They feel cinematic as I read. Magic Gas – what a great name! And those paper cut-outs. I can imagine the surprise, when you're still expecting something festive and then… Oh! Sounds like Elise had a real talent.
In truth she cut them out individually and linked them together on paper which was still pretty extraordinary but in the retelling that's how it came out! :)
"In the retelling that's how it came out" is a wonderful phrase. It seems to encapsulate the collage-like beauty of your writing, Deirdre. The tone of the pieces today seem to hover between Benjamin's Arcades project and a Donald Barthelme story. Truly remarkable writing.
Thank you Jeffrey just seeing this! :)
Still! They sound amazing. Reminds me of those silhouettes that were made for shadow theatres in Victorian times (not sure of the technical term). They could be very gothic and spooky. There's a scene featuring them in the movie, The Piano.