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Me, showing symptoms of a tropical disease
In this film by Pilar Mata Dupont, I exhibit the symptoms of malaria. It starts gradually but then...
Soundscape
What did the creation of Lake Windermere sound like?
This is an audio version of a poem I wrote years ago when I was staying in the Lake District....
Art
Hello – a short film by David Richard Birtles
My husband’s a film maker. He asked me to be in this short film made for Trevor’s House...
Music
Making beautiful music
I’m delighted to share this collaboration with you. It’s an ambient music project I’ve worked on with From...
Art
Getting Right With Tao
A few years ago I recorded Ron Hogan’s excellent modern take on Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching. I came...
Art
The day I met a flasher
A couple of years ago an award-winning international portrait photographer called to ask if he could come and take my...
Art
Voicing…for art’s sake
I’ve written elsewhere about NOT voicing for visual media…so here’s a post about writing for a very visual medium...
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