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vampiredust
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Childhood is made of the simple things
Sketch the farm first. Capture
every detail: chickens, cows,
cats stretching like the sun.
Ignore machinery, they are not
needed in the picture. Observe
bales of hay being lifted down
onto fields. Men break backs
as they cut it down into chunks.
Forget them. Concentrate on the
farmhouse: a postcard perfect
image, snatched from a toyshop
and placed here - in the middle
of nowhere. Start sketching shadows
behind curtains, that is our scene.
And then when you are done, throw
it in your iris, feeling it crack.
Sketch the farm first. Capture
every detail: chickens, cows,
cats stretching like the sun.
Ignore machinery, they are not
needed in the picture. Observe
bales of hay being lifted down
onto fields. Men break backs
as they cut it down into chunks.
Forget them. Concentrate on the
farmhouse: a postcard perfect
image, snatched from a toyshop
and placed here - in the middle
of nowhere. Start sketching shadows
behind curtains, that is our scene.
And then when you are done, throw
it in your iris, feeling it crack.