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the catastraphonic or-kidstra CD Cover (2014)
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‘She hadn’t wanted to become friends with Lil – she had hated Lil. But the girl swooped into her life and plucked out her resistance like a vulture disembowelling a lamb … she was so unutterably grief-stricken – no one could hate someone so sad.’
Naomi Foyle Astra (Jo Fletcher Books 2014)
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Under The Spokes (2013)
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I remember
The dead smell of sun on wood cabins,
The stiffness of sails, the long salt winding sheets.
Once one has seen God, what is the remedy?
‘Mystic’ (1963)
Sylvia Plath
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Carotid Light Series #6 (2010)
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Reminiscent V (2013)
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i have just published a black & white variant image from the Carotid Light Series on the gallery site Carbon Noise Photographic. CNP is an online monochromatic collective and any visit is always rewarded with an array of visual morsels.
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A View From A Ditch (2008)
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![Without A Dream In My Heart [Sepia Print] (1998)](https://darklingeye.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/without-a-dream-in-my-heart-sepia-print-1998.jpg?w=494&h=347)
Without A Dream In My Heart [Sepia Print] (1998)
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In Descent (2008)
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‘Before illness completely got the better of me, my life was a sickly hallucination from start to finish. I was conscious, but, as in a bad dream, everything passed before my eyes too quickly.’
Georges Bataille Blue Of Noon (1957)
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![Dead Head [Sepia Print] (2013)](https://darklingeye.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/dead-head-sepia-print-2013.jpg?w=494&h=321)
Dead Head [Sepia Print] (2013)
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Dead Head [Silent Version] (2013)
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Dead Head (2013)
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Carotid Light Series / CLS#11 Sepia Print (2010)
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Carotid Light Series / CLS#1 Sepia Print (2010)
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Jawbreaker IV (2013)
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Jawbreaker I-III (2013)
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Behold The Man (2002)
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Scabiosa Butterfly Blue II (2013)
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for S.
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The Descent of Man (2008)
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The Erl-King’s Demesne (2005)
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‘A young girl would go into the wood as trustingly as Red Riding Hood to her granny’s house but this light admits of no ambiguities and, here, she will be trapped in her own illusion because everything in the wood is exactly as it seems.
The woods enclose and then enclose again, -‘
Angela Carter ‘The Erl-King’ from The Bloody Chamber (1979)
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In The Morning He Discovered That The Only Handle Was On The Outside Of The Door (2002)
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Eight-Chambered Reel (2013)
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abrase (2013)
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Your Dirty Answer (2005)
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Staple (1997)
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Broken Dream (2013)
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Sgraffito 6 – 8 (2010)
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Untitled (2002)
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oil & ink on board
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Do Not Remove Pins From Body [Butterfly Variation] (2013)
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originally posted, with a short bio and creative musings, at the online gallery Broken Light : A Photography Collective a couple of weeks ago.
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the shirt & suit was obtained from the wardrobe department at Fox Studios where it had been worn by various vampires in the tv show Buffy The Vampire Slayer. i added the dust and the butterfly.
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The Lovers (2013)
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Before The Devil Knows You Are Dead (2005)
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Connemara (2005)
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Untitled (2003)
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chalk, wax & charcoal on wood
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Untitled (2004)
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Blinded (2013)
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Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (2013)
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Reminiscence II (2013)
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Spiral (2013)
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Reminiscent IV (2013)
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‘Where’s Waldo?’ For The Prozac Generation
— or, How I Found Jack White In A Bottle Of Fluoxetine (2013)
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The Complicity Of Dunces (2013)
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since the Conservative/Lib Dem Coalition came to power in the UK, in 2010, the motley duo of Cameron & Clegg have overseen the closure of 347 public libraries and have recently earmarked a further 400 more council libraries for eradication.
[X] the mark of cain, of democracy, to vote, the mark to be empowered in sponsor-directed government. to mark where the treasure is hidden for the élite few; the wealth siphoned off, cut ‘n’ rebirthed.
[X] the signature of the illiterate.
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Reminiscent VI (2013)
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Zone (2011)
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Do Not Remove Pins From Body (2013)
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Sgraffito 5 (2010)
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Reminiscence I (2013)
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Road To Nowhere (2004)
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The Specialist (2002)
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Mr Beckett’s Holiday (2002)
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the liebster blog award
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due to the generosity of dawn at Mad Woman With A Camera (please check out her site) the Liebster Award has just been given to darkling eye.
thank you, dawn. namaste.
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to accept the award i need to answer a series of questions. and to nominate a handful of sites which have captivated and enthralled me over the past year.
i urge you to visit these sites and see what life is like in the worlds of others.
in alphabetical order:
and now to the intense interrogation. well, ok, maybe not quite. but here’s the questionnaire anyway:
Do you have any phobias? yes, intensely phobic of butterflies and moths.
What book are you currently reading? beside the sea by véronique olmi
Chocolate or Fruit? fruit dipped in dark chocolate.
What is your favourite colour? dusty blue
If you were re-incarnated, what animal would you like to come back as? buzzard.
Can you swim? no
Are you still friends with your best friend from school? no
Which celebrity would you like to take you to dinner? david lynch and helena bonham carter. on separate tables.
What is your favourite pet? i don’t have any pets. but if i did it’d be five cats. and maybe a wolf. or a crow.
Which of your blog posts is your favourite? the one after next.
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Carotid Light Series #1 / Dark Blue Mix (2010)
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darkling eye was born a year ago today and, from the outset, it was only ever designed to be a one year project.
the response has been unexpected: baffling, fascinating, at times curious, and always intriguing.
i am touched.
the twelve months have ended but i am not ready to give it up just yet. it doesn’t feel completed. or stale. so, with your indulgence, darkling eye will continue for the time being at least.
takk
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first annual report
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followers : 200
countries : 60
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