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moments from a partial ly
medicated life
des bate

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words and images by des bate
(c) 2012 D Bate
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soothe ................................................
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salve ................................................
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wrinkle ...............................................
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wash and wave ...............................
Here you will find the beginnings of a piece of work which com-
......................................7 bines odd bits of text with various visual pieces. The hope is that the
underneath ....................................... finished piece will be made available for sale via perhaps Amazon.
......................................8 It would be both interesting and useful to hear people’s opinions of
what I have done.
bookshelves ..................................... You can find more of work on my blog - f4mmedia.wordpress.com,
......................................9 as well as various youtube channels - f4mmediavideo, futurhood av,
food for the eye .............................. pinterest - f4mmedia, behance - futurhoodav and beyond.
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we soothe our lives with
so many different things
a pill
an acquisition
a hope
a failed desire
a regret
a joy built of the untrue
sometimes it is just a whispered thought
painted from all of those wishes
we may never
lay hands upon
but then perhaps ...
the very real
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a salve
and another
distraction and diversion
amongst ...

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somewhere in
the ordinary
there can be
found
a twist or
wrinkle
adding the
aesthetic

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and out of the unworded
come volumes
if you try
or let it wash and wave

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there are unworded
textures
to be found in the
mundane
the everyday, the
discarded
the used
underneath
at the edge of sight

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and in those edges
at the ends of
bookshelves
here you find those
moments
the sidenotes of
your everyday

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even the remains
of the day
and its lunch
becomes further
food for sight

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