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Half empty or half full of painful points

By  Sue Purcell 2020 - 2021
These are my concealed thoughts and drawings done as a coping mechanism during one of the covid-19 lockdowns. Some in particular were created in a fearful time of a VII day countdown not knowing if I had caught the virus that gave me a heightened sense of awareness of affecting others and facing mortality! A bit dramatic… I had not got it and I now see the cup half empty, but I am generally a half full person. This is a cliche but I think every cliche has its place.

Sue Purcell

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Bookmarks & gilt edged pages: PLATES I ~ VII

RAFT of the {UN}conscious mind: twists, turns, tensions, sunshine & shadows.

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