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Darling Jerry, day 15 of 30

‘… and in that silence was compassion. That intimate, terrifying openness I thought I would never feel again.’
from Good Girl by Aria Aber

I’m a big reader, and I tend to flip between long stret

Darling Jerry - Day 14 of 30

Thinking about connections and combinations. How one thing can become another when combined with something else. Here, seeing the combination of a thin slightly scratchy line of the handwriting, with the thick and more

Darling Jerry — Day 13 of 30 (Sharing process). The portraits I use in the Darling Jerry series are fragmented. When I draw I'm almost trying to move as far away as possible from the 'correct'. I'm not that interested in representing the veneer

Darling Jerry, day 12 of 30

I am fascinated by language. I always have been. So much so that it was the first career I chose. I used to work in publishing - women’s fiction, crime, historical fiction - and my fascination with language continu

Darling Jerry, day 11 of 30
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Most of us don’t write letters now. Which means we don’t really receive them either. And I think that’s a shame. Sending a letter is a bit like a gift - it asks you to slow down, to choose yo

Darling Jerry, day 10 of 30

I’m really interested in vulnerability. And trust. To be with someone is trusting, one moment at a time, that this person will see you, hold you, honour you. And knowing that you deserve it.

A letter is a beautifu