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"In the first light of dawn I turn white as a sheet, as I swallow the white pills to keep me alive ... attacking the virus which is destroying my white blood cells."
—Derek Jarman, Chroma
"I take it that the use of snow white is like that of golden yellow, more symbolical than descriptive meaning of any white that gives the impression of purity."
Gertrude Jekyll, Wood and Garden
I'm told I'm living on the fringes of society, but what if the world was awry?
the thick web of personal notes
Jacques Lecoq (The Moving Body) believed that "to mime is literally to embody and therefore to understand better."
Miming becomes a form of knowledge.
I always think nothing can replace the reading of a text, that no acting can ever equal the effect of a text not memorized.
Inside you there are sobs you can't explain. They linger on the brink of you as if they were outside, they can't reach you and be wept.
Although yellow occupies one-twentieth of the spectrum, it is the brightest colour.
Travelling was a filthy business. Perhaps that is why country coats were brown and city coats were black.
The names of brown dyes are sweet and edible. You can buy a coat in caramel, toffee, almond, coffee, chocolate or curry.
Brown is an old colour.
