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the facts of life
illuminated poem | no. 005 | 2026
hand-cut found language, arranged over a found photograph
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the facts of life
it is a long journey
sing a little
where the materials came from
the text: The Child of the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge | 1970
the image: a Vogue advertisement, circa 2015
a note from brenda
I take so much pleasure in the act of elevating something utterly mundane (the advertisement background) into something profound. This piece in particular was advertising purses; I feel like I summoned the carefree nature of the original advertisement and used it to lighten the load in a different kind of way.
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