syb & me

It's never too late to learn to animate

recent posts

about

Category: Conversations

  • Curtains of Desire – Episode 3

    “My sister goes off to buy the curtain material you have set your heart on but someone else has bought it. All 36 yards of it….  you write that you “could weep”. “And when she suggests you come with her and your granddaughter on a trip to the nearest big city one hundred miles away, your first reaction…

  • Curtains of Desire – Episode 2

    “Your letter to me is dated February.” “It’s very cold outside and you look at your curtains, thinking – “life is passing me by and I can’t stand them any longer”. My sister brings you a sample of fabric from the nearest town – “Butter yellow linen with peonies” – just what you want.” “You…

  • The Letter: Curtains of Desire – Episode 1

    “The other day I found one of your letters amongst some papers.” Is it a nice letter, dear? “It’s lovely, Mum. It’s a saga, that’s what you call it, about desiring and obtaining some new curtain material. You wanted that fabric so greatly.” Me and my materials. Your father used to call them my “schmutter”.…

  • Time Passes: The Look

    You forget how old you are, you know, and time does pass.    “What do you mean?” Well, do you know who you look like now … in that hat? You look just like me, dear.

  • Time and Different Childhoods

    “See, I couldn’t have that childhood now. We wouldn’t have a beach hut like that. And our telly was black and white with one channel and no adverts. Free education, cold houses, shared-line phones that plugged into the wall, free healthcare, cooking your own food from scratch, laundry mangles, washing lines”… Have you finished, dear? …