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| I walk along a city street. I hear people talk, shout, shriek and whisper. Words and sounds from loudspeakers annoy me. Adverts implore me from billboards, carrier bags, shop signs, shop windows, packages and the sides of lorries. Alternative messages, jokes and signals persuade me from T-shirts, tattoos and graffitied walls. Strangers hand me leaflets, ask for money, insist on selling me things. Newspaper headlines depress me. I am advised, directed, informed and prohibited by notices, posters and street signs. | I sit in my room, trying to imagine the city. Around me are books, magazines, postcards, labels, lists, messages and reminders. I use words to guide me in the making of this image, constantly asking myself questions: mostly in my head but sometimes – when I get absent-minded or angry or frustrated – out loud. Should it be bigger or smaller? Simpler or more complex? Is that too dark or too light? Could that bit be much clearer? Should I give up and start again? My mind wanders. I remember discussions, quotations, soft words and warnings. I rehearse arguments, phone calls and shopping lists. |