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Ears

I suddenly looked at my ears in the mirror a few days ago and didn’t recognise them. Perhaps it is because I’ve been studying other peoples’ ears when I’ve been drawing and it made me re-examine mine. Either way they looked strange, unfamiliar. I suppose most things do when you stare at them enough.

I got a ‘well done’ yesterday. It felt nice. And I basked for a little in it. Then, in bed I started to work over the second piece I’d written seeing its holes and inconsistencies. There is always more work to be done. Always.

By Ellen Bell

Artist and writer currently living in Aberystwyth.