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Sheri Handel's avatar

I’m reading you for the first time and consider this essay a great gift. Your gift of a beautifully told struggle as well as pathways to memories and challenges of my own.

Thank you. I’m your reader now.

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Eliza Anderson's avatar

I’m so glad you found me. I understand that feeling well.

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Jeremy Mathew's avatar

Eliza,

This is such a rich exploration of the tension between artist and subject. I really enjoyed reading this. thank you for sharing.

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Lucy Tunstall's avatar

This is marvellous, Eliza. So complex and nuanced and darkly unsettling but written with such clarity.

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Eliza Anderson's avatar

Thank you, Lucy.

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Jill Swenson's avatar

The Rosetti poem was a perfect ending.

Your slant as a narrator offers a side door into the deeper questions about artists and their art. The writing is always compelling.

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Eliza Anderson's avatar

Thank you! That poem popping up in my inbox felt like a wink from the universe

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Louise Morris's avatar

A fascinating read, where you’ve beautifully articulated a vital and rarely heard perspective. I can only begin to imagine the emotional excavation that it takes to write such a complex relationship. Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece.

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Dr Lily Dunn's avatar

Beautiful writing. I have such a sense of the tension and complexity, and the portraits are beautiful

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Eliza Anderson's avatar

Thank you for reading and appreciating what I’m up to, Dr. Lily Dunn

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Dr Lily Dunn's avatar

Pleasure!

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Amy  Goldman's avatar

Beautiful as always, dear Eliza, with such heartfelt emotion. I think this writing takes a kind of courage that I both admire and envy. Love your choice of the poem.

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Eliza Anderson's avatar

Thank you, Amy. I appreciate your recognizing what goes into this kind of essay and your loyal readership. 😊

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Dorothy Barclays Weisbord's avatar

Eliza . Yes! I see this. Beautifully written. What a story..

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Wendy Varley's avatar

‘He was a warm, funny, loving man, anyone will tell you. But for his painting, he’d grow horns like a Satyr.’ You describe the ambivalence so well, Eliza. Excavating these memories and images can’t be easy, but you are a great curator and interpreter!

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Eliza Anderson's avatar

Thank you, Wendy. This post took many weeks, indeed.

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Eliza Anderson's avatar

Thank you, Dorothy!

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