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Voices from the Coalshed invited contributions on the theme of “Bright spots In A Dark Year”. As ever the variety that arrived proved the worth of the endeavour. I suspect the contributors were not expecting a presentation like this.
I
have taken one phrase from each contribution and presented them as a single
unit. In times (very) past, when writing was first emerging, there was no punctuation,
upper and lower case letters or spacing. This just seemed a way of unifying
this piece.
It is also a challenge to the viewer. I say viewer
rather than reader. I challenge you to look and make your own connections,
perhaps illuminating a moment for you.
The
contributors are:
Ian
Schofield Sharon Healy Martin Burhouse Anne Bradley
Rebecca Walton Julie Eliot Sally-ann
Burley
Mike
Keeton Amy Boothroyd Kate Fraser
Dave Alton
Writer in Residence
National Coal Mining
Museum
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