Moments in a Partially Medicated Life - Taster2

7/31/2019 Moments in a Partially Medicated Life - Taster2

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moments from a partial lymedicated life

des bate


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words and images by des bate

(c) 2012 D Bate

more content can be found:f4mmedia.wordpress.com

edition 2


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dedications

to the RH Glasspool Trust and Nomad who helped when I was in need

to daughters Monique and Shakira you remain my joy, my pride

to the mother of my children Jackie, who has had such fun putting up with me

to all of the others Tanya, Tyrone, Tyrese, Lemar, Gavinmy friends and those who have helped


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4 Contentschapter 1medication ....................................4underneath .....................................5discarded ........................................6painterly .........................................11chapter 2


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You can find more of work on my blog - f4mmedia. wordpress.com, as well as various youtube

channels - f4mmediavideo, futurhood av, pinterest -f4mmedia, behance - futurhoodav and beyond.

I have no real idea how you would categorise this work, whether it is design, some variety of the

artful.Here you will find the full edition of the work which

follows on from the taster edition, edition 1,posted on slideshare.

A major font used within this book isKabel - designed and created by Alan Carr, freely

downloadable from fontspace. Titles etc. were done in neo geo by

Iconian fonts, downloadable from Urban fonts.

The everyday, those odd thoughts to one side, the ways youreimagine your life, the what-ifs, the casual glances, slightly different

perspectives, ways to pass the time, how we soothe the mo-ments or have them soothed for us, occupied, interested, disinter-ested, plain, decorated, discarded, used for lunch, snacked upon

all of this in a few words and images, whether you would callthem just text, design, or something else

I dont know

There are many ways in which a life can be medicated and here Iam tallking about that which goes beyond the medical. We medi-cate ourselves and have it administered.

There are so many ways in which our time and attention is occu-pied - going beyond questions of work, of income, our family andsocial lives


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chapter 1


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we soothe our lives withso many different thingsa pillan acquisitiona hopea failed desirea regret

a joy built of the untruesometimes it is just a whispered thoughtpainted from all of those wishes

we may never lay hands uponbut then perhaps ...the very real

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and another distraction and diversion

amongst ...


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somewhere inthe ordinarythere can befounda twist orwrinkleadding theaesthetic


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and out of the unwordedcome volumesif you tryor let it wash and wave


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there are unwordedtexturesto be found in themundanethe everyday, thediscardedthe usedunderneathat the edge of sight


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and in those edgesat the ends of bookshelveshere you find those

momentsthe sidenotes of your everyday


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even the remainsof the day

and its lunchbecomes further

food for sight


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chapter 2


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is there much to say while I tell myself the stories I have notlived

but still at one or two removes can find at least a faint joy,supposing them to be a little minethat story of the workaday making sure of each gentle worry each small imperative- car, holiday, mortgage, rent

party for those close and adored

that story of pursiuing her

whose eyes are firmly fixedon what might be a small stagebut still for her with a satisfying exclusivity or does she gaze towards a set of years blissed domestically a gaze perhaps fixed on a torrent of whatevers

and so I salve and soothe a series of days as I reach later days


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muchsly or occasional glanceshere and therecatching the corner of a window a fold in the carpet


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something to be found?even here even in the tarnished there is something


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you can find momentsof the painterly in somany places


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your eyes may be your ownbut are your wordsor the various tints through which

you view


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broken glasses everywherepeople rushing

who cares


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broken glasses everywherepeople fishing in the street

well who cares


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leaves wander leaves blown

as you walk the course of your work

a breath or two taken just to taste that sound

of talk and trafficthere but out of reach

suitably backdropped


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we do so many things by designand so many design for usbut for what ends


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