It's Harder Being A Woman

Eight Years Ago, I Was Drawn Into Keats's World By Andrew Motion's Biography. Soon I Was Reading Back And Forth Between Keats's Letters And His Poems. The Letters Were Fresh, Intimate And Irreverent, As Though He Were Present And Speaking. The Keats Spell Went Very Deep For Me.

There Was A Big Drive When I Was At Art School To Make You Aware Of The Economy Of Meaning - After All, This Was Still During The Tail End Of Minimalism. Being Responsible For Everything You Put In Your Picture, And Being Able To Defend It. Keeping Everything Clear Around You So You Know What Is Operating. To Open The Wound And Keep It Clean.

I Feel That Directors At Times Are Like The Janitors On The Set. I Am The Secretary, I Am The Organizer, I Am The Maid, And I Ask If They Have Eaten Or Rested. The Best Things Are Always Out Of Your Control. It's Those Moments That Surpass The Imagination That Are Thrilling.

What I Have Learned From My Work Up To Now, Is To Try To Be Open, But Also Protect Myself By Not Letting The Good And The Evil Get Too Much Importance.

Tragedy Makes You Grow Up.