Comments on: Chasing light

By: Laura Dunkley

Laura Dunkley — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:20 +0000

What a lovely post Rebecca! Your images are beautiful and the way you write so touching. The ideas you talk about put me in mind of a great book an artist friend of mine put my way – In Praise of Shadows by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki – all about the idea that it’s the dark, scary shadowy parts of life that makes the light so beautiful…

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 15:57:34 +0000

In reply to Claire. Oh my goodness Claire! What a kind and thoughtful comment. Thank you so much for these sweet words x

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 13:45:40 +0000

Dear Rebecca,
I have just re-read this beautiful, heart-fending piece (perhaps I have already commented, or maybe I did so on Instagram ?). I am moved by the profound simplicity (if that isn’t a contradiction) of your photos and the strength and sensitivity of your writing. Think I might be your biggest fan!
So glad to « know » you albeit through social media.
Claire
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By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:34:40 +0000

What a beautifully-told childhood memory, and these photos are stunning.

Light makes such a difference in photography and I imagine in a place like Ireland, which doesn’t get much sunshine, it must be all the more dramatic when it does appear.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:45:32 +0000

In reply to Vanessa. Ah, thank you my lovely friend. I really do think that one of the gifts my mother unsuspectingly gave me was the ability to look for the light in life and a determination seek joy and they've been very useful tools to have. Wishing you some sunshine down in Bristol. Heck wishing the whole blummin' country some sunshine, I swear I just saw Noah walking past on his way to round up the animals!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:42:15 +0000

In reply to Elaine Owen. Thank you so much for reading and commenting Elaine. She was definitely troubled and they were very different times, one of the wonderful, powerful things about the internet is how much more educated we can now be about these things and I am definitely glad that it gave me the ability to look for light and moments of joy. They've been great tools to have through life.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:33:54 +0000

Oh Rebecca this is just so beautiful. Gently moving and so sensitively written. You are one of the sunniest people I know, and while I’m sad for your mother that she didn’t perhaps experience life joyously I’m so glad that your childhood yielded a different outlook. Sending you sunny hugs from damp and drizzly Bristol. Xx

By: Elaine Owen

Elaine Owen — Thu, 13 Jun 2019 07:54:02 +0000

Rebecca this is beautiful. . . and so sad. You’re mum must have been very frightened and troubled and you must have been frightened. You’re mum’s ‘quirks’ have given you a gift and heightened your senses. Reminds me of some of our great musicians who are blind; I always wonder if they would have been so great had they had their sight.

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