We write from our obsessions
26th November 2017 | for Creatives | artist in the art, writing, ideas, Lee Martin |
"We write from our obsessions, and often they involve memories of incidents and people that we've never quite been able to resolve in any sort of satisfactory way. These moments linger like the pea under the mattress that disturbed the princess's sleep, or the splinter under the skin that's sore when we touch it."
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