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Dear Sun: The Letters of Joy Hester and Sunday Reed

This book presents a selection of letters exchanged between Joy Hester, an Australian artist, and Sunday Reed, a poet and artist. The correspondence reveals the depth of their emotional connection, their artistic inspirations, and the challenges they faced together. more

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Joy Hester
Joy Hester

Joy Hester was a renowned artist known for her unique artistic style and profound emotional expression. Her works blended elements of abstraction and expressionism, showcasing rich colors and forms. Born on August 21, 1920, she passed away on December 4, 1960. more

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“I am quite reactionary about Aussies travelling. Why, we've only been here a hundred years. What can be added by going before we are here? - that is not right but for we are here, but only just here. If we don't hold what we have we may never find it again, so delicate a thing it is, yet it gives the appearance of being overpowerful on close examination... I don't think a change of location can answer our questions.”

“Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around that living tower of tree the hermit tatters of old bark split down and strip to end the season; and can be quiet and not look for reasons past the edge of reason.”

“There was all this loneliness in my cartoons and people would say, "Gee, these characters are so lonely, disconnected, depressed." And I'd say, 'Yeah well, that's not me. I'm just interested in that because I think it makes a funny drawing.' But later I understood it was me in many respects; my hand was doing it ahead of the head's understanding.”

“If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary dictates of materialism and secularity, then the raw spirit truth of our native land is alive and radiant by comparison. For joy and meaning we might well turn to our natural country and witness miracles of vitality and new life, of inspiration and profound beauty; all in some humble, quiet and improbable place.”