Filmed at Corston Mill (now in ruins) near Strathmiglo, Fife.
Music: Covers of ‘Since Yesterday’, one is by Karine Polwart and the other by a wonderful homemade artist, but alas, I have lost her name.
Ploughgirl will be a champion:
To play this short film please click here or on the image above.
This film is for Alyne Duthie.
Thank you, Peter, I feel honoured to have this film dedicated to me. Alas I cannot reciprocate but I dedicate this poem by Iain Crichton Smith to you.
Tears are Salt
Tears are salt like the sea.
How reality breaks in on us
while we are acting so well
on our tiny stages,
dressed up so sunnily
wearing our brooches and belts
considering the world
as just about our size.
Suddenly reality is there
with its large crude torch
shining it into our eyes
and into our guts.
The sunbeam just passing
is carrying a coffin
as a bee will carry pollen
home to its hive.
In the centre of the tear
is a small inverted man
gazing down at the sky
and a pair of dusty shoes.
Tears are salt like the sea.
Standing together
we look out from the headland
at a mouth burbling with foam.
The reality of #prescribedharm has shone a torch into our eyes and into our guts, in a most painful and cruel way, but there is much to sustain us when we stand together. And we do stand together.
Alyne