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Freedom

It's very early in the morning. A clear blue ky reflected in the waters of a lake. There's a ragged wooden fence in the foreground. In the background, there's a heavily wooded island with trees glinting in the ring sun. A duck is flying across the water, heading from the shadow of the fence to the sunshine of the island.

How will I use my new freedom? Will I make it back to a place in the sun?

A Perfect Model

A portait by Dale Webster, showing the face of a Kenyan woman looking directly at you, as described in the poem, which is on the right-hand side of the portrait.

Portraiture and poetry combine in this 2012 collaboration between Dale Webster and Alan Miles, who met up again this week

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