Although the largest one was made by holding a lighter to my wrist. I did most of them between 1995 and 1997. A couple in 2000.
I never used to think about them very much, but I’ve become a bit self-conscious about them over the last year or so.
My sister of the getting-marriedness – who is a photography student – is doing a series on scars. She herself has significant scarring on her neck and stomach as a result of several operations for various types of cancer. We spent yesterday afternoon at her place taking pictures of me and my arms.
She is getting married. Have I mentioned that already?
This afternoon I’m off to Canberra ’til Tuesday.
