Walk Through it Lightly - Nicole Marie

Time is moving newly and strangely,

with a sharper edge to it all

Flat and despondent.

Labored by the restlessness

of overwhelming uncertainties.

Layers of panic building,

and tightening of the space necessary to peel it back.

Constant proximity unkindly smashes up against

quite unfathomable separations and severance

Jolts of panic as loved ones falter and fall,

far from us.

Out of reach, 

touch.

Grieving and welcoming 

the things slipping 

and sprouting 

between the cracks.

Nicole Marie is an Australian documentary photographer based in Wathaurong country in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Interested in encapsulating and sharing the extraordinary stories of everyday people, places, and projects, she has exhibited in a variety of group and solo shows from the midst of the Suez Canal, to a tower in Tokyo, across and around small-town Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Photography with distinction from RMIT University and a Bachelor of International Relations from The University of Queensland. She has taught in Tokyo, Yuendumu Community, Deakin University and is currently lecturing in Photo Imaging at Torrens University, Melbourne.

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