"I guess I should have been excited the way most of the other girls were."
Ashley Plath ~ There were twelve of us at the hotel (Bell Jar Collage)
I created this sound collage based around fragments of The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (as performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal). I played the guitar and stitched it together with sounds and textures.
"We keep her in her room because she holds all our darkest fears that we can’t bear to see. She’s been whispering to you and she laughs you down. But you’re not crazy."
"All the pretty ladies textbooks tell her how to have the 'next look.' The Bible tells her stay as plain as you are. She wants all the pretty boys beside her to write some pretty words to guide her. To tell her that they love her body as well as her mind."