The Scarlet Macaw

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S.P. Hozy. The Scarlet Macaw

Dedication

Singapore

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

December 1923

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Marriage and Love

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

The Happy Ending

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Seventeen

The Phantom Sophie

Chapter Eighteen

General Secretariat

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

A Talent for Painting

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

In Matters of the Heart

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

A Comfortable Marriage

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Historical Note

Copyright

Of Related Interest

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For my mother

– Chinese proverb

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“Yes, I do. Maybe that’s why I shoot so much in black and white. With photography, you can’t control the ‘message’ in the same way as you can with painting or something you create from scratch. You have to deal with the reality that exists in the frame. I can control the composition and the colour, or lack of it, the shadows, the depth of the perspective, but even that I can control only in a limited way because it’s a two-dimensional image. Colour, for me, is distracting. Like you say, a technique. In photography, colour is a technical component. How do I know that the red I’m seeing is the same red you’re seeing? The only way I can control that, to show you what I want you to see, is to strip out the colour. That way, maybe we’re all looking at the same image. At least to some extent.”

“Control,” Maris said. “You think art is about controlling the image? Controlling the perception?”

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