Ever had an insane plan?

The Ringwood Madonna
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 "...she was in the grip of a plan, possibly an insane one. She'd spent nights fantasising about painting an icon of Mary some place it where it coudn't be ignored. And now here she was, walking along the railway tracks as night deepened.... An act of rebellion, a drop of beauty, a site of defiance...
         'Hey, what are you doing?' came a voice from the dark.
         She yelped and lurched sideways, knocking over her paints. A Maglite moved across her face..." 

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"Swann has ... the ability to see and sense things about human beings from original angles, make unexpected and illuminating comparisons and connections and to communicate the ways in which a humble domestic object or a passing gesture can become infused with significance."  Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Sydney Morning Herald

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