Jayelle Neal

Biography

'An intellectual says simple things in a hard way. An artist says hard things in a simple way' Charles Bukowski My background in social policy and social justice underpins my creative work. I am interested in how art can investigate the world and give meaning to events that seem unfathomable.

Samples

Body Matters High school high price Of body perfect Bares down on her until She shapes into social acceptability She is ready to meet her idol Blown up pieces Of an angry soul Pepper the bystanders With horrors that will be forever fixed He is ready to meet his idol Two bodies, each alike in anguish The price paid by the # generation (a piece written after the Manchester stadium bomb)

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