His whole personality seemed unsteady, bound in perpetual flux. His face unstable, over-animated; eyebrows, eyes, lips etc in almost constant exaggerated motion as though his tired and too fleshy features were channeling the preliminary sketches for some outlandish cartoon character. His voice too wavered all over the place, like someone trying out a series of options they might later use in a prank phone call.
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Meanwhile, not connected to the above, an engaged and positive blog response to the pieces by Vlatka and me in Art Sheffield 08 – Insults & Praises and Threats & Promises – from Sophie Risner.