Description
My childhood was filled with animals. Domestic and native – from stray cats and roaming dogs to backyard magpies, blue tongue lizards and more exotic, deadly tiger snakes. We co-existed in a haphazard kind of way. Mostly because of my parents I grew up feeling intrigue and respect for other creatures rather than fear. My piece circles a moment when, although I was striving to be responsible and do ‘the right thing’, my actions went against my nature.
Polly Watkins has written and directed documentaries and short films. Her evocative account of smell-walking through Melbourne’s lanes and arcades, ‘Scents and the City’, was published as part of 2017 Melbourne Knowledge Week. She was recently published in RMIT’s Suspiria Anthology.
Acknowledgements
Memoria is written, produced, edited and presented by Natalie V.
Rage is written and read by Polly Watkins.
Music in this episode is by Blue Dot Sessions, Sage the Hunter, When in the West and The Envelope.
Illustrations by Peta Manning. Her book, See Me Doodle, is out now.
Credits
Bushes 01
By Gurek
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/gurek/sounds/168420/
Car Driving Interior Perspective
By Kinoton
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/Kinoton/sounds/397115/
Cat Eating
By Spyboticer
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/Spyboticer/sounds/407177/
Cat Grumping
By Cognito Perceptu
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/cognito%20perceptu/sounds/85237/
Cat Running Stairs
By PhilllChabbb
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/PhilllChabbb/sounds/338352/
Cat, Screaming, A
By InspectorJ
CC BY 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/415209/
Cats Fighting
By Rudmer Rotteveel
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/Rudmer_Rotteveel/sounds/316914/
Cat Wants Food
By Oneirophile
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/Oneirophile/sounds/120160/
Kid playing in a swimming pool
By Souchav
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/souchav/sounds/371453/
Kitten Meowing
By Lolamadeus
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/lolamadeus/sounds/196251/
Masking tape 3
By Jaguarrrr
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/jaguarrrr/sounds/405385/
Purring cat 01
By Pivou
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/Pivou/sounds/460273/
Rat in the attic, possum in the roof
By Darius Kedros
CC BY-NC 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/Darius%20Kedros/sounds/276857/
Slimy flesh
By Iampagan
CC0 1.0
https://freesound.org/people/iampagan/sounds/177017/
Summer Backyard Ambience
By 180156
CC BY 3.0
https://freesound.org/people/180156/sounds/445509/