Air freshener taught me about writing. The car didn’t go so I didn’t want to sit in the front of it. I opened up, I sat tight. It was clean, I was suddenly happy to be there. All the things I needed were across the window screen. It smelt of orange, an old air freshener that …
Continue reading “What Air Freshener taught me about writing”
That life quality rests on a one dollar packet of paracetamol. The tablets are so mild and generic but oh so clever as they work. That simple things are king to a humanity that has gone after complexity with every breath in their competitive body. I don’t know how we will come out of this. …
There is always time to start something. Nothing is truly the end. There is beauty craft and art even in endings. Maybe especially in finales. We can make stories more magical with resonant endings. It’s all here for us to explore. And to look close at endings. Maybe they aren’t all that they seem. Some …
Walking along the Strand in London to Trafalgar Square to try on a costume I become someone else. Through the darkness I sense the character of a lady of Henley who met her death hung on holy ground in 1757. Mary was not granted the right to appeal her conviction for poisoning her father. She …
Big. Are there any other types of disappointment? Like fun size candy bar. The experience is in the size. Make of what you will. And that’s the point. It is what you want to be. Mind altering champion making vertical wall scaling growth. I learnt a lot today. New channels opened. Opportunity gals so huge …
Continue reading “What big disappointments taught me about writing”
It’s aspirational. It says so on the job ad. I sit drinking coffee so linked up it’s got to be full of cream. A girl swings by literally as her loose heavy back pack comes within an inch of my face. She apologizes. There is no need. As I tell her. I know the feeling. …
I haven’t kept a list for years. Least of all ticked off my progress. And I understand the point of structure. I just don’t have it. Then today picking up my Zara pack of cut price sakes clothing I checked when the next would arrive. Then I saw my wicker shoe basket I ordered from …
Standing in the queue for things I already bought. I get told to go downstairs. On the way I pick up trousers way too big and the wrong kind of weave for me or anyone over 30. They stretch but in all the wrong places. I wonder if stretch is a good thing. Maybe we …
Sprouts. Fresh or in chocolate. Are in bags boxes and sacks. Some in date others not. Some cheap some deluxe. All are sprouts and are eaten the same way. However you write whatever words you use they are the same for us all. Art has a common language. and that’s what makes it part of …
Continue reading “What going out of date taught me about writing”
Jobs create a time suck in life. The better you get the smaller your social life. To be good you may not always be see. As good. Or be liked. And that’s how writing moves you forward. I caught that from talking to pals.
By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information
The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.
