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Your old ideas that never found an audience are the most important Apr 04, 2024

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It's something I've been rambling about recently, but it took 30 years to find an audience and none of the stuff I made over this time without an audience has gone to waste.

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Unexplained happiness Mar 28, 2024

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Sometimes I'll be out somewhere, and for no reason at all, unexplained and unexpected happiness moves through me.

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I know who I am and after all these years there's a victory in that Mar 21, 2024

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This title is after a quote from True Detective season one by Nic Pizzolatto.

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This ep I crap on about art being a weird way of connecting, turning strangeness into magic.

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The duty to make art in a shit culture Mar 14, 2024

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Here I crap on about traditional gatekeepers and our inner gatekeeper. And Trojan horsing/subversive social commentary through different avenues.

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Memes and culture Mar 07, 2024

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Just a little thought on memes and how they shape thinking. I am no academic or sociological expert. Entertainment purposes only 😂

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Thinking out loud has changed the way I write Mar 01, 2024

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Thinking aloud helped massively this last year, mainly thanks to making this podcast! I never thought I'd enjoy it. I never know what I'm thinking untiil it tumbles outta my mouth, threads back through my ears and then written with the hand.

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Writing in 'beginner mode' and poetry as a baseline to find one's voice Feb 22, 2024

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I have to constantly trick my brain back into beginner mode. As soon as I think I'm an 'expert' on a particular way of writing, my writing is dead on the page.

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A little about writing me new book, WORKING NINE LIVES Feb 15, 2024

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This week I read a few poems from my book and talk about a quote from Cormac McCarthy that was in the back of my mind while I wrote it.

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Finishing a book project and starting the next Feb 08, 2024

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This week feels like a bit of a diary entry (recently they sorta have been) but here I waffle-reflect on finishing a book and searching and planting the seeds for a new idea to begin.

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