Huston, We Have No Problem
I have watched 20 or so films directed by John Huston in the last week — most of them as part of a Criterion Channel-themed selection, and the rest hunted down for the sake of being complete. Some of them I have…
Category: Non Fiction
Distractions
(I started writing this before the thing I posted this morning, but maybe there’s some value in it.). I’m sure I have talked about exhaustion before. It’s not always characterised by not being able to get up and do things, at least…
Slow
This year’s been a slow one in terms of writing. I have lacked not just physical energy at some points, but also the mental energy to arrange my thoughts into writing. Sitting down and slipping into a state of repeated useless actions…
Touch Yourself
Sometimes your writing grows through the practice that you do and the lessons that you apply to your art. Sometimes the writing grows because you yourself go on a journey that allows growth and an increase of understanding. Sometimes it is a…
Back Again
This year has been fucking exhausting. If it isn’t the bullshit engendered by being surrounded by hidden enemies who are enemies solely on the basis of not doing what is necessary not to get Covid. I have lost track of how many…
Writing Humans
Writing about human interactions is sometimes as pleasurable as experiencing human interactions. As a writer it is easy to slip into valuing the former and casting aside the latter. Your work and your life will suffer. The ingredients for writing are life…
A Little Catch Up
I have been writing a lot. And I have published a fair bit too. There is a joy in hard work. If you write something that touches someone else then it is all the better. I have been on TikTok quite a…
Writing For People
I’m writing for myself. Liar. Why post it somewhere if you don’t expect someone to read it? I see you blush and smile when someone says that they like your writing. When someone says that you have moved them or said something…
2021 Thus Far
You have to plan like it is all going to come off and react accordingly when it doesn’t. I had an idea of where I was going as the year started, and physical stuff kind of intruded and made it hard to…
For My Followers
You push towards the end of the day and you try to complete all the targets that you have set for yourself, because the completion of them gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside. And you have something to show for it.…