Spaces and Gaps

…two months pass. And then… a short posting. As if nothing had happened! And the transmissions begin again, from here. Listening to Robert Fripp, and wondering whether the deep and mysterious messages which are so elusive in Gurdjieff’s work are the reason that the ‘work’ is so resonant, so meaningful and so prolific.

The Friday Playlist 1

The Friday playlist: The Open – Statues The Liverpool band’s second album begins with a track recorded in deepest Wales – yearning trumpet and a voice that comes from god knows where. This is a classic track called ‘forever’ which is one of the best album openers I have heard in ages. The second track … Read more

…another March fragment…

Three are the ways that I have seen youGliding across the sky like Jove awakeningWondering why there are honeyed spaces betweenEvery field of your vision, every space kept unseen Remember the secrets you told me, kept separateNot available for decipherUn-placed now, re-arranged as though you wantSome bespoke arrangement that only I will understand Never have … Read more

RSS Feeds

Just a thought in passing really. It’s so easy to assume that everyone knows what an RSS feed is and how to read blogs through a feed aggregator. It sounds mind-boggling. But essentially we are talking about a web-based service which captures updates to a blog and tells you when they are there for you … Read more

Out of Hibernation

Coming out of winter hibernation, I have begun a project for the month of March. 31 poems in 31 days. I’m also carrying a camera and capturing images as the month progresses which I may use to complement the poems. Here is the second poem – unedited or worked, just in its raw form: Whenever … Read more