If you have read more than a handful of posts here, you will know that I am a big fan of the work of David Sylvian. I have been listening to his music since his band Japan produced the album ‘Quiet Life’ back in 1980. It is more than a passing interest – I have … Read more
Over the last couple of days, it has felt as though my brain has come back from an extended period of holiday. I’m beginning to understand patterns again. Things are pulling together into a bigger coherent picture. It feels like the clearing of a heavy fog. As a result the state of stasis is easing. … Read more
bright by echo of bright recallthere is nothing more only the neatness brought about when we tidy as we go alongturning everything into some sort of song then there is the won mind-setno idea why! then there was the loss of a consonant in a cleversmug sort of whatever and finally we let it all … Read more
The words begin Like something that slips down the page – not sure And an imagethat is all that poetry issomething that we can picture in our mind like the arrival of godat a party when he hasn’t been invitedand the host is busy pouring drinksnobody knows the way to speak so the first person … Read more
…travelling through the country from London to the North West of England on a train. Looking out of the window, there are huge formations of clouds hanging in an otherwise blue sky. It is the end of an exhausting working week…
Another day, another dollar. Blogging with Microsoft Word does make this whole process easier. The new facility, here, is a really good development. But what about Categories for Blogger? When are we going to see that development appear? Blogger did a user survey recently – when are we going to get feedback, and what are … Read more
New wordsNew creationsNew intimations of creativity Old spaces Seen before spoken Somewhere we have been beforeLaw taken overWondering whether there is more in the dustSpecks that have recoveredSpeeches that have been replayed Once the lines have openedThere is not much left to the sands of timelinessSuch as the scan of a mission best replayed
I’ve been a big fan of Ubuweb for a while now. The site hosts all manner of avant garde and dadaist media, including texts, mp3’s and videos / films. There has been a feast of fascinating material on the site for some time now. After a summer overhaul, there is now a lot of new … Read more
TakingOpening all outSplitting a cloud like candy flossBreaking air apartAn atom-smasherBlaster. Other wordsPretendBut do not understand the flowThrough all connectionsNo rejectionsNo sorry. Not partNot apartNot even one strong sense of innocenceWould be enoughTo split sidesMake asidesNot see. Even whenThe words are spentThe spoken sounds are louder than the heardThe things I sayAre not the sameAs … Read more
…and so another holiday comes to an end. We spent this one in the south of France, soaking up sunshine, wine and food. Whilst away I read ‘The Da Vinci Code’ by Dan Brown. Yes, I know, I must be the last person to read it. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was in a completely … Read more