nOthIng can surPass the mySTeRy of stilLness

The curse of internet literacy is that it’s hard not to read e. e. cummings in the voice of that SpongeBob meme

I was asked to write a simple little blogpost about where I was writing from but found myself turning into a pastoral essayist instead

Every beautiful evening on the Bogland

Had fun at the art workshop this afternoon

One of the kids in the writing group I mentor wants to write stories about autism where experiences are accurately described but not overtly named/pathologised. I didn't realise this great example was out there already. What a lovely read it has been

Number two: this guy sitting

Here’s The Púca

Must seem quiet as a lockdown around Hillingdon today.

Same energy

Someone please tell Žižek about Glasgow Rangers

What a poet. That Actor Kiss is major, and the phrase/title "a necklace of wrens" is never far from my mind

When you love the centre so much that you don't give a shit where the Overton window is

Thoughtful often funny book of criticism illuminating Baldwin's work – mostly about his fiction which I already love dearly and gained new insights into here. Also loved reading about Baldwin's approach to journalism in particular his writing about boxing, which I hadn't heard about before

Delighted to finally find a platform for this sort of thing again

A friend once talked to me about the narrative value of mystery over secrecy. Secrets unravel with more info, mysteries only get deeper the more you learn. Something that came to mind as I got deeper and deeper into this.