Plastic, asshole…
“We’re so self-important. Everybody’s going to save something now. “Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails.” And the greatest arrogance of all: save the planet. Save the planet, we don’t…
Orange peel…
“But sometimes when I was starting a new story and I could not get it going, I would sit in front of the fire and squeeze the peel of the little oranges into the edge…
Don’t be afraid…
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the…
Doris got it right…
“I like joy; I want to be joyous. I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that`s all I want. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.” Doris…
Glasgow…
Spent the day at the Digital Design Studio, the postgraduate research and commercial centre of the Glasgow School of Art and where an “intense learning and research environment exploits the interface between science, technology and the…
Heads Up Festival…
Been busy with Heads Up these last two weeks. A good time was had by all, with three outstanding shows heading to Hull via Battersea Arts Centre: The Money, Backstage in Biscuit Land and Until…
Happiness…
“I have unlimited vices—laziness, wastefulness, being too emotional. I mean to fix these things, but I have a feeling that my novels would then die, so I leave them be.” So says Natsuo Kirino (Out,…
Festival…
Somewhat preoccupied at the moment with Heads Up Festival, of which I am a producer. You might like to find out more by visiting www.headsuphull.co.uk
What Is Infinity?…
Popped up at another pop-up gallery on the weekend of February 13-14. Art on walls, readings, performances, live music, a bar, curious cocktails. The above image is by Jerome Whittingham from the laid back Sunday…
Head…
The majority of today involved a headache. It still does. “His head .. it exploded. As if someone had scooped out his brains and put a hand grenade in his skull.” Stephen King – I…