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Well this is sixteen of fifty two so I think I have deserved to enjoy the treat of navel gazing again.
Forgive me.
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I occasionally write more‑or‑less silly poems and more‑or‑less serious essays.
Since I have started a 2024 resolution to publish an essay a week, the essays below have started appearing on Substack too both in written form, and also as audio in case, like me, you enjoy listening to stuff while you are driving or washing up.
Well this is sixteen of fifty two so I think I have deserved to enjoy the treat of navel gazing again.
Forgive me.
Progress
Or maybe happiness or should I say fulfilment or contentment?
But actually, progress.
I mentioned in my initial essay of the year Ali Abdaal’s advice to document rather than worry about creating. I like being creative or at least reflecting, but I find
I realise that when I wrote about Consciousness a couple of months back, I used the terms ‘consciousness’ and ‘self-awareness’ fairly interchangeably. What’s the difference? I believe it’s all to
How can we create new art to develop the culture of our age without copying?
The answer is to start by copying.
Well this is sixteen of fifty two so I think I have deserved to enjoy the treat of navel gazing again.
Forgive me.
Progress
Or maybe happiness or should I say fulfilment or contentment?
But actually, progress.
I mentioned in my initial essay of the year Ali Abdaal’s advice to document rather than worry about creating. I like being creative or at least reflecting, but I find
I realise that when I wrote about Consciousness a couple of months back, I used the terms ‘consciousness’ and ‘self-awareness’ fairly interchangeably. What’s the difference? I believe it’s all to
How can we create new art to develop the culture of our age without copying?
The answer is to start by copying.
Zoe asked me for a coconut poem. I wrote the first verse and she seemed happy with that. But then my mind wandered back to the wretched experiences
This was a wife-challenge. We were on top of a mountain in southern Europe, running from Covid 19. Ania came out of the bathroom, glanced at the breakfast table and out
I wrote this to complete the structure of my book, Lifehacks, and it turned out to be the most popular poem in the whole thing..
March 2020: The girls and I were in a camper van in Sicily. Ania was on a cross country cycle ride with a group of bloggers. One day later Italy
Zoe asked me for a coconut poem. I wrote the first verse and she seemed happy with that. But then my mind wandered back to the wretched experiences
This was a wife-challenge. We were on top of a mountain in southern Europe, running from Covid 19. Ania came out of the bathroom, glanced at the breakfast table and out
I wrote this to complete the structure of my book, Lifehacks, and it turned out to be the most popular poem in the whole thing..
March 2020: The girls and I were in a camper van in Sicily. Ania was on a cross country cycle ride with a group of bloggers. One day later Italy
