Society has surpassed all romanticism. We’ve moved from being a race full of flowing, splendorous poetics to one devoid of exactly that. ‘Wht u upto tnite?’. Language has been basterdised by shorthand. Now, don’t get me wrong – shorthand writing has been around for hundreds of years & existed in even Shakespeare’s era – but [...]
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February 20, 2010
Sobriety
I hit my head this week. I hit it real bad. After a week, the headache remains. This fall, fell in the midst of my transition from the East of Glasgow to the West. A very much concussed me, has found it incredibly difficult to remove himself from such a stupor. I sleep, but I [...]
February 20, 2010
Sobriety
I hit my head this week. I hit it real bad. After a week, the headache remains. This fall, fell in the midst of my transition from the East of Glasgow to the West. A very much concussed me, has found it incredibly difficult to remove himself from such a stupor. I sleep, but I [...]
February 10, 2010
Shelving Old Plays
One thing a writer should never do – is look back. In the past three months, I’ve found myself looking over old work. Work that has been finished; plays that have been written. This is very unproductive. Unproductive for many reasons. The most important being that you’ll dig yourself into a trench of inactvity. As [...]
January 31, 2010
New Scribblings.
Well, I’ve finally pulled my index from my rectum and made a little headway with my writing. After work this evening, I switched off my telephone, locked myself in my office and scribbled up some ideas. I’ve mostly reworked Conversations with Steve, a piece I’ve been working on since November. I’m a little more loosened where [...]
August 14, 2009
Ten Whole Days.
Two hundred and forty hours, Fourteen thousand and four hundred minutes & Eight hundred and sixty four thousand seconds and counting until my big move. I’ve been somewhat absent from the old blogosphere this past week or so. I’ve been making the most of my time at home with those I’m leaving behind for a [...]
August 5, 2009
Flat Hunting: Prey Caught.
So, I’ve got a move in date. And of course a flat to move into. Waiting paid off and we’ve secured a beautiful old tenement building with high ceilings, high windows and large hallways. Exciting! What’s troubling me now, is the financial and of course, artistic element of my life in Glasgow. I’m enrolled for [...]
