Dark Age Ahead by Jane Jacobs has been by the bed and by my side for the past few days, and it is a considerable work! It very elegantly unpicks …
A man in the world – for the moment at hand
I took my son swimming this morning. Other fathers had their children in the water. I felt, ever so briefly, a sense of communion. Here we all were together, getting …
All You Left Behind
While on the subject of data never going away…Rumours are going about that I am going to get involved, once again, with the tragic Scottish Theatre Scene. Well, let’s see, …
Revelation of a Grave Digger
I fell into some kind of reverie on the train yesterday. I began thinking back to my childhood and how we were promised that – if nuclear war and the …
Mutation of the Artistic Urge
Question – What drives your art? If it is not the feeling that it is all you can do and that it is a biological necessity then it is time …
Penkiln Proximity
It is indicative of how good a time I had in Genova that it is only this evening, while tidying my phone, that I realised someone (thank you SH) gave …
Get Thee Behind Me, Artwork
Last night, a diverting little discussion broke out on my friend William’s blog. For my part, there was wine involved but I think the reasoning remained roughly consistent (I’ll check …
Best Man dips his apples
Yesterday two families came together to celebrate. I was best man at my closest friend’s wedding. The father of the bride had traveled from Israel. In a short speech he …
Happy Birthday Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen – born 21st September 1934“The Twentieth Century belongs to you and me. Let us be two severe giants not less lonely for our partnership, who discolour test tubes …
Prego – You Bastards
As predicted in my last entry, the process of getting from one country to another was filled with distress, idiocy, basic grasping greed and the complete eroding of self!Between them …