Monkey, Delicate and Mutual

Recently there have been some lovely changes in my life. The main one being I have a new job. I was working at an art college and so I spent most of my week talking 'creativity' to art students. That kind of had an impact on my writing in two ways. It meant I was… Continue reading Monkey, Delicate and Mutual

Unlearning Structure

Recently I’ve been working on un-learning. As we make our way through life we come across these little patches of wild nonsense that have grown from words other people have sown in our heads and hearts. So, every now and then I take the time to have a good clear-out, to look at the seedlings,… Continue reading Unlearning Structure

Killing the compulsive writer

Think about writing as ‘drinking’ or ‘going to the gym’. If you drink every day or go to the gym every day, you’ll fuck up really quickly. Everyone knows you need rest days, you need to train different muscles and, if we’re still talking about drinking, you need to give that liver a rest, mate.