This week I’m thinking about doing the right thing. I should assert that this new focus is divorced from any and all current events.
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Weeknotes S06E12: Contradictions
Jenny pointed out how bizarre it is that I live in a curved flat. It’s got me thinking about other current contradictions and how I live with them.
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I am writing to you with the sounds of trains close by. I am writing from my old desk and my old laptop, seated comfortably in my old chair.
But the trains are different, and the view is different, and I am now the proud owner of several thousand pounds of debt.
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Moving house very suddenly, and I’m consequently feeling many things.
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Last time I wrote I was creative and going to the gym.
This time I am fatter and have had writer’s block for a fortnight. Ho hum.
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I am writing creatively with more joy than ever. I am inspired by many things at the moment, including things that give me the squick. As I reflect on how much I’m enjoying it I realise I draw heavily from the experiences of those around me, more so even than myself. So – sorry, but if you’ve talked to me in the last six months or so you’ve probably ended up in something I’ve written.
Don’t be nervous! Unless you feel you ought to be nervous. I’ve only portrayed you as I experienced you.
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Failing fast
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Read the poem on a computer screen. It needs the ‘Verse’ formatting but it looks bloody awful on your phone. Sorry.
Edit: or just turn your phone landscape. Thanks to gregthobbs for noticing and kindly commenting
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Secrets, and a little wanky actor talk
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Brought to you by the sudden empty silence of a sound you’ve heard every day of your life suddenly stopping.
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