Getting work published and reducing the Tears Involved Archive Image of Thompson Reuters Publishing – see http://thomsonreuters.com/core-publishing-solutions/ The purpose of writing is to be read. No amount of false humility will ever sufficiently delude a writer into thinking she is destined to a kind of solipsistic world of simply writing for themselves. Writing is communication. … Continue reading Publishing and not Being Damned
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The Ego has Landed
There are few sections of any society or culture more susceptible to the siren call of monstrous egotism and delusional self belief than that of the artist. Primarily (but not exclusively) a lone calling, the artist interprets and remakes the world in music, dance, writing, sculpting, film, or other materials present. At the highest levels … Continue reading The Ego has Landed
‘I Cant Feel Anything’
NYMPHOMANIAC I [LARS VON TRIER](2014) I have always considered Lars Von Triers movies excessively apocalyptic in the most black humour sense imaginable. Its like as though he premises every story with a worst case scenario and pushes it to the limit to see what might happen. He does movies about the end of all life … Continue reading ‘I Cant Feel Anything’
All Along the Watchtower
Battlestar Galactica as Theology The excellent Battle star Galactica, which I loved watching, does have a heavy dose of theism running through it, which makes it even more interesting to watch because it touches on subjects other more conventional series rarely dare to go near. Not only that but it holds the view that those … Continue reading All Along the Watchtower
Haveth Childers Everywhere
FINNEGANS WAKE AS UNIVERSAL BOOK Here Comes Everybody[2] Since I have been writing – or should I say rewriting – most writing is a form of rewriting – and trying to shape – for a lecture on Joyce’s Wake on the 22 MAY in the Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral at 1 Pm, I … Continue reading Haveth Childers Everywhere
Is The Matrix the World that Blinds us To The Truth?
The 1999 movie the Matrix was filled with puzzles. In some ways it was really mind blowing. For instance the biggest question, stolen from Alice in Wonderland was this: What is the Matrix? Morpheus: Do you want to know what it is? Neo: Yes. Morpheus: The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even … Continue reading Is The Matrix the World that Blinds us To The Truth?
The Discreet Charm of the Mentally Ill
UPDATE 23/1/2016 *Please check out an update on this blog post which explains how this diagnosis, which at the time of writing this post I accepted, turned out to be a mis-diagnosis* I have suffered from Bipolar Disorder for as long as I can recall, certainly the last 32 years or so. I have … Continue reading The Discreet Charm of the Mentally Ill
The Right Hand Clapping
I recently picked up a book, well to be clear, today I randomly picked up a book on the way out the door because the thought of standing in shopping aisles with nothing to do but stare at cucumbers, peas and coleslaw makes my head explode. While waiting outside a shop I started reading bits … Continue reading The Right Hand Clapping
FINNEGANS WAKE TALK 22 MAY 2014 1 PM
“A Proudseye View of Dublin” – a talk on FINNEGANS WAKE, Thursday 22 MAY 2014 1 PM THE CRYPT, CHRISTCHURCH DUBLIN On Wednesday the 22nd of May 2014 at 1pm, downstairs in the beautiful magical enthralling ghostly history ridden Crypt of Christ Church Cathedral, founded in CE 1030, I will deliver a lecture on … Continue reading FINNEGANS WAKE TALK 22 MAY 2014 1 PM
Slave to the pen, and the (non) Grinding out of Words
Many moons ago, when I was in full time paid pensionable decent law abiding comfortable employment, the type that enables one to live a fairly bourgeois existence, I used write a lot of poetry, mostly in the evenings, and the occasional short story. Sometimes I used get paid for the work I did, money I … Continue reading Slave to the pen, and the (non) Grinding out of Words
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