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Audacity Magazine Issue No 4!

AsideDecember 2, 2020December 1, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper5 Comments

I can’t believe Issue No4 has just been published, and yet it has.  Another great round of characters Artist and so much more, Susie Klein shares her joy of creativity, what an amazing gift she is to have in our community with the counselling and support she offers young disadvantaged youth Artist Chris Postle […]

Truth vs False – Desires

AsideOctober 26, 2020October 23, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper1 Comment

We are layers upon layers of desire Little desires Cake Wine Clothes Big desires New home New Car You name it There are always a thousand false desires that mask The true desires That wait Agonisingly Longingly Deeply Below the surface of all that churning that breeds contagion of more more more And when you […]

Organizing the Creative Mind

AsideOctober 22, 2020October 21, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper11 Comments

I often get asked how it is that I create so much. Firstly – I am (formerly was) the most disorganized person and the larger that my creative octopus has grown, the more I have realized that I have two internal enemies Disorganization and disorganization Creative folk don’t like routine – we like to do […]

When you’re in the trees

AsideSeptember 7, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper9 Comments

I’ve been a bit of an idiot – follow along with me and I’ll tell you how it went.. Where are you hitting the ball? First rule of golf Placement of body Your stance Alignment Look where you want to go Right, got that? Now bring your eyes back to the small white ball on […]

My Scottish Heritage comes out to play

AsideAugust 25, 2020August 24, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper10 Comments

Today I set up and launched a three tier Patreon account. I’m busted custard but quietly chuffed as I was in the middle of signing a contract with a firm to do it all for me this morning when I instead decided to give it a go myself. With all the deadlines and things I’ve […]

Waiting for the word birds to come

AsideDecember 19, 2019 athousandbitsofpaper22 Comments

Be here with the cup In the soapy water Be here with the toaster As it cooks Smelling the aroma of crusty bread Browning Be here with the sights and sounds of nothing more important arising Than dust motes drifting across the room As writers we are trained to panic It is ingrained this thought […]

By the Loo and in the Waiting Room

AsideNovember 23, 2019December 14, 2019 athousandbitsofpaper23 Comments

It’s late I’ve been dreaming And doing Published a second book today It’s called “By the Loo and in the Waiting Room” Because it is intended as a selection of short stories for when a spot of boredom could strike. The paperback is out later in the week but the Kindle should be live here […]

Accepting this dance

AsideNovember 18, 2019November 18, 2019 athousandbitsofpaper14 Comments

Being a writer An artist A filmmaker A songwriter A sculpter Anything Self made is very difficult You have to combat Self doubt Worthiness You have to defend your creations to others – even if it is silently – in your head, behind shuttered eyes Justify the time that they take To others And to […]

Time Leakage

AsideNovember 12, 2019April 7, 2020 athousandbitsofpaper18 Comments

It’s a precious commodity And it leaks And leaks And the days speed up and the nights as well But what are we achieving? So much endless weeding And not seeing the results Because the sewing takes time too And there are so many weeds and they grow over night To do To do To […]

Refactoring is not enough

AsideNovember 8, 2019 athousandbitsofpaper8 Comments

To bend a stick breaks it If pushed too far Everything snaps It’s who we are Real things Are fragile The neck of a bird That flies into glass The necklace I pull in anger And the pot That drops On my clumsy way past Behind all these things And in everything that we do […]

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