"I believe that the greatest gift
anyone can give to anyone else
is the gift of his or her own true self"

- Fred Rogers

My Boots or Losing Meaning
by MTC Cronin ( Read more... )

If you're a reader of this journal as opposed to someone who crosses paths with my physical reality regularly, I suppose there's a possibility you might be curious as to what I sound like.  If so, click on this link to hear me chatting live with local arts presenter Meredith Gilmore on Coast FM 96.3:

http://www.coastarts.com.au/september-2013/

You’ve been waiting for something like this - summons ( Read more... )

Cross-posted from Goodreads:

'I can well imagine an athiest's last words: "White, white! L-L-Love! My God!" - and the deathbed leap of faith. Whereas the agnostic, if he stays true to his reasonable self, if he stays beholden to dry, yeastless factuality, might try to explain the warm light bathing him by saying "Possibly a f-f-failing oxygenation ( Read more... )

The Journey

by Philip Mead

although the road is lengthening, there is need for sanctuary
although there is need for sanctuary, the book is opening
although the book is open, history is hard to remember
although history is hard to remember, this fiction is durable
although this fiction is durable, our dreams are freighted with dreams
although our sleep is ( Read more... )

Choice
an imitation of Tadeusz Rozewicz

by Peter Goldsworthy

Neatly place a V
by those qualities
you consider
to be vices

whereas

by those qualities
you consider
to be virtues
neatly place a V.

'To pun is to take a liberty, and some people don't like that. After all, you've taken something they've said and twisted it to say something else.  You've assigned a disguised agenda to their idea.'

- from Pundemonium by Paul Clarke and Joan Sauers

'Once you've had a taste of something different, something kind of out there, then it's hard to give it up. Gets its hooks in you. Afterwards nothing else can make you feel the same.'
- from Breath
by Tim Winton

There is no greater crime than leaving

There is no greater crime than leaving ( Read more... )