The disappearance of stories from the world
If Snorri Sturlusen had not turned his court poet ear to the old stories among his…
Traditions beyond politics
For much of my life I have thought about questions of politics and government. How can…
Staying sane and the infinite conversation
He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long…
Some measure of insanity
Let me simply record this statement from Donald Winnicott, which I have taken from the end…
Reclusive samizdat
To live authentically within the ruins of our culture today, to practise the ritual of writing…
The extinction of meaning
The solitary writer dwells in an oppressive fear; that the line of culture, the traditions, the…
An interlude on disaffection and living in truth
Yet again today I had the experience of feeling like I belonged nowhere and with no…
The burning archive
The Burning Archive is the title of my work in progress collection of poetry. It is…