Love
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I Woke Up Today
Dreams of homes never lived in, lovers never had, And of lives lived forever, but not fire-retardant-clad. Dreams of spires and splinters, friends always known, Melted in palms once morning’s fires blown. Dreams so real you’d mourn, if memory would… Continue reading
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72 Hours in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio is both like everywhere and nowhere that you have ever been. The idea of the place had long loomed large in my internal world of forms. So extraordinarily iconic. To my experience, the final continental frontier. I had never… Continue reading
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You’re Doing So Good
A child, named Tommy, sits on a step. Tommy is three. He likes dinosaurs and apples, and he is just learning to tie his shoelaces. As he does so, his inexperienced fingers get caught up in the loops he is… Continue reading
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A Whisper in the Woods
I love Love. Intangible and sacred, it is the warm butter to life’s bread, making everything softer, richer, and infinitely more nourishing. But it remains one of the things most difficult to encapsulate in language. This is partly due to… Continue reading
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Greetings, Dear Sun
Ahhhhhh… The Sun. The God of Gods. Divine Designer. Harbinger of All that is Good. The darkness trembles as The Sun heralds its arrival, sending ripples of thunderous crimsons, amethysts, and lilacs across the ill-fated night. Moving with the undefeated… Continue reading
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Only a Fool or a Child
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was a film I admired greatly and enjoyed a lot. I saw it a few times in the cinemas, and thought the cinematography, technicality and direction were excellent. That said, I rarely have thought about it since.… Continue reading
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Sometimes, It All Just Gets a Bit Much
Life’s a funny old thing. One moment, you’re careening through the world, feeling on top of it all. And the next, you’re frustrated—then confused by your frustration, then angry that your frustration is confusing you. It feels like a sigh… Continue reading
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Down and Out, on the South Bank and Docklands
Not long ago, I shared in a truly spontaneous and beautiful night. To celebrate a university friend’s birthday I went into London proper, to join him, his nearest, and his dearest for a night on The Town. I arrived late,… Continue reading
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Table Tennis as Magic
What do Jesus and table tennis have in common? They both start by saying “Love All”. … Last night was the last I’ll ever spend in the house where I spent my entire childhood. My brothers and I have left… Continue reading
The Eye of an Archer 