” Identity is a funny thing when you can no longer associate with any one in particular. You become a hybrid of personalities and personality traits, abilities; extensions of selves you once knew intimately and of those you will come … Continue reading The Daily Channel – The Hybrid Self
The Girl I saw a girl step out in front of a car. The car screeched to a halt, the girl stood still, and New York continued around them. She stood staring at the driver who hung out of his … Continue reading Snapshot Stories – The Girl
I sat on a park bench and watched a pigeon peck the ground at my feet. The sky was a heavy white. The branches of the trees were bare, save for the evergreens that pinched the air with their resinous … Continue reading Snapshot Stories – New York 1957
My gift is to you all; To humanity and the stars. I shall paint your world again With the colours of the heart. Give vision to those without sight; Make heard what needs be listened to; Give warmth to … Continue reading The Book of Ariel – The Overseer Part 2
A Fitting End Ladies and Gentlemen: I have begun by giving you the antithesis to an afterthought. You have listened to my voice, albeit in your own imaginings, and you have come to your own conclusions about the nature of … Continue reading The Daily Channel – A Fitting End
The Overseer – Part One In this twilight hour I am listening to the chimes of time, Ringing out the ascension of all faiths. As a contemplation of each minute Brings us closer to home. A quietening presence Tames my … Continue reading The Book of Ariel – The Overseer Part 1
The Thorn Pluck me a rose from thorn’s embrace, And deliver this heart as you would in love, To a child; a grace sublime. No shadow of mortal masquerade, In thy name a question to an answer told. To be … Continue reading The Book of Ariel – Thorn
Time to Change I suppose there is no easy way to decide when it is time to change. Usually fuelled by a sense of unrest, and of feeling as though life just isn’t going how you want it. You reach … Continue reading The Daily Channel – When do you know that it’s time to change?
I began channelling ‘Joseph’ late last night as I sat trying to find inspiration for my Daily Channel blog. I realised as I began sketching his portrait that the date and time almost all coincided, being the 12th of December … Continue reading The Daily Channel – A Letter From Joseph Part 1
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Bryce Covert has a really interesting piece on The Atlantic online about the so-called “ambition gap” in the workplace, the excuse so often trotted out to explain away the nagging gender wage gap: “When researchers have studied the ambition gap,” she writes, “they’ve discovered something peculiar: It’s not there. Women do ask for more. They just aren’t rewarded for it.” The phrase “ambition gap” has always irritated me because it presumes something that’s not really about ambition. It’s about the fact that women often wind up doing things other than/in… Continue reading
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