a day in the life: on gratitude
It’s the coldest start to summer in Sydney for fifty years. People are complaining. I’ve been complaining. And I’ve been thinking about that; my expectations and satisfaction with the life Continue reading
It’s the coldest start to summer in Sydney for fifty years. People are complaining. I’ve been complaining. And I’ve been thinking about that; my expectations and satisfaction with the life Continue reading
A while ago I taught a stranger to surf. (In the land of the blind, the one -eyed rookie truly is king). He stood up on his first time out. Continue reading
I’m making a documentary about identity and the internet. If you’re articulate, passionate and would like to be interviewed, I’d love to hear from you. It’s an idea I’ve been Continue reading
Every now and again I come across something so wise, so resonant and so much in harmony with my own beliefs but expressed with such eloquence that I’m left awestruck. Continue reading
Feeling like a stranger in one’s motherland is a discomfitting experience, but like more or less anything that disrupts the way you ordinarily view the world, you can learn a Continue reading
My response to Mark Pollard’s piece on getting a man to open up – apologies for the crass generalisations and largely hetero bias. Some of my best friends are men, Continue reading
The people whose self-selling skills I admire are all bound by a common thread. They communicate their intense passion and love for what they do in a way that leaves ego at the door; creating a separation that suggests it’s almost incidental that it happens to be “me” that did this – the accomplishment itself transcends the personal. Of course, go too far down this path and you’re in all kinds of Messianic trouble; next thing you know god’s writing your next album and whispering secrets in your ear about who might most enjoy a lovely glass of Kool-Aid…
If you know me even a little, you may know I am obsessed with the idea of place and belonging. Home. Is it what we do, rather than where we Continue reading