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The sum of our artistic influences... and our life

I'm the sum of my influences and nearly 50 years of just existing. I've been feeling recently I'm stepping into a void left my some of my favourite artists and writers. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 05/09/24

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Published 05/09/24

The endless daily creative defeats make me grumpy

Only 1% of my stuff works and 99% of it is rubbish. It can effect me emotionally. I can get really grumpy when the creativity isn't going my way. But it's part of it. It's always been part of it. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 05/02/24

We love to make meaning out of everything

I posted something on social media recently about a little secret game I play with myself that seemed to resonate - that makes me believe we're constantly starving for meaning our lives. I might be wrong. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 04/25/24

I've got an inner waggy pissed off cat's tail and an outer waggy happy dog's tail

I've writen and recorded a lot of cynical videos over the past 6 months. Perhaps it's time to mix it up (soonish).. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 04/18/24

Balancing Sensible Self and Crazy Self (to pay bills and make art)

I struggled for years trying to find the balance going to work and pretending to be sensible then getting home to get insane to make interesting things. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 04/11/24

Your old ideas that never found an audience are the most important

It's something I've been rambling about recently, but it took 30 years to find an audience and none of the stuff I made over this time without an audience has gone to waste. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 04/04/24

Unexplained happiness

Sometimes I'll be out somewhere, and for no reason at all, unexplained and unexpected happiness moves through me. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 03/28/24

I know who I am and after all these years there's a victory in that

This title is after a quote from True Detective season one by Nic Pizzolatto. YouTube clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taf4P1uXR6Q This ep I crap on about art being a weird way of connecting, turning strangeness into magic. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 03/21/24

The duty to make art in a shit culture

Here I crap on about traditional gatekeepers and our inner gatekeeper. And Trojan horsing/subversive social commentary through different avenues. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 03/14/24

Memes and culture

Just a little thought on memes and how they shape thinking. I am no academic or sociological expert. Entertainment purposes only 😂 My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 03/07/24

Thinking out loud has changed the way I write

Thinking aloud helped massively this last year, mainly thanks to making this podcast! I never thought I'd enjoy it. I never know what I'm thinking untiil it tumbles outta my mouth, threads back through my ears and then written with the hand. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 03/01/24

Writing in 'beginner mode' and poetry as a baseline to find one's voice

I have to constantly trick my brain back into beginner mode. As soon as I think I'm an 'expert' on a particular way of writing, my writing is dead on the page. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 02/22/24

A little about writing me new book, WORKING NINE LIVES

This week I read a few poems from my book and talk about a quote from Cormac McCarthy that was in the back of my mind while I wrote it. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 02/15/24

Finishing a book project and starting the next

This week feels like a bit of a diary entry (recently they sorta have been) but here I waffle-reflect on finishing a book and searching and planting the seeds for a new idea to begin. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 02/08/24

Following your dreams

Forks in the road towards a weird career in the arts. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 02/01/24

Making art for no audience

A little blah di da reflection on writing without an audience for 30 years. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 01/26/24

Selling out to myself

Sometimes I'll write stuff purely on 'cleverness' and it will lack something. It feels like I've sold out to myself. But sometimes I have to write these hollow pieces to break through to the real stuff. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 01/18/24

Creative breakthroughs by not giving a shit

Talking about David Chase from the Sopranos, David Lynch, and not giving a shit as aid to creative breakthroughs. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 01/11/24

Documenting the writing process for one of me videos

I thought I'd document the writing process of one of my videos I shared recently on TikTok and Instagram "Envy disguised as moral highground". Also there's a little bit I learned on writer's rooms (from the Sopranos showrunner, David Chase) at the end. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 01/04/24

Walking to the supermarket in the no mans land between Christmas and New Years

Walking to the supermarket (excuse the clicking of the leaves I'm walking on) and some thoughts on the time of the year between Christmas and New Years. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 12/28/23

Physical frailty and creating beyond oneself

I used to visit a cafe next to a nursing home. It was incredible. Anxiety reducing. And I've noticed how some of my favourite artists write beyond themselves when physically frail and elderly. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 12/21/23

Every creative breakthrough I've had across 40 years

All the creative breakthroughs I've had over 40 years and significant moments that have inspired me. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESMy books and prints: Books and printsFind me: My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube

Published 12/14/23

One idea leads to the next

Each book I've written seems to have had an abberant piece in it - like a doorway to the next book. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESUM' self help book for creatives: UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti TornadoFind me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok

Published 12/07/23

Sticking up poems around the streets and talking to myself

I walked Melbourne Streets sticking up poems over two days while talking to myself: Gertrude St, Swan St, Greville St, Chapel St, Smith St Brunswick St, Bridge Road, VCA Southbank. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVESUM' self help book for creatives: UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti TornadoFind me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok

Published 11/30/23