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A Poet Laureate for Australia? I think we need a Comedian Laureate.

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I ramble about what I thought in my 20s, 30s and 40s and how earning years of life brings more conviction to writing through simply recognising the patterns and cycles of the world.

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I had a bunch of ideas that I tried to plant and grow this week. None of them worked. Here they are. And what I thought of them. And what I might do with them. Some ideas that seem crap may work in a day or in 10 years from now with a new idea to bring them to life.

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Contrarian wisdom and unpopular opinion can produce sacred truth. Here I talk about finding ideas in the small spaces against the popular opinion of the crowd - the space where the unsaid is said.

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Two childhood films feel more important than the news these days. The world feels upsidedown and often a hostile place to publish the heart's truths. Some thoughts about this. And a quick mention of my new 'best of' book, out in Feb or March!

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My favourite artists and places who have massively inspired my work. Sometimes I feel like I'm just a poor rip off of all my influences. I think as an artist, we grow and move from being inspired by other artists, to the original source itself: places/nature.

Links to poems artists mentioned in this episode:

Michael Leunig – Come Sit Down Beside Me (poem)

https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/430797520581952550/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/leunigstudio/

Charles Bukowski – The Laughing Heart (poem)

https://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/2008/11/the-laughing-he.html

Mary Oliver – The Journey (poem)

http://www.phys.unm.edu/~tw/fas/yits/archive/oliver_thejourney.html

Alan Watts – Life And Music (lecture)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I2pcIbyq-0

Cormac Mcarthy – The Road (novel)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6288.The_Road

Adam Elliot – Harvey Krumpet (short film)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ClRsCpQfTQ

IG: https://www.instagram.com/adam_elliot_clay/

David Lynch – Twin Peaks (TV series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Peaks

Andy Jackson –The Thin Bridge (book)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23449414-the-thin-bridge

Mark Tredinnick (author)

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This weeks brain dump on cat spirits, chanelling my mum's spirit (and a boring conversation from beyond life), and finding garlic in the supermarket.

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A good walk kickstarts ideas, thoughts, inspiration. I didn't have anything ready for this episode, so I just started walking and letting it happen. Movement always inspires something. And I love a good flaneuring. Subjects include the anaesthetic qualities of doomscrolling, car mirrors with cobwebs as fly nets for spiders, and just noticing stuff on the streets. Recorded in walking Collingwood streets, alleys and Preston Market, Melbourne.

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Drinking alone is demonised. But what if it's used as a tool for creative thought? I share my thoughts on booze and its ability to help get us out of the way of ourselves to let the truth write itself.

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I've learned a lot from sport tactics and psychology that has directly helped my art and making ideas. From entering flow states to taking set shots on goal (when facing a blank page or canvas); selecting captains to make my 'team' (ideas) better, to tactically using substitutes and time outs to help find an audience for my art. Comes with a bonus tip from what I learned from my cat.

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