Perfect 10 Catharsis – (non-festive) Films to comfort and despair
This is another attempt to copy artist and poet Vanessa Matic with ’10 films’, my picks this time round, all of which I highly recommend (obviously), especially at this time of year. There are quite a lot of animal-based recommendations, others that will make you fall off your chair laughing, and some which may induce […]
The Absurdity of Celebration – A Lament on the Power of Cliche
The blank page stares at you like a painful relationship you’ve fucked up once too often, motionless, emotionless, somewhat mystifying, and as always without any actual results, confession, or reparation. In these trying, the most, trying of times, time and his endless chimes bring the worst of the worst ideas into one’s head. Cliche Part […]
“Life is a dark humour comedy and I’m friends with it.” – Vanessa Matic
“As they say, one man’s trash is another’s treasure, and it applies to all things in life, especially art.” Vanessa Matic has been publishing her work since the age of 10, some feat. She is the head of art-collective DIY outlet Agape Lodge Poetry Society, and will turn heads and minds with every step of […]
“The Apple” – By Alannah Stritch
“The Apple” She yearned to close his ribcage around her and wear his skin. This man had overtaken her mind, body, and soul and she had surrendered to it. Every facet of his being was something to be treasured. Every burp, he barped. Every fart, he furt. A gift. And her appetite could never be […]
“RANT BY MARIA” – OPEN YOUR AI’s – by Maria Van Der Velde
Oh hello! Welcome to the arts of today, the air’s thick with the fumes of spray paint, a farts’ worth of pretension, and now, the influence of digital nightmares. Artificial Intelligence has crashed this party, (or shall I say, ‘soundscape listening party’), stirring up all sorts of drama among the crowd who thought Rick Owens […]