from BARDO

The stars are in our belly; the Milky Way our umbilicus.

Is it a consolation that the stuff of which we’re made

is star-stuff too?


– That wherever you go you can never fully disappear –

dispersal only: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen.


Tree, rain, coal, glow-worm, horse, gnat, rock.


Roselle Angwin

Wednesday 29 May 2019

advice for writers (Alan Watts)


'Advice? I don't have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you're writing, you're a writer. Write like you're a goddam death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and there's no chance of a pardon. Write like you're clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, and you've got just one last thing to say, like you're a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for God's sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that we're not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or don't. Who knows, maybe you're one of the lucky ones who don't have to.'

~ Alan Watts (I can't remember who pointed me towards this quote; whoever you were, thank you)











1 comment:

  1. Love the quote - 'deepest darkest secret' has stayed with me all night since I read it. Bx

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