September 24

Drifting by, floating on the energy of those unconcerned with the passing of time, can you really be unconcerned about the passing of time or is it just a show of apathy? And so it is that summer slips into autumn. We won't notice when the leaves start turning but we will notice the piles of damp leaves as we kick them unsatisfactorily. We won't notice pulling on that jumper but we will notice needing the gloves when winter comes. Welcome to gloomy September.

Inspired by images from the news, or... We have to consider how much we make folk wait, and in what situations they have to wait. In this world of instant gratification from fast food to doom scrolling there are some times when we say you will have to wait for justice, wait for an answer, wait for the next time. And three years is a long time to wait.

A male nude figure with leaves and other words, or... It is interesting considering unpopular plans. Plans, that is, that will make us unpopular in the herd, the pariah, perhaps even the banished. And if the herd is the important issue, why would we ever do something that is unpopular, even if we think it is right. Surely what is right is what is right by consensus, and this what is right is, mostly, what is popular. Oh dear, see the trouble this discussion gets us into.

The invitation is in his left hand. And in his right his phone for checking the address. The doorbell rings. And rings again unanswered. He waits with his back to the door. Checks his phone. Rings the doorbell. Nothing. Shrugs, tries the door. It opens.

Hello.

He steps into a courtyard pulling his suitcase. It is the courtyard on an inn. He wonders why the inn has no sign on the street. His thought is interrupted by a crackling of a tannoy followed by an announcement.

THE INNKEEPER AND THE THIEF SHALL COMMENCE IN FIVE MINUTES.

He looked about him. There were no signs of life other than a lovely coat on the back of a chair next to the inn door.

Inspired by images from the news, or...

A male nude figure, or... Well, there are not many who are strongly apposed, the majority, indeed four out of five, are not bothered one way or the other. An interesting fact if you want to take action, take control, but not such good news if you want to garner support. Oh, well, is this just the general goodwill of humanity, or is this a moral decay of the internet generation?

Inspired by images from the news, or... Well, there are so many things that are inevitable in the news, things we have to look out for, watch for, wonder if it will happen to us, and we have to say repercussions are amongst the inevitable. So here we are gathering to look out for the inevitable.

A naked male figure with a pattern, or... It is those moments when I am let down either by someone or the hope I had in someone. The weight of that deflated hope whether it was founded or not, it matters not, feels physical yet I know it is not. It feels like a physical weight that holds me in this chair even should I struggle to get up, it feels like a physical weight to which I am surrendering. It is not. I know that I will be carrying on, I will come to another point of hope, another point of interest, another reason to get up from this chair I am seated in. But for today, for now I just bow to the weight.

Inspired by images from the news, or... Yet again when I opened the newspaper on my phone, yet again when I listened to the radio on my phone, yet again when watched the news on my phone, yet again there was a call for peace, real peace, lasting peace, perhaps we could actually work towards peace. It is just so stupid, we have a small time before it all falls apart in which we have plenty, if we cannot find peace in this time can we ever find peace? Real peace.

A nude male figure with pattern, or... we need to talk, sometimes. Would you do the job if you thought you wouldn't be paid? Would you do the job if you wouldn't be paid for a day, perhaps, or a week? Would that be the time to tell you the truth or should I be hopeful and see what happens. That perhaps I pay you next week or the week after even if I haven't paid you today. Would my not telling you be hypocritical, or is this just how life works. Is it extraordinary hypocrisy not to inform you of the looming disasters and the blatant evil of our system and leaders or is it just how this life works?

Hello.

THE INNKEEPER AND THE THIEF SHALL COMMENCE IN FIVE MINUTES.

He looked about him. There were no signs of life other than a lovely coat on the back of a chair next to the inn door.

The naked man with a wolf mask wearing a lovely coat pulls a suitcase into a room. It is his first time. This is his first room. It is a small pub, an empty pub, sterile, clean, it has been empty for a long time. Forever, perhaps. Maybe it has never served a customer.

The naked man with a wolf mask hangs the coat on the coat rack and pulls the suitcase to the next room. It is a room of lockers. One of the lockers has an envelope: open me.

The naked man with a wolf mask opens the letter.

Reads: Put all your posessions in this locker. You will wear your mask at all times. You may not talk other than how your animal mask talks. Break these rules and you will be illiminated. Participate and interact to best enjoy your experience. You may never leave.

The naked man with a wolf mask puts the suitcase in the locker. Closes the locker. Click. Walks down the corridor. Once through, closes the door.

Does joy make us better
And so we were distracted by intensity of old feelings. Strong words were spoken...