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Sex is no longer sexy. I’m not saying that just to be woke, or to show how above bodily functions I’ve risen, but to reflect the boredom everyone feels with the private aspect of the physical. Wha...

If it was my last hour on earth

If it was my last hour on earth, I’d probably spend it making a work of art. I can’t say for sure, because there would be family members to kiss goodbye, and dogs to feed. But at some stage, even...

Are the most honest pictures the ones that eat you up with desire?

Are the most honest pictures the ones that eat you up with desire? Or are they the ones that repulse you, with their frank depictions of the worst horrors on earth? If you say that the best pictu...

Ive never seen a UFO

I’ve never seen a UFO. But I’m so ready for one. It’s like being on the bad end of a dating service. I won’t mind if they’re green with one eye in the middle of their heads. I’m ready for a hook-u...

There’s no reason to panic

There’s no reason to panic - I’ll be at your side through thick and thin. My art will guide you through. The sands of time will carry you, to where we will be together for eternity.There was a snak...

Stress shall free me

When you hit the drive-thru the first thing you get is a little thrill when you see the backlit menu with its packaged meals. The next thing you get to do, as you drive-out, is compare your meal to...

I am a world changer.

I am a world changer. I wrote that on a cap and started to believe in myself again.It’s useful to know that you can write yourself a message in your artwork, to motivate yourself, and others can be...

It’s a time of love in a cruel world

It’s a time of love in a cruel world. Every year, in the same week, the message is: well folks, we should be doing better. And then we do worse.Love of God turns to hatred, of other people’s ideas ...

There are people who hug trees

There are people who hug trees. I thought it was just a myth until I found someone who takes it seriously on Facebook. She gives each old tree a genuine embrace as if to say, ‘Thank you for the sha...

Welcome to my ant story

Welcome to my ant story. In my ant farm there’s a tunnel from my heart to my art gallery. I dug it eating sand. Seriously, I keep wondering whether Francis Bacon would have been so messy if he knew...

Remember you are special enough

Have a near death experience. Remember you are special enough. I got gastric flu, and it traveled through me like it was going through a bile duct from hell. Puddles of sweat, on a stale bed, are a...

A early day

A day early. Don’t worry be snappy: embrace your chains. Otherwise just carry on streaming from your couch, and make sure the stars don’t fade.I hate the rollout of online advertising, accompanied ...

Rustle in the trees

Colour is a drug. Stop taking it and you can’t function. Take too much and you overdose, or you vomit out the toxic excess. No wonder some addicts just paint in primary colours without battlin...

Night riders are knights

In a way, I prefer night to day. In the beginning I embraced the 24-hour gym experience, and found myself exercising at 3am on weekdays. Trouble came when I tanked at 3pm, and began to sleep every ...

Dirty money don't touch

Compassion arises when the diamond of the mind rests in the flower of the heart. This beautiful Buddhist saying is obviously about the way we have to reconcile our two parts. The thinking head and...