31st March 2019: Overcoming Defensiveness / Asked For Help / Being John Malkovich

Grateful, thankful for

for overcoming a defensiveness of yesterday, with a giving spirit today.

for being asked to help with a housemates short video essay.

the film, Being John Malkovich. for Charlie Kaufman. for the feeling of that film. for it feeling good after many years between a repeated viewing.

30th March 2019: Returning To Work / Kind Response To Creative Work / A Raised Hand

Grateful, thankful for

for returning to work.

for Andy Wood taking the time to listen, and write such kind words about my album in TQ zine too. Thank you.

for the image of a raised hand, and its relationship to having a voice in a society.

29th March 2019: New Streets / Protecting A Child's Image / Barbican Estate

Grateful, thankful for

for walking through new streets to get to a familiar destination.

for someone sharing an image of their child publicly on social media, but choosing to hide their face with an emoticon.

the Barbican Estate, and the flowers adorning the balconies of the maisonettes.

28th March 2019: Tool Becoming Useful Again / RSE regulations passing / Returning Home

Grateful, thankful for

for an old tool becoming useful again after years of storage.

for Relationships & Sex Education regulations being voted for in parliament, meaning it will be compulsory in all schools from 2020.    #RSE #LGBT

for returning home after being away.

27th March 2019: Parody Characterisation / Frictionless Travel / Mussel Shells In The Order Of A Cross

Grateful, thankful for

a video reconstruction of the Republican uprising of 1916, and its joyfully mocking characterisation of members of the British Army.

a frictionless drift through an airport

mussel shells in the order of a cross

26th March 2019: Sun Over Dublin / Books Upstairs / J. B. Yeats Paintings

Grateful, thankful for

for the sun blessing our exploration of Dublin

coming across a wonderful bookshop, Books Upstairs in Dublin.

the paintings of Jack Butler Yeats

25th March 2019: Breakfasts in Hotels / Seeing My Nephew / Following His Lead

Grateful, thankful for

for breakfasts in communal dining rooms in hotels

for seeing my nephew

for following his lead

24th March 2019: Mum's Birthday / Rhythmic Birdsong / Humourous Conversation

Grateful, thankful for

the birth of my mum




for rhythmic birdsong at Ingatestone Station

for a humorous conversation with a conductor

23rd March 2019: Start Of A Break / A Generous Gift

Grateful, thankful for

for the start of a break

for a generous gift, from Mum. 

22nd March 2019: Premiere Of My Friend’s New Audio Series / The Roundhouse / The Cinematic Orchestra

Grateful, thankful for

the premiere of my friend’s new audio series.

for The Roundhouse, its gorgeous belly, more intimate than I imagined, and for presenting sound clearly

The Cinematic Orchestra

21st March 2019: Tube Chats / Missing People / Lucky To Spend Time With People

Grateful, thankful for

tube chats

recognising you will miss people

for acknowledging you were lucky to spend time with people

20th March 2019: The Front Cover of Eureka / The Occupy Movement

Grateful, thankful for

the front cover of Eureka by Jim O’Rourke, its style, content, context...

The Occupy Movement

19th March 2019: Sophomore / Skydive for Victim Support / A Healthy Urgency

Grateful, thankful for

the word sophomore, its use, its sound, its effect, its feeling.

for inspiring people, I’m lucky to share time with, doing a skydive for Victim Support https://www.justgiving.com/companyteams/floraseone

a healthy urgency

18th March 2019: Low Production, High Playability / Julian Daizan Skinner / Thai Omelettes

Grateful, thankful for

low production, high playability

for Julian Daizan Skinner

Thai omelettes

17th March 2019: Around The Fur / Sleep After Cycling / To Aid Someone On A Regular Basis

Grateful, thankful for

for the album ‘Around The Fur’

sleep after cycling

the possibility to aid someone on a regular basis

16th March 2019: Soothing Podcast At Bedtime / A Burning Car / People Not Being Hurt / View From A Balcony

Grateful, thankful for

soothing talking coming from podcast, at a very low volume, keeping me company as I fall asleep.

for seeing a car burning in its metal flesh

for the people involved not being physically hurt by the incident.

for the view from a friend's balcony

15th March 2019: Unexpected Day-Off / Support for those affected at Christchurch / Hope Within Cycles

Grateful, thankful for

an unexpected day-off from my job.

for those offering their support to the friends and families of those killed in Christchurch.

for hope inside of the perception of ciclical paths

14th March 2019: Restless Legs Syndrome / Conversation With A Good Friend / Flatmate Bringing Parcel Inside

Grateful, thankful for

the feeling of restless legs syndrome

for an interesting conversation with a good friend

for a flatmate kindly bringing in a parcel for me from outside.

13th March 2019: Medium Talk / Crumpets / Recognising Conditions

Grateful, thankful for

medium-talk, in particular those who embrace the darkness in their existence in the company of others. In particular, not so much confessional, but using experience as an enabler of a discussion of broader themes and implication. 

crumpets

recognising my conditions swelling in strange company, and finding  amusement that they were showing themselves, whilst I was about to watch / watching a play about a boy managing his conditions.

12th March 2019: Book Title / Soy Milk / Drizzling Rain

Grateful, thankful for

choosing to read a book on its title alone

Soy Milk

Soft, drizzling rain in the nighttime.

11th March 2019: Holly Herndon / High Speed Train Song / The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime

Grateful, thankful for

for Holly Herndon and her new music.
https://hollyherndon.bandcamp.com/album/proto

for this wonderful protest song, and the mood of the protest too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_zhhdCyh9I

for the story of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime; its production at Piccadily Theatre, for Willesden's appearance in play, for communicating a condition in a way which felt uncontrived, clear and sympathetic to all involved.

10th March 2019: Phone Call with Friend / Éliane Radigue Set / Davies siblings, Dominic Lash, Alison Knowles

Grateful, thankful for

for a phone call with a good friend

for an incredible set by Éliane Radigue, moving deliciously created sounds across a number of speakers, immersing the listener. An undeniably endearing sense of humour within too.

for the incredible Davies siblings (along with discovering Dominic Lash and Alison Knowles, in the first case), performing wonderful and diverse pieces of music, one inspiring thoughts, for me, of the relationship between a musician’s placement in a matrix, and their approach to objects. I adored the second set of pieces, drawing the ear into the micro changes in tone from the bows on strings. A deeply meditative experience.

9th March 2019: Friend's New Job / Guilt For Denying Charity / Breaking Phone Screen / The Old Police House Family

Grateful, thankful for

for the potential and prospects that a new job may bring to a friend.

for the complicated thoughts and guilt I felt following not giving money to a person on the street asking for it. I let that person down in that instance.

for cracking my phone screen a bit. It’s still fundamentally workable, but that accident alerted me more vividly to the unhealthy relationship I have with my phone.

for The Old Police House family gifting live music to people in Hackney. It was wonderful to hear friends and people I admire (not mutually exclusive!) making their music outside of the home I know them from, a fresh context further illuminating their invention, their wild peculiarity, their vitality. All sets wonderfully unique, and yet something beautifully whole about themselves as a community. They generously offer inspiration always.

8th March 2019: Sweet Rockers of Camden / The Hold Steady / Talking About Music With A Stranger

Grateful, thankful for

for the sweet rockers of Camden

for The Hold Steady, and a great set at The Electric Ballroom

sharing time talking about music with a stranger after a gig.

7th March 2019: Slippery Caption - Posset / Swapping / Teachers Dressing Up For World Book Day

Grateful, thankful for

the selection of pieces on Slippery Caption by Posset.

"sold back to us… shame on you, little i"





for the concept of swapping

for my teacher friends, dressing up as characters from books, sharing their enthusiasm with their students.

6th March 2019: Long Weekend / Deteriorating Signal / Lent

Grateful, thankful for

the luxury of a long weekend

for a deteriorating signal from headphone connections. It’s mostly underwater now!

for the possibility of lent, of fasting, of confronting a relationship with luxury, a relationship with modesty, a relationship with personal needs, the needs of the wider multiverse.

5th March 2019: Pancake Party / Eating With Friends / Russians in Russian Dolls

Grateful, thankful for

for an invitation to a Pancake Party. For the joy of pancakes and making pancakes!

for sharing food with friends, older and newer.

for an extended set of Russian Dolls each dressed as famous Russians.

4th March 2019: Whitecross Street Weekday Market / Keith Flint / Rave Culture in the UK

Grateful, thankful for

for Whitecross Street weekday market

for the life of Keith Flint.

for rave culture in the UK at the beginning of the 90’s. I was too young unfortunately to experience it first hand, but researching back on it, every testimony seems to further reveal a people who contributed to a powerful culture that subverted many oppressive mechanisms, reaching through society.

3rd March 2019: Delicious Breakfast / Elaine Paige's Show Tunes / Remaining Tickets

Grateful, thankful for

for a delicious breakfast.

Driving with Elaine Paige’s radio programme playing show tunes

The surprise of discovering remaining available tickets for a gig, after almost resigning to the thought that they must have been sold out!

2nd March 2019: Train To A New Place / A Gifted Meal / Respectful Criticism

Grateful, thankful for

for the feeling of taking a train to a new place out of town, going through unknown stops. 

for a tasty meal, generously prepared and offered by a good friend.

for direct and respectful criticism

1st March 2019: Renee Glynne / Daniel Lopatin / Gillian Anderson

Grateful, thankful for

for Renee Glynne
   
for the visions of Daniel Lopatin

for Gillian Anderson’s performance of Margo Channing.