Why should a real chair be better than an imaginary elephant?
- Virginia Woolf
I love 'randomness' and I have so far been able to maintain an open mind to virtually everything. Which is why my work to date has been eclectic to say the least. And there are a few items (some of which date back a fair bit) which don't really fit anywhere and which I'd have to discard unless I bundle them together here in a section that serves no discernible purpose other than that it completes the picture and you may find one or the other in itself thought provoking or diverting.
Observations |
As you might expect, I enjoy people watching. Since the advent of the mobile phone, there's now quite often an additional dimension to this: that of the involuntary eavesdrop.
I've started writing up some of these half and non-encounters in a series which may well continue indefinitely... |
Words |
I don't write much poetry, but occasionally something grabs me and makes me want to write it down in words. Which comes with the territory of being a writer i suppose.
This selection, small though it is, does in fact span some 25 years. |
Berlin Triptych |
From 1st to 5th December 2011 I was invited to the Pen Tales Hemingway Room Berlin as a Fellow, which resulted in this short piece of writing in both English and German. (Click here to read and then use full screen to enlarge.)
There's an interview style blog entry about my stay in Berlin with a bit of background here. |
Sebastian's Swiss Strawberry Seduction |
I don't cook and it therefore follows that I don't write recipes. But I make exceptions, and this one really requires no cooking at all: it takes all of about five minutes to prepare, and its effects can be devastating.
It featured in a collection of recipes from around the world published by Hilary King who was then running the Red Pear Theatre in Antibes. |