You See, I Want A Lot

you see, I want a lot. Perhaps I want it all - the dark's unstoppable fall, the rise and dapple of light. So many fail to ask, choose their surface emotions, refuse to aspire. Aren't you gladdened by every face which thirsts and serves? Aren't you gladdened when humankind uses you as a tool? (Rainer …

Safety – Beth Orton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JQB0A08ZXQ You saw a time to come, Where the eyes of the world would see as one, You saw a time to come, Where all of our laughter is seen as through the eyes of the son. An' you'll get angry in this town, Cos' you've seen more than what's been found, Can't be too …

Anatomy of a Breaking Heart

the silence rams and slices between my intercostal muscles and my spare rib is in danger of breaking the repetitive fire of bullet points batter and bruise my solar plexus and my sternum is in danger of cracking the order of the day, the month the tongue must not roll must not move and my …

on being a woman

"The higher mental development of a woman the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her not only sex but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character" Emma Goldman

Kathy Burke, bonham carter and me

My ridiculously articulate friend, Douglas (the expert in TV, film and critical theory) likes to cast his friends in imaginary sitcoms. This is how we enjoy our lunches and drunken evenings - jeering others. His castings are obviously caricatured but perceptively captured. He does not leave himself out. He just is Jim Parsons aka Sheldon (Big …