Something is better than nothing

 

Past the half century

Holding home-made coffee and sandwiches for lunch

There was supposed to be more to life than this
And I suppose there is

Hiding in the cracks and dark corners
But my flashlight is out of batteries

My senses acknowledge the change in air pressure
Again

Again

Again

The coming season

Earlier and earlier each year
We shall reach a perpetual autumn in no time

The sun hanging there harmless
With no memory of the good it once did

And I am of late, no support
Vicious and uncertain
A stray dog trembling in the rain

I am no human being
Not today
Nor yesterday

And the smallest elements of ourselves
Lay in wait for one eye to close even momentarily
Before clawing their way to the surface

When the knife edge is old news
And the third eye remains closed
You burn your hand and

Slam your bones down onto cement
No regrets
Maybe
Maybe not

I am not predictable
Trustworthy
Or blessed with foresight

Maybe it’s time to stop all this
False honesty

Hold my breath
Learn how to ride a horse
Or become an assassin
Or play guitar

Something that actually
Matters.

 

 

re-welcome!

Looking over my old posts today, I thought I'd copy/paste up a reminder of what I'm trying to do here...

After all the Facebook / MySpace shenanigans over the past year, I thought - why not get back to the good old days of posting stuff on a blog that no one will ever see, unless I tell them about it over Facebook or MySpace.

I have used the name channelzero for over 8 years now, as an umbrella identity for numerous projects of mine including: photography, publishing of prose/poetry/short fiction and other things (forever) on the back burner.

I am trying to juggle lots of things at once to keep it all fresh and keep moving forward. Even if what comes out of it ends up being repetitive or rambling or a bit involved and introspective – I don’t care. There are too many 'art projects' that re-use old ideas and rely on trends, and by not having a real format I'm trying to avoid that at all costs.

This blog will run side by side with my MySpace page – which will include the longer pieces of my writing. So, I will pretty much post whatever pops in my head day to day onto here – kind of like free association - and this will hopefully give my other work more focus.
Longer bits of work - stories and articles for example, can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/channelzerose4

Welcome to the blog

I have been using the name channelzero for over 8 years now, as an umbrella identity for numerous projects of mine including: photography, publishing of prose/poetry/short fiction and other things (forever) on the back burner.

I'm trying to juggle lots of things at once to keep it all fresh and keep moving forward. Even if what comes out of it ends up being repetitive or rambling or a bit involved and introspective – I don’t care. There are too many 'art projects' that re-use old ideas and rely on trends, and by not having a real format I'm trying to avoid that at all costs.

Please keep visiting. I have nothing else to do except skateboarding and it's wet and cold outside.

Dan.