Twenty years ago I submitted Heaven Sent, my final film at university, for assessment. Twenty years later and I am back at the same university, now marking other students’ films. I felt it was a good opportunity to reflect. I didn’t really want to direct in university. I had specialised […]
Yearly archives: 2022
18 posts
Bee returned to Bournemouth at the start of May after 2.5 months away in Iran. It was lovely to finally have her back home. Although I’d decorated, our new carpet wasn’t laid until middle of the month. However, we are delighted with it. Now we’re having an epic spring clean […]
This walk had a couple of objectives. First, to get back into walking this summer. Second, the unfinished business of last summer, when Will and I finished on top of Houns Tout before turning inland to Kingston. I wanted to complete this stretch of the South West Coast Path, so […]
I got lots done this month, which is satisfying. I don’t consider productiveness to be a good indicator of satisfaction in general, because I’ve had busy periods that felt terrible and deeply unsatisfying, but this month was good. Creatively, I managed to lay down some tracks for new music, work […]
I interviewed myself for an imaginary podcast while walking the dog this afternoon. “Tell us more about your creative process James.” I demanded of myself. “Well, James, I don’t really consider there to be one single process. I could say that I am on some kind of journey, but that […]
This has been a strange month. I began with Covid. Thankfully Bee was in Iran so she was safe (from me at least). Then I tackled some long awaited decorating. I got busy with some interesting research elements which I hope to publish over the next few months. The weather […]
After two years of this pandemic, I have finally succumbed to having Covid-19. To do so at a point where the UK Government decided to lose all restrictions probably points to the fact that the restrictions were keeping some people safe. Ho hum. I managed to successfully navigate an entire […]
The month started out with lots of potential, as I had finished my teaching commitments and had lots of enthusiasm about the time ahead. However, we had some shit in our personal lives (damn you, real life!) and I have ended the month with what seems like Omicron symptoms. I […]
The last few years have been difficult for everyone. I am feeling positive about 2022. I don’t have any logical reasoning for this other than I now have a stretch of time ahead of me that is quite open and flexible. I don’t want to establish a set of expectations […]