Last week, I went to the Malthouse Theatre in South Melbourne with my friend, O. The new production of Woyzeck was playing, with a score by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. I have recently been re-introduced to the music of Warren Ellis again in his band, the Dirty Three, in particular [...]
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Woyzeck: A Children’s Story
Posted in Love, Music, Theatre, tagged Blood Money, Buchner, Dirty Three, Malthouse Theatre, Nick Cave, Orphans, Theatre, Tom Waits, Warren Ellis, Woyzeck on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cool Change
Posted in HY Art, Love, Writing, tagged climate change, Friendship, Greek mythology, Henry Miller, Love, Nietzsche, pomegranates, Sexuality, Sexus, Twilight of the Idols on February 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Slice an opening at the top, then gently pull the halves apart with your hands.
A line from a letter by a former lover, my pen pal, a fellow student of Foucault. Attached to a gift, a pair of pomegranates, sent to me in the mail from Anglesea. These bold letters are instructions for opening the [...]
The Fruit of H.Y. Labour
Posted in Friendship, Love, tagged Christianity, Greek mythology, life, pomegranates, re-birth, seasons, Tom Waits on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was recently introduced to the pomegranate. I have not had the pleasure of tasting the pomegranate, having only seen the picture but it is a curious looking fruit with pearly seeds that remind me of salmon roe but of a dark purple colour.
The pomegranate has a part in a story in Greek mythology and [...]