Apple Fire and Other Vague Musings

     So I think it’s fair to say that I’ve struggled to swing into 2018 like I did with the previous year.  However, in fairness, 2017 essentially was already set-up for the various releases due to come out as “Malt Disnae”, “And So the Fish Gave Away the Hook”, and “The Birds and The Breeze…” had all been written, recorded, and completed more or less during 2016.

     Either way, I’ve felt a bit down about everything as I like having a number of wee projects on the go, and it always tests my morale when I’m just chipping away at things with no real purpose.

     The past couple of weeks however have seen a number of wee things change, and my rambling ideas have started to make a bit more sense.  So, per my poetry, I’ve decided to work on Apple Fire which will be the third release of that strange collection that is all titled with various elements associated with combustion and fruit; essentially, they’re made up of all my old poems which I’ve tried to tart up as practise per the poetry course I completed the other year.

     I originally thought that all the books, i.e. Cherry Coal, Pear Kindling, Apple Fire and Peach Embers would ultimately provide the material for new pieces of flash fiction or short stories but now, I’ve decided that the pieces from Apple Fire and Peach Embers will be driven from portrait paintings I’ve completed based on people that popped into my head, and had a justifiable vibe per the original poem.

     It’s a good feeling to know how different areas of my work are going to tie in with each other, and that when I sit down to progress each part, I have an end goal which in my head is interesting and will be a fun journey to share as I go.

     I never want to not write poetry, but sometimes my time just slips away into other creative endeavours.  It’s an age old complaint of humans to rue over how little time we have, so I’m delighted that I’ve managed to link in two of my favourite things to do in life so that they vibe of each other, and allow me to keep honing away at both crafts.

     Anyhoo…I think that’s all my thoughts on this captured now; my mind feels sufficiently less cluttered and free to actually go ahead and start work on this wee ongoing project properly.

     So aye, time to go finish painting Jack Kerouac who will then, once finished, be used to bring my poem “Second Hand Opinions” to a satisfactory and hopefully interesting conclusion.

     BRAW!!