Author: Greg
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The Neglected Pages Of My Notebook
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) I’ve been struggling to get any creative writing done over the past few months. The PhD life has been consuming all of that cognitive energy. Unfortunately, that hasn’t slowed the ideas for stories – they now sit on the neglected pages of my notebook […]
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Polar Stampede
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Detail of ‘Polar Stampede’ by Lee Krasner (1960). Clearly feeling nostalgic for the SFMOMA.
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Black And White Mood
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) I’m in a black and white mood.
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Ali Barter And The Listlessness Of Being
Sometime in early 2016 I was sitting in Wheat Café in Newtown when I heard a catchy tune cascading from the speakers inside. It had everything that initially attracts me to new music: unique vocals, face-melting guitar and a clean structure that builds to an explosive finish. It turned out to be Far Away by Ali […]
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Filtering Gloom
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Angry sky. Filtering gloom through a sense of foreboding. My work continues.
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Time According To Window Washers
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) Working and writing from home today. Measuring time by the progress of the window cleaners across the street.
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Boots for escaping malaise
I’ve been experiencing malaise for the past couple of days – melancholy but without the sadness. The balance of my life has tipped toward more input and less output. This is never the way I want this scale to tip and yet here I am, mired in unproductive worry. Into this malaise entered this image […]
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Notes From A Day At The Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL)
I had the great pleasure of attending the Sydney Sixers vs. Perth Scorchers Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) match at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Monday. Any day at the cricket is a good day, but seeing the Sixers in action means I get to see Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry – two of […]
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Having Read His Future In The Clouds
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) From this great height it seemed as though the sun would never set. He smiled. Having read his future in the clouds, he could look forward to the eternal sunshine ahead.
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The Broadcast Violence Was Thusly Amplified
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Greg (@jimmygoodwords) He was watching the news. Something bad was happening in Syria. She was in the other room getting undressed. She thought about what she had just read on her phone. Something bad was happening in Syria. She used the master control to turn off […]