a lot of what i've been doing has been some imaginary screenshot or recording
of his website, something that could be found within it
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in a post. I want to be remembered
I'm trying to picture the scene inside, like I was trying to picture the scene in the tree.
After I get away from the old racist failed actor, I go to see my Korean
colleague. He's just arrived in London and I want to see how he's handling the
party. We'd been invited as fresh meat for some of the older, gayer attendees.
We aren't aware of that.
It Will Get Lighter
A roll of 50s is one of the items he dumps onto my table during the search. Of
course it is. He asks if I'm a delivery boy or a setter or this or that
diamond related job. I keep saying no, I'm enjoying hearing all of these new
words. Eventually I tell him that I work in film, which is kind of true. He
asks where I'm filming. I'm not filming. He tells me that I can't be that good
at it then. He then tells me that he made a film once, in the 80s. It was
called Pimlico Rats.
He was cast as the guy who gets picked up and thrown out of the poker game to
set the scene before the main characters arrive. Out of Real London and into
real London, a discarded prop, at this party, chatting to me.
It was about a crazy lady who lived above his flat in Pimlico. She would let pigeons into her flat so she could feed them. Apparently she didn't want her presence in the
flat to interfere with the natural behaviour of
the pigeons, so she would let them
nest and shit in there and she
wouldn't clean it up, because it wasn't natural to do so. The pigeons
would die, but apart from the smell and the sludge and the gas, the corpses weren't really a problem. It was the rats that came to eat them. The rats would eat the rotting pigeon corpses mixed in with the rotting pigeon shit and they would get ill and die too. New rats that came through wouldn't mind though, and they'd start to eat the mass, only to get sick and die in it later on. The population grew steadily as more pigeons and rats came from in the cold, to live naturally. They fed the mass further.
As we're stood there I notice a middle-aged woman staring at us across the
room. I'm trying to catch her gaze, but its kind of vacant. I guess she sees
me looking and considers it to be an invitation. She floats over to us in this
strange dazed way, and on the approach I realise she's staring at (through?)
my Korean colleague / fresh meat. She's saying wow, wow, wow. She seems
genuinely so delighted, so shocked, so elated.
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Lift and confinement – The crowded, immovable lift represents feeling
trapped or constrained in real life, either by social expectations,
relationships, or internal emotions. The inability to speak in front of
others suggests suppressed feelings or fear of judgment.
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Unexpected confession – The girl saying “I think I might love you” could
symbolize longing for connection or recognition. It may reflect
unacknowledged desires, vulnerability, or anxiety about intimacy.
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Forest and snow – The transition to a snowy forest signals escape into the
subconscious, a place of solitude, reflection, and emotional processing.
Snow often represents purity, stillness, or emotional coldness, while dusk
points to transition or uncertainty.
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The fox – Foxes are traditionally symbols of cunning, intuition, and
guidance, but here it’s more ethereal: its bites are gentle yet noticeable,
suggesting a confrontation with subtle truths, small regrets, or lessons
that must be acknowledged. The unspoken apology indicates things left
unresolved or feelings that cannot be expressed.
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Death or dissolution – Dying in the dream often doesn’t mean literal death;
it represents transformation, the end of a phase, or surrendering control.
It can indicate letting go of fear, old habits, or emotional blockages.
but it is in my head and am i compelled to realise it, so it is my
silmarillion, my tempelos
There is a pretty persistent ambient hate in England, a lot of people say vile
shit about Muslims or immigrants or whatever, but in my experience most people
aren't actual white supremacists. They have a black friend who they get a beer
with. One of the good ones. Etc.
is everyoneback on tumblr now
this is possible in mazelike research sprints on the internet
i dont understand magnetisation
a heavy, heavy rain. a clear day.
I created this site
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propensity within someone
Like the tide, it comes in and it washes over the beach. It's beautiful. But
like the tide it goes out, sometimes it goes out further than it ever has, it
recedes back across the beach and further out beyond the horizon. The bare
seabed opens up in front of you and all you can do is look at it.
I'm sat out the front of a cafe in Hatton Garden. I've just eaten a brie and
bacon panini, and I'm rolling a cigarette. Feeling very London. An old man
comes up to me and asks for a roll-up. I oblige.