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Peter B Godfrey

Peter B Godfrey

Boredom

Boredom

In my experience boredom is often close to epiphany; to the great idea. Boredom is just boredom until it’s not. But perhaps boredom is the wrong word here. For me it’s more a kind of distraction - a sort of letting go. Or, the willingness to relinquish control

Behaviours

Behaviours

Most people have a range of behaviours available to them. Most behaviours have more than one factor underpinning them. Every behaviour is used as a means of communication; and as - a way - of either gaining a desired outcome or avoiding an unwanted one. Socially sanctioned - ways. Unacceptable

The Spines On My Shelves

The Spines On My Shelves

That’s Not How We Do It Here A Line In The Sand Conflict Resolved Reclaim Book Spine Poetry is another ‘Found’ Form of poetry. I have two collections of Book Spine Poetry. One by Nina Katchadourian, and another by Annette Dauphin Simon. The piece above is from The Spines

Drinking alone

Drinking alone

They say that if one drinks alone, one is an alcoholic. But What if one drinks with the sunset, with the lonely forest or the moonlit ocean? But What if one drinks with the angels, with the prophets, or with God? But What if one drinks with the artists, with

A frozen argument

A frozen argument

The lifespan of a fact is shrinking The point is not that facts do not exist but that they are unstable. Becoming more so as the pace of science quickens. Every fact is established by an argument by observation and interpretation. And is susceptible to being overturned by a different

Space literacy

Space literacy

‘Activity in space is exploding.’ “It’s going to be like an interstate highway at rush hour in a snowstorm, with everyone driving much too fast. Except that there are multiple interstate highways crossing each other with no stoplights.” Space: its power and its vulnerability. Space: once so dazzlingly pure

'Maya' on storytelling, writing, poetry and greeting cards

'Maya' on storytelling, writing, poetry and greeting cards

On storytelling If you develop the art of seeing us as more alike than we are unalike, then all stories are understandable. On writing I keep a hotel room and go there at about 6:30 in the morning. I have a Roget’s Thesaurus, a dictionary, a Bible, a