Bullies – they can take many shapes, forms, and disguises. It seems that bullying is a daily occurrence. Bullying can be defined as repeated behaviours that are intentional or have malicious intent to cause fear or to instil feelings of superiority in the bully, while also causing anxiety and hopelessness in the victim due to … More Bullying: It’s You, Not Me
As far back as 260 BCE (Before the Christian Era) in China, symbols were being used as full stops on bamboo texts to indicate the end of a chapter. Around this time, Western scholars used scriptio continua, a text format with no separation between words. The Greeks were using punctuation marks consisting of vertically arranged dots … More Punctuation Throughout History
See my artist’s profile on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/2D9UHEXSj7sHRbvDwBF2AL One recent track, ‘Am Alive,’ is being streamed a fair bit, with most of the listenership in Paris, France. It has a Nu-Disco/Disco House vibe to it which was my goal. I have a track coming out via a German techno label this weekend. I will be … More Now Producing Electronic Dance Music
https://cassandravoices.com/current-affairs/comment/the-powerful-nature-of-addiction/ *Article was published in Cassandra Voices on 28/03/2025
The title of this piece was taken from Rule Book 101 of Creative Ponderings by Tom Waits, who conveyed – ‘The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.’ Does anyone get the feeling they are trapped, at times, in a plaintive universe? Currently, there is a proliferation of … More Poorly/Badly Composed Poetry Diminishes the Quality of Our Suffering
Just had a small essay piece published. Nice. Where I discuss George Orwell’s ‘Coming Up For Air,’ ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ and Northern Irish sausage rolls are all interlinked in my article, ‘Ode to the Sausage Roll’ here – https://cassandravoices.com/current-affairs/comment/ode-to-the-sausage-roll/…#essay
A particular section of social media on X has helped empower literary discourse, as users with similar minds understand how great Art should be and how it should be promoted and protected. This is a relatively small contingent: some academics, some professional people who like to read, and some people who are not in powerful … More The Western Canon is Not Being Read, Seemingly
The Nascent Age of the Self -Involved
Early. Before the green Monk puts his sling-back sandals on and a crump of brown hood unfurled under a tureen of mute glistening white stars, I turn in my bed and upend. AndSssup. Ablutions with the roar and thirst of the cistern, pea-blossom, wash face – red eyes stare back – in a crimson cloak, … More Little Snoopkims
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