Thursday, July 21, 2011

Thoughts on morality after midnight ...

Somewhere in my DNA is a little switch that gets activated at around midnight every night ... and the switch makes me want to write. And write. And write.

It's like each day thoughts are dripping into me like water from a leaky tap, and by night time, I've got to tip myself over and pour them all out, like the infamous little teapot. Except in my case, I don't shout for someone else to do it. I take responsibility for myself, dammit! Why can't everyone else do that?

These days I think about various preconceptions I've had since I was little about who I am. The books I read as a child, steeped in moral lessons, led me to believe that somehow I am a genuinely "nice person". They were sneaky, subversive. They drew me in to empathise with "nice" characters, and to recoil from the not-so-nice ones. I don't know if I believe any more, that such a thing as a "nice person" exists. And if it does, I am beginning to seriously doubt that I could be labelled as such.

But whatever the case may be, I am still utterly besotted with my darling wonder of a child. He's in Mozambique at the moment, but here are some pics from the YSP a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy!




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