“The attentive reader may note that I’ve skipped over the years in cabaret and in rock bands…”
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This post connects to the page, Why this, why me, why now? Jack looks back on the Philosophilia website—offering my Patreon supporters exclusive deeper insights into the journey that created Philosophilia.
The story begins at …
Hello, my dears—how are you all? Click through on the link to Patreon at bottom and talk to me (and each other). What’s pandemic life like where you are?
Here in Sydney and surrounds we’re inching toward release from a lockdown which, if my memory serves me correctly, has been going for more than ten years. …
When news came that the Central Coast was to be cut off from the Greater Sydney area, I realised I couldn’t go home. If I return to Sydney I won’t be able to visit my partner, or my ailing father and frail sister, all of whom live on the coast. So I’m now based in …
Winter is nearly over; I just went for my first swim of the season. It was fresh. I dived under three times, hopping out in between to stand in warm sand, invigorated. The sun is glorious today, but these images are from recent, chillier weeks. The coast is beautiful all year round.
If you haven’t …
After talking with my sister about her (and others’) apparent reluctance to engage on the question of which design for your gift, I realise that no one really cares about postcards, and I know I for one am picky about coffee mug shape and quality. So after some consideration, I’ve decided all your gifts will …
I have a very special preview for you—of the Philosophilia website. It’s not up yet—this is the build site, hence the URL. I can only show it to “internal team members” but that includes you, my champions (my champignons?)—in two ways. First, as my original patrons, you’re part of the team that got this project …
Free gifts, people. A couple of postcards each for Salt ($2) folks, a coffee mug for Cinnamons ($5), and a T-shirt for Junipers ($10+). Just pick your design/s from these two images.
I want to give each of you a small present as a big, official thank-you for your patience and your investment in me thus …
That should get your attention, people. Read my last post—sorry, guess I buried the lead ????
The big revamp is underway. Videos are being edited, web content written; soon I’ll be archiving that loooong profile description in favour of something much more concise about Philosophilia. Tell me what you think of these visuals, designed by me and realised with the skilled assistance of my Director of Photography, Aravind Shanavaz, aka the …
Remember I said I’d tell you why I had to get a new fridge? It’s because I found a kitchen dresser like the one in my dream kitchen—a massive panelled edifice with bevelled glass panes in its doors, multiple generous drawers, shelves, cupboards and benchtops, and big brass keys.
The leaky old twin fridge and …
I said yesterday I’d send you a haikulike today, and here it is. The ZenSiren haikulike is a verse form I invented in 2008, and periodically return to for its serene balance of fullness and simplicity. Did I post about them before? My patron tiers are headed with haikulikes, aren’t they?
I forget entirely now what …
I’ve been so busy developing Philosophilia and making sure you all know it’s coming, I never did get to tell you about the work I spent the whole end of last year doing. Here’s a quick account.
The commission was for three Hebel block garden sculptures, taking the treble clef as a starting point for …
I’m getting a new (secondhand) fridge and selling the leaky old fridge-and-freezer twin pair I inherited from my grandparents years ago. There’s a whole story about why that’s happening now which was going to be the subject of my next post to you, my lovely patrons, until I rediscovered the fridge poets. The reason for …
Hello folks.
I’ve been busy, leading up to the Easter video shoot for Philosophilia—sneak preview in these lovely photos by Paula Karydis. TBH I’ve been so much in construct-social-media-presence mode lately that I put these up on Insta before showing you—I normally preference you, as you deserve. So now as we catch up I want …
Even in your tiny numbers, you loveliest of people – especially in your current tiny numbers, in fact – your opinion matters to me, so tell me your thoughts.
What would you find most engaging about a controversial philosophy hub centred around a YouTube channel and a Patreon community?
Beloved patrons, I need your input. Click through, if you would be so kind, for a long-overdue update on my practice, my progress, and my big new plans.
Thank you for bearing with me, for being with me, through these past months. Your steady, undemanding support means the world to me, so I want to give …
It’s a sweet grey day in the outdoor studio, midway through a three-piece sculpture commission that has kept me in my Patonga hideout most of this month.
August and September slipped by without my sending you a single update, yet I’ve lost no pledges and received no complaints—for which I’m humbly grateful ???? To have …
Hello beloveds,
Here’s a few images from my camera roll from the last few weeks. The upheavals and reorganisations continue; the cards were no sooner announced than they felt insufficient, a half-developed idea, and soon my reasoning pushed me back to an earlier abandoned plan—a Youtube channel. More on this soon, although of course if you …
Hello, my beloved patrons!
It’s the dying days of May and you’ve been a remarkably patient and generous lot so far but I wouldn’t want to test your limits. I definitely don’t want to be the kind of producer who bombards you constantly with progress updates but, on the other hand, there has been rather less …
After weeks in Redfern reorganising my tax system, renegotiating my rent, and repairing and rehanging a picture that fell off the wall two months ago (the wire snapped, fortunately in my bedroom, the only carpeted room in the house), on Saturday, giving myself a weary pat on the back, I retreated to Patonga for …