Darby Hudson

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Darby Hudson talks about the 'creative process' and muddling through life.

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Darby Hudson

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Smuggling your weirdness through years of the cult of sensible 23.05.2024 9:28

A few thoughts on smuggling myself through the years of the cult of sensible. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems YouTube Instagram TikTok

A hundred bad ideas to write a single good one 16.05.2024 10:15

It's thrilling when I post what I think is a shit idea and it resonates with an audience. Especially when all my good ideas don't resonate, and a single bad one does. It reminds me I don't own my creativity My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

The sum of our artistic influences... and our life 09.05.2024 10:06

I'm the sum of my influences and nearly 50 years of just existing. I've been feeling recently I'm stepping into a void left my some of my favourite artists and writers. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

The endless daily creative defeats make me grumpy 02.05.2024 10:02

Only 1% of my stuff works and 99% of it is rubbish. It can effect me emotionally. I can get really grumpy when the creativity isn't going my way. But it's part of it. It's always been part of it. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

We love to make meaning out of everything 25.04.2024 7:24

I posted something on social media recently about a little secret game I play with myself that seemed to resonate - that makes me believe we're constantly starving for meaning our lives. I might be wrong. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

I've got an inner waggy pissed off cat's tail and an outer waggy happy dog's tail 18.04.2024 11:34

I've writen and recorded a lot of cynical videos over the past 6 months. Perhaps it's time to mix it up (soonish).. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Balancing Sensible Self and Crazy Self (to pay bills and make art) 11.04.2024 8:19

I struggled for years trying to find the balance going to work and pretending to be sensible then getting home to get insane to make interesting things. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Your old ideas that never found an audience are the most important 04.04.2024 12:32

It's something I've been rambling about recently, but it took 30 years to find an audience and none of the stuff I made over this time without an audience has gone to waste. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Unexplained happiness 28.03.2024 8:15

Sometimes I'll be out somewhere, and for no reason at all, unexplained and unexpected happiness moves through me. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

I know who I am and after all these years there's a victory in that 21.03.2024 10:56

This title is after a quote from True Detective season one by Nic Pizzolatto. YouTube clip here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taf4P1uXR6Q This ep I crap on about art being a weird way of connecting, turning strangeness into magic. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

The duty to make art in a shit culture 14.03.2024 8:33

Here I crap on about traditional gatekeepers and our inner gatekeeper. And Trojan horsing/subversive social commentary through different avenues. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Memes and culture 07.03.2024 10:09

Just a little thought on memes and how they shape thinking. I am no academic or sociological expert. Entertainment purposes only 😂 My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Thinking out loud has changed the way I write 01.03.2024 10:18

Thinking aloud helped massively this last year, mainly thanks to making this podcast! I never thought I'd enjoy it. I never know what I'm thinking untiil it tumbles outta my mouth, threads back through my ears and then written with the hand. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Writing in 'beginner mode' and poetry as a baseline to find one's voice 22.02.2024 11:51

I have to constantly trick my brain back into beginner mode. As soon as I think I'm an 'expert' on a particular way of writing, my writing is dead on the page. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

A little about writing me new book, WORKING NINE LIVES 15.02.2024 11:05

This week I read a few poems from my book and talk about a quote from Cormac McCarthy that was in the back of my mind while I wrote it. My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Finishing a book project and starting the next 08.02.2024 10:31

This week feels like a bit of a diary entry (recently they sorta have been) but here I waffle-reflect on finishing a book and searching and planting the seeds for a new idea to begin. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Following your dreams 01.02.2024 10:26

Forks in the road towards a weird career in the arts. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Making art for no audience 26.01.2024 12:28

A little blah di da reflection on writing without an audience for 30 years. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Selling out to myself 18.01.2024 9:56

Sometimes I'll write stuff purely on 'cleverness' and it will lack something. It feels like I've sold out to myself. But sometimes I have to write these hollow pieces to break through to the real stuff. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Creative breakthroughs by not giving a shit 11.01.2024 10:20

Talking about David Chase from the Sopranos, David Lynch, and not giving a shit as aid to creative breakthroughs. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Documenting the writing process for one of me videos 04.01.2024 13:55

I thought I'd document the writing process of one of my videos I shared recently on TikTok and Instagram "Envy disguised as moral highground". Also there's a little bit I learned on writer's rooms (from the Sopranos showrunner, David Chase) at the end. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok...

Walking to the supermarket in the no mans land between Christmas and New Years 28.12.2023 8:37

Walking to the supermarket (excuse the clicking of the leaves I'm walking on) and some thoughts on the time of the year between Christmas and New Years. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Physical frailty and creating beyond oneself 21.12.2023 8:56

I used to visit a cafe next to a nursing home. It was incredible. Anxiety reducing. And I've noticed how some of my favourite artists write beyond themselves when physically frail and elderly. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

Every creative breakthrough I've had across 40 years 14.12.2023 12:54

All the creative breakthroughs I've had over 40 years and significant moments that have inspired me. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES My books and prints: Books and prints Find me: My free eBook of poems Instagram TikTok YouTube

One idea leads to the next 07.12.2023 8:36

Each book I've written seems to have had an abberant piece in it - like a doorway to the next book. Preorder my new book: WORKING NINE LIVES WORKING NINE LIVES UM' self help book for creatives: UM My 'Best Of' illustrated poems: Confetti Tornado Find me: Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter darbyhudsonart.com Instagram TikTok