Ravings from the Lucid Fringe

Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Another marking moment in the solar year has just passed, and so here are some southern reflections on its meaning and possibilities. Autumn is arriving here in the Cape, and the weather is turning, as is the world. Get full access to Ravings from...

I split this in two as written articles on the Substack site, but you can hear the whole reflection here on the podcast. Previous ‘Homes’ have included the Karoo, the dancefloor, and the garden… within a South African context (my bigger home!) Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get...

Of course, once the mind gets going on the topic of itself, there’s always the chance it will find multiple passageways to explore. So this one’s a little more extended than most! Following on from the previous Life Dimension exploration, Gods on Earth which looked at Bodies. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becomin...

This piece combines the poem I wrote and performed at the Summer Solstice Gathering this week at the Well-being Sanctuary on the Garden Route; and my most recent article/meditation from the Substack. You can find the words for the poem, Givealot Delivery Notes, in the Thickly Mulched Words section of the Substack website. Enjoy! Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To r...

Another installment in this series looking at masculine archetypes. Check out previous episodes on the Wild Man, the Fool, the Lover, the Warrior, and the King! Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lucid Fringe at lucidfringe.substack.com/subscribe

A first enquiry into perhaps the most fundamental aspect of our lives here - the body itself. Our cosmic vehicle. Sit back (or get up and dance) and enjoy the ride! Transhumanists eat your heart out, as it were; a body-directed journey for the mind. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber...

As released last week on my Substack. An enquiry into leadership, particularly from a richer perspective of masculinity, and with a little southern African perspective as well as further north. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lucid Fringe at lu...

A trip into the Cape spring, into ecopoetic memories, into connecting a little more with the green. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lucid Fringe at lucidfringe.substack.com/subscribe

Something of an extended play episode this week covering a journey through dance, and through places that have become home, thanks to movement. With gratitude for all those teachers and modalities that have guided me over the years to my body-home. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber....

I’ve returned to recording after a little hiatus, at least enough to catch up with recent articles from my Substack! This one looks at the Warrior, as I continue to explore the archetypes as generators of valuable felt metaphor in our lives, particularly as men. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or pa...

I was called to write this many years ago. At this point I’m enjoying sharing my articles freely, and much of my poetry. My stories and fiction are a little more precious to me, and some of them are behind a paywall along with some ancient blog pieces, you can find them in the Archive or the Thickly Mulched Words tab of my substack site. Not the audio versions, however, which I’m happy to be putti...

As released in an article form today. Continuing the series, with a little love-glue. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lucid Fringe at lucidfringe.substack.com/subscribe

A series of more recent poetry, performed often in recent years but not released in audio form on any platform. These were all released last year on my Substack in written form for the first time, you can read the words here . Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ra...

A new series - returning to the beginnings. Coming Home. As in this week’s Substack article, while I travel once more into the invisible lands. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lucid Fringe at lucidfringe.substack.com/subscribe

Originally published here as an article at my Substack. Some thoughts and recollections on a major learning curve in my life! Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lucid Fringe at lucidfringe.substack.com/subscribe

Obviously there’s something a little Foolish about the title to this whole podcast and newsletter. Fools go on rambles, as much as they go on journeys. Paradoxes start to abound once one deals with fools - beware! As the trickster would not remember to say. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid su...

This piece was originally released as an article on my blog back in 2016. (My maths is off in the recording :) ) You can find it here in the articles archive . Having looked at aspects of the masculine last time, this was originally a playful little look at polarity that caused more controversy in the comments than I was expecting! I still think it’s a good, playful look at things, and makes some...

As released earlier today on my Substack in written form: Wild Men A deeper look at Iron John and his ilk. And how vital he is for modern men. With gratitude to Robert Bly’s work. Also on Spotify etc! Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lucid Fring...

Another poetic interlude! Before returning next week to an audio version of my newest Substack article, watch this space. These poems have been in print for many years but not recorded, unlike much of my later work. Poems spoken here are: * Tick Tock Tick - a little gentle slamming * Flying on the Lucid Fringe - my edgy flight piece (see episode 14 for more details!) * Cybernoise - written before...

And so we return to the beginning, perhaps… as the elements cycle around. This week’s article, in podcast format, completing this particular series of ramblings around Southern African life through the lens of six ancient elements. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access...

Being another episode originally published as an article in late 2023. Quite a contrast to last week! And the series concludes next week with a last trip through the elements, before moving on to pastures new. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lu...

A brand new piece, released as an article too, as I extend this series further into that least common element. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Ravings from the Lucid Fringe at lucidfringe.substack.com/subscribe

Revisiting this article in audio format. Returning to my series on the more-than-four elements, which I’m going to extend in coming weeks. Remember, please let me know if you have ideas for other topics I could meander around in future episodes! Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Th...

A combination of my two final Mexican articles: Soul Food and Soul Footsteps, and Big Apples in the CDMX. There are four episodes in total about Mexico - see episodes 5,6 and 12 for the previous chapters! All are available as articles too at the substack page. Ravings from the Lucid Fringe is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid...

Most of these reflective pieces appeared in my 2009 book, Flying on the Lucid Fringe, a few hard copies of which are still available from me if you want to ask! I set myself the task of looking at a year in my childhood each time. The titles of the pieces are as follows: * New Catton 1977 * Government Milk and Bigger Things 1978 * Seven (‘neath the Severn) 1979 * Sausage Dogs and Well-intentioned...