Inspiration I could have done with back then:

"Two months after my 18th birthday..I became aware..there were two possible choices to make. One was to swallow the contents of a bottle of sleeping pills..the other..to go away, leaving no traces..I knew I had no desire to be dead so..I wrote..to my mother..saying I needed $125 for textbooks..& please to send it immediately."

A week later #PaulBowles booked passage for $125 on the next transatlantic steamer to Europe.

My #stencil from 2009

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‘It's very hard to write about that which is always beautiful and pleasant and good. You don't get anywhere with it. There's no friction in it. There's no trouble. You have to have trouble. Somebody's got to get in trouble, or no one wants to read it.’

Paul Bowles

#amwriting #nanowrimo #paulbowles

Today's inspiration comes from the fabulous #folkhorror #zine #Hellebore and its great article on #Pan associations in the 60s #art and #music scene by Katy Soar. So I'll be playing #SydBarrett and the #PaulBowles recordings of The Music of #Morocco all day long. 🗝️ #MondayMotivation