Long Form 2020

An Index Of My Work.
Journaling Through The Lockdown

‘And people... are realising that Netflix is boring, that the news-cycle is speculation &context-free statistics designed to induce despair... and that what life is actually about is community, commensality and communion’

https://thomasjbevan.com/journaling/ 
Quarantine The News

‘ To live in your head, to live in the despair of hyper-information and speculation or to live in the moment, in reality, no matter how shrunken it has for the moment become. Those are the choices.’

https://thomasjbevan.com/quarantine-the-news/
Vices and Boredom

‘You see boredom is good. Well no, boredom itself isn’t good. It’s boring. but the process of going through it is good. It is vital even. On the other side of boredom is resiliency, self-understanding, peace.‘

https://thomasjbevan.com/vices_boredom/ 
Transcendent Art- On Abundant Means and Sparse Means

‘... regardless of an individuals faith and beliefs, I feel that the highest purpose of art is transcendence.

Which begs the question, how do you make your art transcendent?‘

https://thomasjbevan.com/transcendent-art/
The Program- A Short Story

‘But in here, in so-called prison, I paint my best work, free, clean, healthy, at peace. I paint skilful work- whatever I want, however I want- and I am fit and I am happy, truly. Only in here have I finally found my freedom…’

https://thomasjbevan.com/the-program/ 
Mark E. Smith- Tribute

‘... And through being a true autodidact who voraciously read and listened to and consumed everything, he was able to see beyond the estates and menial jobs that should have been his destiny.‘

https://thomasjbevan.com/mark-e-smith-tribute/
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