Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Icarus flying home # 8

Spring
Spring is upon us today, sunshine and flowers and birds have decreed it, so it must be true. I have been writing the Bogeyman for what seems like forever now but I am pleased to say it is taking shape and Part I is in first draft. Yay - because I must confess there are times when I think, shit, I can't do this! it's too hard, there are too many words and ochone - the pain of not knowing which one's to choose. But I have chosen some, around 30,000 for now, which is a goodly number. And today I have been writing about our old friend Icarus which is always fun - he has so much to say that boy, even if Ovid never let him (and oh, that is such a good thought I can use - hmmm. thinking out loud or talking to others is good for the soul and the writing - note to self: get out more!). Here is Ben Harper with an Icarus song sent from afar, "...you may not want to see me, on your way down, from the clouds..."