you wake weaker stronger.more determined. this time.you don’t need it anymore. you’ve said your dozens.whispered.wept.wailed.seethed.you dare yourself:to stop.stop.stare.breatheu… Read More

'We need to talk about Sally.''Sally? Right...''Don't act like you don't know what this is about.''Take a deep breath Mary.''This isn't about me, I don't want to talk about me Harry, I want… Read More

You hold your breath.Sink. UP. Deep. Float. Swim. To it's. Edges.Sky. HIGH. xMuseandskipx Read More

Scouring out the vintage and valuable is not a new urban ‘hipster’ phenomenon but for those of us that don’t know our Wedgwoods from our Staffordshires (and don’t par… Read More

She liked to wander the late night.He liked to swallow the early morning.So they met there. To wander-swallow the new day.They clung to the morning’s first corners.They hid in the nigh… Read More

She liked to wander the late night.He liked to swallow the early morning.So they met there. To wander-swallow the new day.They clung to the morning’s first corners.They hid in the nigh… Read More

So the summer (able-bodied) Olympics are over.  I hear the opening and closing ceremonies were a good show?  I might have a YouTube peek.  Now – I am ALL for sport.&nbsp&hell…Read More

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Seems it is the season for the weird, wacky and downright awesome in the name of competition.  Stuff the London Olympics and the Tour de France – I would much rather hear about th… Read More

Today the on screen sentences are disappearing faster than they are appearing as I cull last night’s ‘genius’ short story beginning from a stark looking word document. I mu… Read More

She practices your in and out.  Whispers into your soothe.Breathes in deep your dreaming.She fears loss.  Ebbs by clinging in.  Clinging on.Tangles about you in weat… Read More

My nearest and dearest are getting all love-giddy: engaged, married and baby-ed. They are walking around in a spring, all beautiful glow and doey-eyed planning their dream days and spouting… Read More

I just received my first ‘this is awful, you are shit’ comment about my blog. Sitting ugly in my inbox by Anonymous, I have no means of responding directly to the reader’s… Read More

Flicked.Licked.Shelved.Flashed.Glow.Gloss.Sweat.Rip.Played.Swayed.Sparked.Burned.Glare.Dart.Shoot.Tremble.Owned.xmuse & skipx Read More

It has been over ten years now. It has been eleven.five years. Without her way. Her smile, truly infectious laugh and calming way. It is true. The sun continues to rise. And then it sets. An… Read More

I completely underestimated the amount of uni work that was involved with my Grad Dip. Total respect to all my Masters friends out there. Or to anyone who (insanely) decides to tackle uni wh… Read More

Her day started like any other, a belly full of regular oatmeal fought off the cool late autumn fog and she was on time to catch the less crowded 6.30 am train into the city; she couldn&rsqu&hell…Read More

‘Why do you always wear that fucking Hawaiian shirt?’ Mella sniped on her entry into Kid’s Clovelly studio.‘Afternoon Mella,’ Kid was thankful he wouldn’… Read More

‘Why do you always wear that fucking Hawaiian shirt?’ Mella sniped on her entry into Kid’s Clovelly studio.‘Afternoon Mella,’ Kid was thankful he wouldn’… Read More

Perfect Kerr for US April 2012 Harper's Bazaar.xmuseandskipx Read More

The power of a raw voice, simple chords and an acoustic guitar in evoking memories and place will never be lost on me. Throw in a bearded man whose guitar becomes an extension of splendour a… Read More

Summer is O-V-E-R, or so the seasons say. Though, La Nina pooed all over my summer for the second year running, and I am not quite ready to pack away newly purchased kinis' or give up o… Read More

The world wide web monster is swallowing my slow crawl of creativity. Whole. Indiscriminately. Gobbling it up. I use to struggle to find things to look at on the internet, methodically refre… Read More

The softness before shatterHeart before stoneIt is the spirit over certain calming frenzyBody thrilledMind achingYouConfuse. Drain. Need. Want. FlusterIt is delicately fucked upBesmused, fud… Read More

I am somewhat hesitant to compare any a tune, hum, buzz or murmur to the golden vocal cords of Bon Iver, but James Vincent McMorrow has given me a similar kind of giddy love sway. Imagine my… Read More

Danish artist Theresa Himmer drew inspiration from the movement of water, ice and lava: and coloured parts of Iceland in sequins. And I love sequins. And her for doing it. Gold sequinne… Read More

Kanon Organic Vodka are ingeniously rounding up the inside best of New York Fashion Week through the eyes of fashions finest. And their Instagram lenses. Hours have already been spent trawl… Read More

It baffles me why people insist on drowning a day of love celebration with their negative musings of commercialisation. I agree that 'everyday should be Valentines Day'. But it aint. So let… Read More