15 weeks of absolute nonsense!!!
Look at the new logo I have made for crazy talk I have found myself making crazy and silly images for crazy talk that perhaps I will share. Absolutely pointless and capitalism is not paying me for them! What’s the point? Well it feels good and I was on the plane literally laughing my head off when I create a keynote with the words CRAZY on and then I put a big image of a pig and an elephant on the slide to make a logo. Y NOT.
Crazy talk is the biggest breadcrumb there is it’s an absolute corn on the COB, or not it’s a baguette. Huge. I am eating it every week and just seeing where crazy life takes me. I love crazy talk and writing about my desire to help unlock creativity and expression in me and others is so pure and feels so good, I will just keep being crazy and seeing what happens.
The crazy talk today that I was just thinking about as I was writing the section above which I need a name for. I can’t really think of anything for it. The Journal. Real Talk. I could do with a wicked name for this wicked newsletter so I can say hello everyone my name is James and I write XXXXXXXXX
I am the founder of this newsletter!
Yes but what I was thinking of as I was writing the newsletter was oh James, what a w*nker you sound like. Sorry for swearing I don’t swear a lot but I do think swear words are a relevant part of the language and used sparingly and not lazily can express real thoughts. Which they are in this case.
I had this voice in my head that was like oh shut up mate, you’re so privileged. What a tough life with all your uncertainty, following all your breadcrumbs to go and live in Lisbon and have a great time.
This voice has been coming up a lot, it’s not a crazy voice, it’s quite a nasty voice, but also a voice I do respect and listen to tbh.
I do worry that what I create, what I do is just distant from the people who need help in our world. Like I’ve been thinking about the climate crisis. I eat a bit of tofu, mainly plants, don’t drive a car but then fly around the world travelling atm. I can’t hand on heart say that I am actively doing my bit to collectively heal the climate mess we are in.
And then I know there is great poverty, great social injustice, great class divides and I feel like it is so easy to just live life in a bubble and do work that serves your bubble. When really I want to pop the bubble and help people and like actually raise the bar for people. So sometimes when I write this newsletter I just think, what are you actually doing on your high horse? It’s literally like the highest horse ever.
This is why I am so glad I am from Stoke, I think Stoke is my superpower, because it will always keep me grounded to the real world. To the actual critical mass of the global population who can’t afford to pay £6.99 for a copy of the Economist or drink goji berry juice.
I get a bit lost because I feel like the only way to help socially, like properly help socially, like actually help people is either to work with big big businesses who employ thousands and thousands of people and reach loads and loads of people or actually work with or in government in someway.
But who the hell wants to work in government?! Which is just the problem isn’t it. Absolutely round in circles.
On the one hand I feel like my intention to help those who actually need help in the world is kind of holding me back from creating or building because I keep thinking of doing stuff and then thinking “what’s the point” but actually tbh I am going to hold it dear like a really warm blanket or teddy bear that I care about a lot and have had since childhood. (Was he called barney mum? The red one with the little toys on?)
*******Because I care, I care about the world and helping people. And whatever I creatively contribute next, has to help, like actually help. Either people or planet or both.*******
Wow crazy talk. This one was absolutely Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer unexpected. Crazy image made below.
Bom Dia.
James your local MP and Mayor of the newsletter.
