I have 20 minutes to write crazy talk because the veg is in the oven roasting and I have put a timer on for 20 minutes.
George told me to listen to a John Mayer song that is playing, it is about a train Choo Choo, don’t stop the train.
I will see George soon in Lisbon :)
This week I was going to just share a stream of crazy photos! For crazy talk, it would have been crazy images. Or crazy pictures how crazy.
I am not going to do that because sometimes too many pictures makes mail chimp go boom boom and crash crash
Instead here are the pictures I would share that are images of what’s in my head. But I am writing them down and not sharing the image?
- a nice juicy satsuma that is orange
- a lime that is green
- Jose Andres the chef, larger than life Spanish guy. We Feed People on Disney+
- Sarah my wife smiling :) love you
- a selfie of me after having my haircut in Lisbon
- a triangle (a big one at a funny angle) in red.
- a carrot in the earth with just the top seen but really there is a carrot in the earth
- Mickey Mouse dancing and tom and jerry too (:
As I think we can all tell if you are an avid reader of crazy talk I have been struggling with privilege and guilt and things like that, I have really been feeling like “but I want more people to be more crazy, but is that good for the world?”
I don’t know if being crazy is good for the world, but I think it might be you know because more crazy = more creativity and more diversity and that’s definitely good
Also don’t we need crazy solutions to big problems?
Like take a big big big big problem in the world and then create 50 different crazy crazy solutions, that will probably be a good thing.
I have been trying to put my guilt in my pocket and think what do I have to offer? What can I use? What do I have to give? LOADS
Because to create it to give something to the world, but if I’m gonna give something to the world, then it’s got to be good, it’s got to be meaningful. I think I like to heal and make things a little better in some way. I really don’t like social injustices and I think that is what drew me to mental health back in the day, because I felt like it was so wrong and unfair that people were suffering in silence and couldn’t get the support they need.
I haven’t found the problem that is drawing me in that just makes me think “arghhhhh I must take you down, I must solve you, I must make this better.” I do not have fire in my belly.
My belly is empty and starting to get hungry now. Grrrr.
I do have lots to give and what’s crazy about crazy talk is that through crazy talk I will live in the moment find the next crazy mission and venture.
ADVENTURE
CRAZY VENTURE.
It will happen I know it will.
It could just be like 20 years or 2 years or 2 months and that’s ok, I should probably focus on resting and relaxing!! I keep forgetting about that!
I need a GENTLE TALK section that reminds me to go slowly, softly, gently. It should be the section where I write down all the things that my mum would be happy if I did. Sleep, relax, sort any lingering physical health conditions out (eyes), make memories with Sarah. Relax and don’t think as much.
Yes gentle talk, slow slow slow slow.
Rest rest rest.
I have just released an album and have been on tour and now I am resting before I write my next album.
I am not ed sheeran.
I am James.
That was a good one, I like the idea of gentle talk.
GENTLE TALK//CALM TALK
The call whispered, “go gently”
in a soft voice no louder than an exhale
An invisible hand settles softly on your shoulder
warmly, slowing you down
In touch saying,
stay right here
You’re ok
You’ve done enough