the writer at work (part i)
I think the Guardian Saturday Review has replaced Posy Simmond's Literary Life with something refreshing. I've always liked Simmond's sweet dainty wit, and whilst Review puts us in limbo with four words: "Posy Simmonds is away", gladly, Tom Gauld is equally amusing. Failed to find an on-line version of The Writer at Work, but basically it starts off with Ben Jonson--so cute. Prolific Jonson is writing another play, and reaches a mind block. He pops out for some air, but finds out that he forgot his keys. Monologue:
"What an idiot"
"Still, I suppose Anne'll be back from the shops soon enough"
"God. I hope no-one I know comes past and sees me"
"... Sitting out on the stoop like an urchin"
"I could tell them that I'm out enjoying the fresh air" *he waits*
"Christ! How long does it take to buy some bloody groceries"
"If I was at my desk I'd be pulsing with great ideas"
"Pulsing"
Creations like these just makes you think the writer you study is like a next door neighbour. *smiles*
Tom Gauld's The Effect of Original Thinking via TheAOI