“…and they get to the point where they feel they no longer have any choice. We create our own slavery, but I’m going to get through and find out the kind of man I am — or die.” - Charles Mingus

“It’s getting more and more difficult for man to just love. And fewer men are making a real effort to find exactly who they are and to build on that knowledge. Most people are forced to do things they don’t want to all the time...” 1/2

The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth. Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it. Every single time.

I feel seen.

"A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of a few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all”- Tacitus

As long as we are talking #RobertRedford, Milagro Beanfield War Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.”- Ishmael