notes

Thinking about how thoughts live, grow and reproduce in spaces, how they adapt and thrive or are silenced and pushed out.

Showing what a thought does, (its role in the ant colony of the mind) by showing where it comes from Holgate working mens club, men telling stories about being sent on a wild goose chase by some idiot, talking about holidays by the fruit machine, grandad and his mates chatting as they guard their dominoes, kids weaving through tables to pick up a prize from the front, a nod as two me cross paths in the corridor out of the toilets, jamie the landlords son having a laugh with some blokes by the bar, Deb and Dave telling me they dont know how much a 14 year old can drink these days as they pass me another pint. The thoughts

Following a story

Looking whose in

Looking who to avoid

Judging the mood at the table

Are the kids alright?Are the fellas alright?

Looking to see if other people are alright,

Having a chat at the bar

Finding out about the latest news about everyone else

Instead of thinking of thoughts as abstract things on another plane, I’m trying to recognise that they grow in and around people as we get on with our lives.

Asking myself which kinds of thoughts and behaviours thrive in this place and which are pushed away?