Author Archives: The Other Me
All Change
I’m about to make some huge changes. If the numerous decisions of my life were arranged as emails in my Gmail account, I’d star this one and create a folder called ‘HUGE CHOICES’ and file it in there along with … Continue reading
FREE DOWNLOAD. My New Single – (Love Is) Here Now
It’s taken forever, but my first release ‘(Love Is) Here Now’ is finally finished! Shameless self promotion aside, I thought I’d use this post to say a little something about the producer of this track Justin Atherley. I’ve known Jay … Continue reading
Posted in Music, My News
Tagged download, free, justin Atherley, music, neo-soul, Sean J. Rankine, single, uk soul, writing
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Struggle (an old spoken word piece)
I need some help through this mess. Feels like I’m swimming upstream through weeds of self-consciousnesses. I digress daily. And through my eyes closed sinning. Try to readdress through these lines I’m singing. To friends and foes, doors close on … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged fears, help, hypocrisy, music, pain, poem, self-consciousness, spoken word, struggle, writing
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Paris!
Last weekend we had a small second honeymoon in Paris. We’ve both visited before, but this was our first time together. It was cool, as we’re a little more cultured than we were in our youth. (how pretentious does that … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Musings, Personal
Tagged art, french, gallery, hipstamatic, iPhone, jeu de paume, paris, photography, tourist, weekend, writing
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Stepping Back From The Keyhole
I had the weirdest experience last week on the way home from work, no not breaking down again. This was less common than running out of fuel. This is so strange I’m not entirely sure whether I should post this, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Musings
Tagged body, claustrophobia, delusion, epiphany, experience, frame, interaction, madness, musings, strange, weird, writing
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Creative Writer Blogging Award (with new poem)
Yesterday I received an award. The Creative Writer Blogging Award. “This award is given to those who share their creativity through writing stories, poems and themselves through their writing. The rules are that this award should be given to those … Continue reading
Posted in My News, Poetry
Tagged award, blogging, blogs, creative writing award, entertaining, following, nomination, poem, poetry, reading, writing
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The Long Walk
So I’m one of those optimists who can normally find positivity in most undesirable situations. “There’s a reason for everything,” is one of the brushes I regularly employ to paint in that silver lining. Yesterday the paint brush came out … Continue reading
Finding Myself
As most of you that read this regularly know, I am slap bang in between my mid and late thirties, aka 37. I’m not going through a mid life crisis, but I am looking within a little more nowadays. I … Continue reading
Posted in Musings, Personal
Tagged accent, crisis, identity, improvement, integrity, jamaica, London, mid-life, musings, parents, self, sympathetic, writing, xenophobia
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Introducing Jahsharn aka My Big Sis
I come from a creative family. My father used to DJ for the infamous Coxsone Sound System. My brother Stephen was also a DJ, playing rare groove and soul to crowds around London. My sister Delane sings, my wife is … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Musings
Tagged art, brother, creativity, family, interview, jahsharn, juxt, paula gardener, photography, poetry, sister, talent, writing
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Ocean’s Swim. (Novel Excerpt)
I’m now about halfway through my novel, or 40k words. I’m not one of these writers who makes huge chapter plans and knows their characters’ back stories, likes, dislikes, inside leg measurements; not that I’m saying that is bad, in … Continue reading
Posted in Literary, My News
Tagged dream, fiction, literature, love, methods, novel, photography, process, swim, time, words, writing
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