I Think All Of Us Are Living

I Say Us - Obviously I Don't Vote As I Believe Democracy Is A Pointless Spectacle Where We Choose Between Two Indistinguishable Political Parties, Neither Of Whom Represent The People But The Interest Of Powerful Business Elites That Run The World.

Everyone Has Their Own Mantra.

Turns Out It Was Mostly A Lie. But, At Least For A Short While, It Was A Beautiful One.

From Quite Early On, I Had This Idea Of Compartmentalized Identities - 'this Is How You Are When You Are With Your Mum, And This Is How You Are When You Are With Your Dad' - So It Seemed Like I Could Never Absolutely Be Myself. And The Image Of Myself As Compromised And Inconsistent Made Me Want To Withdraw From The World Even Further. I Had A Sense Of Formulating A Paper-mache Version Of Myself To Send Out In The World, While I Sat Controlling It Remotely From Some Smug Suburban Barracks.

I Know That's The Sort Of Thing People Say And I Really Hate It When People Say The Sort Of Things People Say. I Always Think, 'you Don't Mean That, You Just Think It Sounds Good.