The Western Gate

Toing and Froing, Up 'n' Down in the Earth


Writing post (what direction in life?)

Daily writing prompt
What gives you direction in life?

Anything creative. Having gone through the existential misery of wondering what the point of life is and the why’s and wherefore’s I reasoned I would adopt the ‘Orphic’ path, that is, I would appreciate the universe by means of my own creations and express myself in all forms of creative works;- Art, poetry ,music, photography, sculpture, writing, etc, and not now and then, but a continuing path. Flitting between one art form and another stops the ‘writers block’ in that field should it arise. I never want to master any particular path, I have no ambition to be a great writer, a brilliant artist, a fantastic guitarist etc, it’s the process, the moment that I am being creative that is important. It’s not remembering the journey and seeing it as a framed photograph on the wall, or an amusing post on social media, it is the journey, it is the being.
What is my direction, at the crossroads I ignore the sign telling me to go this way or that, and follow the crows.




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Wot’s this all about then Guv’nor ?;-
The Random musings of a nobody. “Dagenham Dave”, is slang for someone one stop short of Barking (mad), though more contemporarily refers to any wayfaring and carefree person. Dagenham is a town to the eastern side of London (Luds Dominium) that was first recorded in a Barking charter in 666a.d. as the town of Daeccanham. Daecca is an ancient man’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’ . Ham is short for Hamlet.
Dave is short for David, Hebrew for ‘Beloved’, My Surname ‘Wenborn’ derives from old English meaning of the Winding Stream.

Contents:-
1/ Book Reviews.

They’re not reviews as such- to recommend or asway, I neither seek to promote nor condemn, more my personal reflections on the books I read. In that respect it’s a subjective thing.
2/ Short Stories and Tales

Short stories borne from imagination, dreams, thoughts and wanderings. Too large to be written in my journal of shadows.
3/ Full Books
Books that were once published elsewhere, I have full copyright on these, and of course given here freely.
4/ Magazines and Articles

Small snippets and articles that may or may not have appeared elsewhere, and information not included in Journal of shadows.
5/ Poetry

A small selection of poetry. Like song, I create as a means to an artistic diary.
6/ WordPress Challenges

Wordpress (where this website is hosted) offer up a daily prompt for people to answer, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.



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