'Disgrace' J.M. Coetzee, 1999

Vintage Books, London, 2011

p. 3
"Although he devotes hours of each day to his new discipline, he finds its first premise, as enunciated in the Communications 101 handbook, preposterous: 'Human society has created language in order that we may communicate our thoughts, feelings and intentions to each other.' His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origins of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the overlarge and rather empty human soul."  

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v21/n20/elizabeth-lowry/like-a-dog

http://www.salon.com/1999/11/05/coetzee/

http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/11/28/reviews/991128.28gorrat.html

David Shrigley

" ... the way I make work is that I discard the majority of it, the vast majority of it - sort of a way of taking the pressure off any individual drawing, knowing the likelihood is that it will be thrown in the bin. I guess that's the key to doing anything in a way, is to convince yourself you're doing something else. If you have to write an essay or something you'll always end up hoovering the living room."

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksandartsdaily/david-shrigley27s-how-are-you-feeling3f/4739544

http://www.davidshrigley.com/

http://www.antonkerngallery.com/artist/david-shrigley/#/hello-there

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/01/david-shrigleys-signs-of-life.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/david-shrigleys-fine-line-between-art-and-fun-nominated-for-turner-prize-8587267.html

Kate Tempest: spoken word performer

RN Late Night Live
Phillip Adams inerviews Kate Tempest

PA: "... been so welcomed by the world of arts, haven't you? There's been no barriers put up ..."
KT: "I think I've been hammering those barriers down incessantly - the arts - they really didn't have a choice - I've been doing it and doing it ..." 


KT: "The only difference between a writer who dreams of being a writer and a writer being a writer is finishing something - as soon as it's finished you can move on - you get better - it might be awful - but you can move on."

 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/kate-tempest2c-performance-poet/4696900

http://katetempest.co.uk/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/apr/10/kate-tempest-performance-poet-cant-be-ignored

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/11/kate-tempest-poet-interview_n_1874317.html

http://www.live-magazine.co.uk/2012/08/behind-the-scenes-with-kate-tempest-and-live-magazine/