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Blah Di DaWriting a whole book as fast as I canPumping out a 3rd book - writing as fast as I can. Some thoughts....Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-02-2612 minBlah Di DaMy new book for an artist's heart lost in the worldA little chat about my new book, "You're Going To Be Ok"Get "You're Going To Be Ok" here as a paperback or audiobookGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-02-1900 minBlah Di DaBorrowing the atmosphere of my favourite writersMy favourite writers brought me relief.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-02-1917 minBlah Di DaThe thing you are good at is hiding in plain sightI was great at writing when I was 17, then ditched it for decades.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-02-0510 minBlah Di DaPlanting stories in real-life locationsI love how stories bring magic to real life locations. Like a shared dream.Audiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-01-2911 minBlah Di DaGetting my new book from publisher Andrews Mcmeel in the mailAudiobook Spotify presave link for "You're Going To Be Ok"I recieved my book as a physical book! Exciting to feel it in my hands as a little world. Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-01-2311 minBlah Di DaRecording an audiobook - behind the scenes and some thoughtsA little behind the scenes of recording my audiobook of You're Going To Be Ok and some thoughts on recording it.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-01-1512 minBlah Di DaAtmosphere over storyI loved atmospheres as a kid. Then stories helped me as I got older. But I've read most of the stories and they all seem to repeat. So I've been returning to the beauty of atmosphere.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-01-0815 minBlah Di DaHow I found energy after work to make art and break out of the jail of meaningless jobsIt wasn't easy. It was like being two Sisyphus's at once.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2026-01-0111 minBlah Di DaRevisiting my 2009 tweets wasn't a good ideaGoing through my old twitter account, seeing the hard=won evolutionGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-12-1912 minBlah Di DaFinding my writing voice took the length equivalent of 4.5 PhDsI stuck with creativity for a long time (33 years) before anything happened.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-12-1110 minBlah Di DaWriting update....Onto a third book this weekGet my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-12-0411 minBlah Di DaWriting is the hardest work I've ever doneI've worked a lot of jobs but writing full time is the heaviest lifting. I'm lifting the full weight of all my boringness and trying to make it the lightest thing to read.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-11-2711 minBlah Di Da5 years on writing full time after quitting my jobJust trying to relax after pushing myself hard with writing for 5 years.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-11-2010 minBlah Di DaFollowing the Art Spirit through darkness into lightI've been blinding following the Art Spirit for decades. It's let me through dark places and maybe finally into a small patch of light.Get my book, "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & Preorder "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel):ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-11-1309 minBlah Di DaJust make something goodSome thoughts on attention spans and the crappy stories we're being fed that messes with our attention spans.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-11-0610 minBlah Di DaTrying to remember my book is magic, not a unit to sellMe book's been out nearly a month in the US and a few weeks in Australia. I've been watching the charts as it goes up and down. It's been doing my head in. So I've returned in a more dedicated way to writing and little more sane again.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:Get my books hereMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:...
2025-10-3010 minBlah Di DaI've become more writer than humanI'm curious as to where these books lead... and not just to write yet another book. Althought I'm going to write a third book, I'm still very curious. PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-10-2310 minBlah Di DaSigning me book that's just outStruggling with life at the moment, good stuff is happening and bad stuff at once. It's funny how that happens.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-10-1909 minBlah Di DaThe fear of sharing art to an audienceA few thoughts on audience size and fear of sharing art and writing to a big audiencePREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-10-0910 minBlah Di DaToday is for people with art, tomorrow for people with plansA few thoughts on a future opening up after existing in a single long endless day most of my life. And some thoughts on writing my two books.PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-10-0310 minBlah Di DaThe need to create under a new patch of sky (live overseas)Some thoughts on making art in new places, planting the seed to leave Australia, and my new book a week or so away!PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-09-2512 minBlah Di DaNervy thoughts on releasing a bookPREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-09-1912 minBlah Di DaNever ending search for homePREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-09-1209 minBlah Di Da30 years of following the "art god"PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-09-0510 minBlah Di DaMasculine and feminine energy in booksPREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-08-2915 minBlah Di DaThe BS of artists "making it" at a certain agePREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-08-2212 minBlah Di DaBlending comedy and poetryPREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-08-1512 minBlah Di DaModern poetry all sounds the same for a reasonPREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-08-0813 minBlah Di DaCreative theft or just whinging?PREORDER ME BOOKS: 2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" & "You're Going To Be Ok" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available:PREORDER ME BOOKSMy books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-08-0110 minBlah Di DaBorrowing the essence of classic booksSome thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race and The Sopranos2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-07-1811 minBlah Di DaGood art makes everything else seem like it's pretendingSome thoughts on RuPauls Drag Race and The Sopranos2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-07-1110 minBlah Di DaSometimes books are homeWriting my way into the world.2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-07-0409 minBlah Di DaWriting my way out of mental straitjackets2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-06-2710 minBlah Di DaArt is a passport to travel the world2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-06-2010 minBlah Di DaThe average age of best selling authors is 48-522nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-06-1312 minBlah Di DaI swapped cynicism for wonder and my life changed2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-06-0612 minBlah Di DaArt is a passport to the heart2nd expanded edition of "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)" (published by Andrews McMeel) now available to preorder:DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:www.darbyhudson.comFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-05-3011 minBlah Di DaThe magic, quiet eye of mum's stormMore on writing mum's book and touring the US later this year.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-05-2315 minBlah Di DaHow many followers I needed before publishers came knocking (250k)Some thoughts on self publishing and traditional publishing. And getting what you want when you no longer need what you want.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-05-1618 minBlah Di Da15 Years Writing with Beers by the Tracks — The Best Part of My DayI wrote by the train tracks for 12 years.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-05-0918 minBlah Di DaWriting from character (more on mum)Nearly finished a deal with a traditional publisher.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-05-0214 minBlah Di DaMore on Mum's bookFinishing off a second draft for a second edition of mum's book.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-04-2511 minBlah Di DaMum's voice and my voice. And writing mum's voice.Writing mum's voice was a lot of fun. It was a strange channeling of her spirit.My new book: "DARBY, LOVE... (Alive things mum said before she died)"DARBY, LOVE (ALIVE THINGS MUM SAID BEFORE SHE DIED)My books and prints:Books and printsFind me:My free eBook of poemsInstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-04-1809 minBlah Di DaMum: and the alive things she told me before she died2nd Edition "Darby, Love..." (pubished by Andrews McMeel) now available for preorderFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-04-0716 min
Planting Seeds with SoulEpisode 17 | Corey and Darby Hudson | Writer, Poet, ArtistThis one goes deep. I sit down with Darby Hudson — a writer, poet, and artist whose words hit different. Darby opens up about the raw side of creativity — the roadblocks, the breakthroughs, and the weird balance of light and dark that comes with making art. We talk about the beauty and the mess of it all — why mistakes matter, how creativity sometimes shows up through chaos, and why staying true to the process is harder than it looks. I share my own experience of building a business on artificial confidence fueled by cocaine — how it worked, how it all fell apa...
2025-03-1857 min
Turek Books PodcastDeepening the Mystery w/ Darby Hudson (Poet)Poet Darby Hudson joins host, Joshua Turek one day in the future from Melbourne, Australia to discuss giving into books that are like "ice cream for the mind." He speaks of how he was raised by divorced parents, one who indulged the low brow while the other sought more challenging reads. The two poets and instagram video dudes discuss their remote friendship and get into everything from David Lynch to the Neverending Story.Seattle and Chicago! Joshua is going to be headlining comedy shows in your cities soon!SEATTLE Oct. 25 at the Here-After tickets...
2024-10-221h 13
Ballarat Bags PodcastDr Dermot Hudson Chairman of the (DPRK) Korean Friendship Association of the UK ep 99Interview with Dr Dermot Hudson, Chairman of the British Group for the Study of the Juche Idea and Chairman of the (DPRK) Korean Friendship Association of the UK.https://www.youtube.com/@SONGUN007https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009007287910https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091470717768https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/kfajuche?fbclid=IwY2xjawEbC89leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZesmT2NzXTanUJOOz3B3YCHSFsGF9_YwqDBwIBK4xmg_jBtnBmzjpeofQ_aem_CqwGpPiUwoYHXhcDpWvo6Ahttps://juche007-anglo-peopleskoreafriendship.blogspot.com/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEbDUFleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXybkZ4Yt_AoxUFrMjBw2xEge4038fPGosF6a8zzw1ha9pvv900ooj5Q7g_aem_sNEJihIBteQ4CJnjdYQ8-g...
2024-08-032h 03Blah Di DaHonouring my 8 year old self's decisions to make booksHonouring my 8 year old self's decision to make booksNew poetry collection 2023:WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLESTUM' self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-09-0107 minBlah Di DaHave faith in shit ideas: from 200 views of a poem, to half a million (with the same poem)I mucked around with TikTok for 4 years before I had a breakthrough. One idea inititally only had 200 views. I reposted it a few years later with now over 500000 views. Here's what happened, what I did.New poetry collection 2023:WASTE YOUR LIFE TO THE FULLESTUM' self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-08-2509 minBlah Di DaLimiting myself creatively to free myself creativelyI've had a weird week where my TikTok account moderately exploded after 4 years of playing around with poetry on that platform. Here's what happened.UM' self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-08-1809 minBlah Di DaI often make my brain to ask itself: what would legs do?My legs have taken me to heaven and hell. They've got me into and out of trouble. They're inhabited with a pure spirit.UM' self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-08-1108 minBlah Di DaMaking art while working a full time job: art before the horseIt's tough eeking out art that is (naturally) adventurous in spirit while simultaneously having it crushed by people determined to wear their work costumes and talk in blabber in workplaces that (have to) pretend to care. Here's some of my experience.UM' self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-08-0410 minBlah Di DaHalf baked ideas I've been playing withI've been rolling around some thoughts this week. I'm just not sure how they will grow yet.UM' self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-07-2809 minBlah Di DaCreatives need breaks to be improveI'm managine my time better. I've been writing without immediately posting it. Holding onto ideas for 5 days. While feedback can have a purpose for putting together some of my work, the constant feedback loop was starting to take me off course. So I'm learning to not post stuff right away and actually give myself whole days off writing. It's been super helpful.UM' self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.com...
2023-07-2112 minBlah Di DaGreat art lets you see the world for what it isRe-watching the Sopranos 20 years made me remember what great art can be. And great modern art isn't public, in a gallery or found on social media. It's found in weird texts between friends.UM' self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-07-1409 minBlah Di DaRoad Trip to free up creativityJust a little talk to myself on getting unstuck through movement.UM' book, a self help book for creatives:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-07-0709 minBlah Di DaCharles Bukowski, poet, and what I've learned from himWhat I've learned from the poet Charles Bukowski.My favourite book of his: The Last Night Of The Earth Poems'UM' book, a self help book for creatives (the distilled 'best bits' of this podcast):UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-06-3015 minBlah Di DaMaking stuff from mess and it's easier than ever to be an individualThis episode is a bit skittish. I talk about a bunch of random things from growing stuff from your own mess and how easy it is to be an individual and therefore an artist these days.'UM' book, a self help book for creatives (the distilled 'best bits' of this podcast):UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-06-2311 min
The Wind Thieved HatEpisode 32 / Darby Hudson‘Sometimes a fuck up isn’t a fuck up: it’s the angel on the shoulder of the devil on your shoulder.’These lines were among the first I came across by the Australian poet and artist Darby Hudson. I liked them so much I asked if I could use them to head a chapter on mistakes in my own book. Darby said yes, and so began our correspondence. I’ve thought for a while that Darby would be an excellent guest on the Wind Thieved Hat and when I found out that he was about to p...
2023-06-191h 15Blah Di DaWaking life runs on dream logic more than we probably care to admitThere doesn't really feel like there are lessons to be learned when waking life is riddled with dream logic.'UM' book, a self help book for creatives (the distilled 'best bits' of this podcast:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-06-1609 minBlah Di DaCats and creativityCats have incredible amounts of zen and attitude. I've borrowed much of this when writing my work.'UM' book, a self help book for creatives (the distilled 'best bits' of this podcast:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-06-0910 minBlah Di DaSelf censoring making artI ramble on about self censorship and trying to create interesting thoughts and planting ideas in different geographical locations.'UM' book, a self help book for creatives (the distilled 'best bits' of this podcast:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-06-0209 minBlah Di DaDressing my words in pyjamas by handwritingI've been handwriting again a fair bit. Words look more magical, as if they're dressed in pyjamas when handwritten in pencil. Fonts in Microsoft Word look 'adult' and dressed in suits.'UM' book, a self help book for creatives (the distilled 'best bits' of this podcast:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-05-2610 minBlah Di DaReaching the edge of culture and creating my own worldHere I ramble on about reaching the edge of culture and needing to make it up myself, To collaborating with myself from ten years ago.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF - soon to be a paperback):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterdarbyhudsonart.comInstagramTikTok
2023-05-1912 minBlah Di DaPoems that shake me aliveI talk about poems that shake me awake, detach me from my shadow, and let me fly into the sky. And the reasons (perhaps) why they do this. It’s been said when writing, “say it straight and make it great”. But the best lines are when they’re said straight, and don’t need to be made great. My favourite poems are often this way.'UM' book, a self help book for creatives (the distilled 'best bits' of this podcast:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:
2023-05-1209 minBlah Di Da"UM": my little (big) book I've made that's sort of a self help for creativesI talk a little about my new book - you can get a 50% discount for the current eBook version, I give the code out towards the end of the episode that you can enter at the checkout on my site. I will make it into a print book. It's basically a distilled version of what I think might be the most useful stuff for artists/creatives that I've mentioned across the previous 30 episodes! :)'UM' book, a self help book for creatives (the distilled 'best bits' of this podcast:UMMy 'Best Of' illustrated...
2023-05-0412 minBlah Di DaI applied for 2500 jobs with the stupidest resumeWhile struggling with meaningless jobs in my 30s, I started getting stupid with life, framing my electricity bill in an Officeworks frame and selling it as 'art' for the price that was due. And applying with 2500 jobs with a stupid resume. This is from my ebook, out soon, called UM: Things I've learned about creativity and poetry. It's my first little 'how to' book for creatives on publishing, arting, and writing, Out soon.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've...
2023-04-2809 minBlah Di DaBalancing darkness and light in poetryI began as a humourist in my 20s, writing for The Chaser and making 'gag' cartoons for Inkgroup greeting cards. But I found flat out humour limiting, until I started to mix poetry with it in my 30s.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTok...
2023-04-2108 minBlah Di DaSearching for truth and wisdom in unlikely placesI talk about searching for truth and wisdom in unlikely places and separating the art from the artist. I went down a Charles Manson rabbit hole this week. This episode is obviously not an 'endorsement' of him or his actions, (clearly he was a psychopath) rather, some of his quotes, removed from the context of his life and legal convictions (and objectively looked at), are undoubtedly interesting.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And Poetry
2023-04-1409 minBlah Di DaAdulting in a creative lifeI've found it hard to balance being in fairly regular contact with the old inner-child, to help creativity, while adulting in a world that has no time for that stuff.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTokdarbyhudsonart.com
2023-04-0710 minBlah Di DaCreativity in trying-not-tryingI took a few weeks break from writing (a few weeks back). I'm still completely distracting myself with football and de-prioritised writing, and voila, I've never felt more creative. Creativity is a difficult creature that sometimes only seems to arrive when it's not exclusively focused on.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter
2023-03-3010 minBlah Di DaThe exhaustion of acting normal in a weird worldNine-to-fives are really just paid acting gigs. Popular and award winning culture rarely makes sense to the heart. The world talks in cliche, so words may as well be numbers. Some thoughts on the strangeness of the world, the strangeness of culture, and how it works for art and writing.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe...
2023-03-2211 minBlah Di DaThe past is a foreign countryThe past is a foreign country, wrote L.P. Hartley. Here I wander around Richmond where I grew up in the 80s. Things have changed. A small reflection on what the world was and what the world has become.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTok
2023-03-1707 minBlah Di DaSelf publishing isn't a dirty wordHow I started publishing; getting published by a publisher who isn't you; and self publishing. Independent music and film is glamorised - self publishing books is seen as dirty and 'vanity publishing'. But the tides have well and truly changed.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTok
2023-03-0810 minBlah Di DaSecond week off writing thoughts2 weeks off writing and I'm waffling about complaint poetry, writing to untangle mess, and clues to find a new direction for writing.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTokdarbyhudsonart.com
2023-03-0108 minBlah Di DaCreative burnout - relaxing is hard workI'm feeling creatively burnt out, I can't see the poetry in things anymore. Clouds look dead in the sky. So I have to engage in this paradox: the best creativity only comes when unforced and relaxed; so I'm forcing myself to take a break from creativity to relax.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very...
2023-02-2308 min
Blah Di DaEditing, writing and painting my new book CONFETTI TORNADOMy new book, CONFETTI TORNADO (new and selected works) is the first book of poetry I've illustrated/painted. It's also a collection of works that are some of my faves drawn from my 3 current books, and I'm still not sick of them.In this episode, thoughts on :•putting the book together•editing: leaving out cultural hot-takes, and more towards anachronistic/grasping at innocence•how colour and painting influenced the writingOut now:Get Confetti TornadoMy instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've m...
2023-02-1611 minBlah Di DaComedians tell the truth more than poets these daysA Poet Laureate for Australia? I think we need a Comedian Laureate.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTokdarbyhudsonart.com
2023-02-0910 minBlah Di DaEarning years of life to earn poetryI ramble about what I thought in my 20s, 30s and 40s and how earning years of life brings more conviction to writing through simply recognising the patterns and cycles of the world.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTokdarbyhudsonart.com
2023-02-0310 minBlah Di DaIdeas I had this week that didn't quite workI had a bunch of ideas that I tried to plant and grow this week. None of them worked. Here they are. And what I thought of them. And what I might do with them. Some ideas that seem crap may work in a day or in 10 years from now with a new idea to bring them to life.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems...
2023-01-2612 minBlah Di DaFinding ideas/wisdom/truth outside the popular opinion of the crowdContrarian wisdom and unpopular opinion can produce sacred truth. Here I talk about finding ideas in the small spaces against the popular opinion of the crowd - the space where the unsaid is said.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTokdarbyhudsonart.com
2023-01-1810 minBlah Di DaThe Wizard Of Oz and The Never Ending Story are documentariesTwo childhood films feel more important than the news these days. The world feels upsidedown and often a hostile place to publish the heart's truths. Some thoughts about this. And a quick mention of my new 'best of' book, out in Feb or March!My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poemsConfetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletter...
2023-01-1209 minBlah Di Da11 poems, artists & places that have greatly inspired meMy favourite artists and places who have massively inspired my work. Sometimes I feel like I'm just a poor rip off of all my influences. I think as an artist, we grow and move from being inspired by other artists, to the original source itself: places/nature.Links to poems artists mentioned in this episode:Michael Leunig – Come Sit Down Beside Me (poem)https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/430797520581952550/IG: https://www.instagram.com/leunigstudio/Charles Bukowski – The Laughing Heart (poem)https://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_amer...
2023-01-0316 minBlah Di DaSpirits (and other random weekly stuff while walking around talking shit into my phone)This weeks brain dump on cat spirits, chanelling my mum's spirit (and a boring conversation from beyond life), and finding garlic in the supermarket.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:InstagramTikTokdarbyhudsonart.com
2022-12-2109 minBlah Di DaI wrote this episode by walkingA good walk kickstarts ideas, thoughts, inspiration. I didn't have anything ready for this episode, so I just started walking and letting it happen. Movement always inspires something. And I love a good flaneuring. Subjects include the anaesthetic qualities of doomscrolling, car mirrors with cobwebs as fly nets for spiders, and just noticing stuff on the streets. Recorded in walking Collingwood streets, alleys and Preston Market, Melbourne.Find me:InstagramTikTokdarbyhudsonart.com
2022-12-1409 minBlah Di DaUsing booze as a tool to writeDrinking alone is demonised. But what if it's used as a tool for creative thought? I share my thoughts on booze and its ability to help get us out of the way of ourselves to let the truth write itself.My instant download eBook that essences all the useful things I've mentioned on creativity from my podcast (82 pages, PDF):Um: Things I've Learned About Creativity And PoetryMy 'Best Of' illustrated poems:Confetti TornadoFind me:Subscribe to (very occasional) newsletterInstagramTikTok
2022-12-0708 minBlah Di DaSport tactics and psychology that have helped my artI've learned a lot from sport tactics and psychology that has directly helped my art and making ideas. From entering flow states to taking set shots on goal (when facing a blank page or canvas); selecting captains to make my 'team' (ideas) better, to tactically using substitutes and time outs to help find an audience for my art. Comes with a bonus tip from what I learned from my cat.Find me:InstagramTikTokDarbyhudsonart.com
2022-12-0110 minBlah Di DaWriting routine and how social media engagement helps put a book togetherHere I Blah Di Da about putting a book together, the nuts and bolts of my writing routine, and the balance of using engagement on social media to include certain pieces of work in a book.Subscribe to my free Substack to be part of the podcast conversation (below). Happy to answer any questions on this episode, or previous.Substack: https://darbyhudson.substack.com/IG: @darby_hudsonTikTok: @darbyhudson6web: www.darbyhudsonart.com
2022-11-2312 minBlah Di DaAre our stories worth telling over and over?The past is full of possibility and constantly reinventing itself. Our old stories change with gained life experience. Some thoughts on mining our old stories and recurring ideas and honing them over a lifetime.IG: @darby_hudsonTikTok: @darbyhudson6Web: darbyhudsonart.com
2022-11-1611 minBlah Di DaFinding your voice through perfect truths, imperfectly saidThe world makes more sense when a perfect truth is imperfectly said. Where's the balance between truth and an imperfect human voice to convey it? For me the contrast is magic and sings. It's where an artist an audience connect - when it feels like they're sharing the same sleeping dream.IG: @darby_hudsonTikTok: @darbyhudson6Web: darbyhudsonart.com
2022-11-0808 minBlah Di DaThe courage (and stupidity) to say what everyone's thinking and no one's sayingWith so many “main characters” across social media and not enough stories to fit them all, is it more worthwhile to be an extra in your own life?Confessional poetry was popularised in the US in the late 50’s, early 60’s by poets like Sylvia Plath and Charles Bukowski. These days it’s how nearly everyone writes in the caption on social media – “I” this, “I” that – confessional poetry in prose form. And as a form of poetry, it’s more popular than ever.To post or not to post. How scary can it be? Is it oversharing or pro...
2022-11-0112 minBlah Di DaDetectives and Poets do the same jobWe crave mystery in a world where there are more answers than questions. Detectives solve mysteries. Poets deepen the mystery. But they both operate on a similar plane. A poem is really a dossier of clues that take you right up to the door of a starless black night, and at that point you have to give yourself over to something vast and unresolved. And that’s the magic.IG: darby_hudsonTikTok: darbyhudson6darbyhudsonart.com
2022-10-2513 minBlah Di DaCreativity that comes from living years of lifeHere I talk about creativity and writing as a form complex pattern recognition. And I talk on words that are lived in that an an audience can feel shining through, simply by living a whole lot of life and collecting decades of nights. Find me elsewhere:IG: darby_hudsonTikTok: darbyhudson6
2022-10-1510 minBlah Di DaHow I got into writing and the sisyphean weirdness of writing for social mediaIn this episode: how I got into writing, an accidental journey, through my 20s and 30s right up until now. And a little on writing for social media and making 'content'.IG: darby_hudsonTikTok: darbyhudson6darbyhudsonart.com
2022-10-1116 minBlah Di DaThoughts on writing and the creative processSome ideas on writing that I've stumbled across over 30 years.IG: darby_hudsonTikTok: darbyhudson6darbyhudsonart.com
2022-10-0813 minBlah Di DaWhen art or music saves your life, you're ready to be an artist.A brief talk about the influences I've had and the journey towards writing.IG: darby_hudsonTikTok: darbyhudson6darbyhudsonart.com
2022-10-0804 min
BohemianaEpisode 2: Award-winning poet, Darby HudsonIn this episode of Bohemiana George catches up with the poet Darby Hudson (@Darby_Hudson on Instagram) and they talk creative influences, Bukowski, Michael Leunig, writing by train tracks and finding success as a poet at 46. An excellent conversation.Books mentioned are:Falling Upwards by Darby Hudson100 Points To Prove I Don't Exist by Darby HudsonHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshSolutions and Other Problems by Allie BroshShow MentionedThe Maria Bamford Show
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