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Blah Di Da
Writing a whole book as fast as I can
Pumping 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
2026-02-26
12 min
Blah Di Da
My new book for an artist's heart lost in the world
A 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
2026-02-19
00 min
Blah Di Da
Borrowing the atmosphere of my favourite writers
My 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
2026-02-19
17 min
Blah Di Da
The thing you are good at is hiding in plain sight
I 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
2026-02-05
10 min
Blah Di Da
Planting stories in real-life locations
I 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
2026-01-29
11 min
Blah Di Da
Getting my new book from publisher Andrews Mcmeel in the mail
Audiobook 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
2026-01-23
11 min
Blah Di Da
Recording an audiobook - behind the scenes and some thoughts
A 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
2026-01-15
12 min
Blah Di Da
Atmosphere over story
I 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
2026-01-08
15 min
Blah Di Da
How I found energy after work to make art and break out of the jail of meaningless jobs
It 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
2026-01-01
11 min
Blah Di Da
Revisiting my 2009 tweets wasn't a good idea
Going 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
2025-12-19
12 min
Blah Di Da
Finding my writing voice took the length equivalent of 4.5 PhDs
I 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
2025-12-11
10 min
Blah Di Da
Writing 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
2025-12-04
11 min
Blah Di Da
Writing is the hardest work I've ever done
I'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
2025-11-27
11 min
Blah Di Da
5 years on writing full time after quitting my job
Just 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
2025-11-20
10 min
Blah Di Da
Following the Art Spirit through darkness into light
I'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
2025-11-13
09 min
Blah Di Da
Just make something good
Some 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
2025-11-06
10 min
Blah Di Da
Trying to remember my book is magic, not a unit to sell
Me 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:...
2025-10-30
10 min
Blah Di Da
I've become more writer than human
I'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
2025-10-23
10 min
Blah Di Da
Signing me book that's just out
Struggling 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
2025-10-19
09 min
Blah Di Da
The fear of sharing art to an audience
A 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
2025-10-09
10 min
Blah Di Da
Today is for people with art, tomorrow for people with plans
A 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
2025-10-03
10 min
Blah Di Da
The 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
2025-09-25
12 min
Blah Di Da
Nervy thoughts on releasing a book
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
2025-09-19
12 min
Blah Di Da
Never ending search for home
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
2025-09-12
09 min
Blah Di Da
30 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
2025-09-05
10 min
Blah Di Da
Masculine and feminine energy in 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
2025-08-29
15 min
Blah Di Da
The BS of artists "making it" at a certain age
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
2025-08-22
12 min
Blah Di Da
Blending comedy and poetry
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
2025-08-15
12 min
Blah Di Da
Modern poetry all sounds the same for a reason
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
2025-08-08
13 min
Blah Di Da
Creative 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
2025-08-01
10 min
Blah Di Da
Borrowing the essence of classic books
Some 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
2025-07-18
11 min
Blah Di Da
Good art makes everything else seem like it's pretending
Some 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
2025-07-11
10 min
Blah Di Da
Sometimes books are home
Writing 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
2025-07-04
09 min
Blah Di Da
Writing my way out of mental straitjackets
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
2025-06-27
10 min
Blah Di Da
Art is a passport to travel 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
2025-06-20
10 min
Blah Di Da
The average age of best selling authors is 48-52
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
2025-06-13
12 min
Blah Di Da
I swapped cynicism for wonder and my life changed
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
2025-06-06
12 min
Blah Di Da
Art is a passport to the heart
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
2025-05-30
11 min
Blah Di Da
The magic, quiet eye of mum's storm
More 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
2025-05-23
15 min
Blah Di Da
How 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
2025-05-16
18 min
Blah Di Da
15 Years Writing with Beers by the Tracks — The Best Part of My Day
I 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
2025-05-09
18 min
Blah Di Da
Writing 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
2025-05-02
14 min
Blah Di Da
More on Mum's book
Finishing 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
2025-04-25
11 min
Blah Di Da
Mum'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
2025-04-18
09 min
Blah Di Da
Mum: and the alive things she told me before she died
2nd Edition "Darby, Love..." (pubished by Andrews McMeel) now available for preorderFind me:InstagramTikTokYouTube#art #writingtips #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist
2025-04-07
16 min
Planting Seeds with Soul
Episode 17 | Corey and Darby Hudson | Writer, Poet, Artist
This 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...
2025-03-18
57 min
Turek Books Podcast
Deepening 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...
2024-10-22
1h 13
Ballarat Bags Podcast
Dr Dermot Hudson Chairman of the (DPRK) Korean Friendship Association of the UK ep 99
Interview 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...
2024-08-03
2h 03
Blah Di Da
Honouring my 8 year old self's decisions to make books
Honouring 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
2023-09-01
07 min
Blah Di Da
Have 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
2023-08-25
09 min
Blah Di Da
Limiting myself creatively to free myself creatively
I'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
2023-08-18
09 min
Blah Di Da
I 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
2023-08-11
08 min
Blah Di Da
Making art while working a full time job: art before the horse
It'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
2023-08-04
10 min
Blah Di Da
Half baked ideas I've been playing with
I'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
2023-07-28
09 min
Blah Di Da
Creatives need breaks to be improve
I'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...
2023-07-21
12 min
Blah Di Da
Great art lets you see the world for what it is
Re-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
2023-07-14
09 min
Blah Di Da
Road Trip to free up creativity
Just 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
2023-07-07
09 min
Blah Di Da
Charles Bukowski, poet, and what I've learned from him
What 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
2023-06-30
15 min
Blah Di Da
Making stuff from mess and it's easier than ever to be an individual
This 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
2023-06-23
11 min
The Wind Thieved Hat
Episode 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...
2023-06-19
1h 15
Blah Di Da
Waking life runs on dream logic more than we probably care to admit
There 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
2023-06-16
09 min
Blah Di Da
Cats and creativity
Cats 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
2023-06-09
10 min
Blah Di Da
Self censoring making art
I 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
2023-06-02
09 min
Blah Di Da
Dressing my words in pyjamas by handwriting
I'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
2023-05-26
10 min
Blah Di Da
Reaching the edge of culture and creating my own world
Here 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
2023-05-19
12 min
Blah Di Da
Poems that shake me alive
I 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:
2023-05-12
09 min
Blah Di Da
"UM": my little (big) book I've made that's sort of a self help for creatives
I 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...
2023-05-04
12 min
Blah Di Da
I applied for 2500 jobs with the stupidest resume
While 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...
2023-04-28
09 min
Blah Di Da
Balancing darkness and light in poetry
I 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...
2023-04-21
08 min
Blah Di Da
Searching for truth and wisdom in unlikely places
I 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
2023-04-14
09 min
Blah Di Da
Adulting in a creative life
I'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
2023-04-07
10 min
Blah Di Da
Creativity in trying-not-trying
I 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
2023-03-30
10 min
Blah Di Da
The exhaustion of acting normal in a weird world
Nine-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...
2023-03-22
11 min
Blah Di Da
The past is a foreign country
The 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
2023-03-17
07 min
Blah Di Da
Self publishing isn't a dirty word
How 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
2023-03-08
10 min
Blah Di Da
Second week off writing thoughts
2 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
2023-03-01
08 min
Blah Di Da
Creative burnout - relaxing is hard work
I'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...
2023-02-23
08 min
Blah Di Da
Editing, writing and painting my new book CONFETTI TORNADO
My 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...
2023-02-16
11 min
Blah Di Da
Comedians tell the truth more than poets these days
A 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
2023-02-09
10 min
Blah Di Da
Earning years of life to earn poetry
I 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
2023-02-03
10 min
Blah Di Da
Ideas I had this week that didn't quite work
I 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...
2023-01-26
12 min
Blah Di Da
Finding ideas/wisdom/truth outside the popular opinion of the crowd
Contrarian 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
2023-01-18
10 min
Blah Di Da
The Wizard Of Oz and The Never Ending Story are documentaries
Two 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...
2023-01-12
09 min
Blah Di Da
11 poems, artists & places that have greatly inspired me
My 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...
2023-01-03
16 min
Blah Di Da
Spirits (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
2022-12-21
09 min
Blah Di Da
I wrote this episode by walking
A 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
2022-12-14
09 min
Blah Di Da
Using booze as a tool to write
Drinking 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
2022-12-07
08 min
Blah Di Da
Sport tactics and psychology that have helped my art
I'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
2022-12-01
10 min
Blah Di Da
Writing routine and how social media engagement helps put a book together
Here 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
2022-11-23
12 min
Blah Di Da
Are 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
2022-11-16
11 min
Blah Di Da
Finding your voice through perfect truths, imperfectly said
The 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
2022-11-08
08 min
Blah Di Da
The courage (and stupidity) to say what everyone's thinking and no one's saying
With 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...
2022-11-01
12 min
Blah Di Da
Detectives and Poets do the same job
We 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
2022-10-25
13 min
Blah Di Da
Creativity that comes from living years of life
Here 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
2022-10-15
10 min
Blah Di Da
How I got into writing and the sisyphean weirdness of writing for social media
In 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
2022-10-11
16 min
Blah Di Da
Thoughts on writing and the creative process
Some ideas on writing that I've stumbled across over 30 years.IG: darby_hudsonTikTok: darbyhudson6darbyhudsonart.com
2022-10-08
13 min
Blah Di Da
When 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
2022-10-08
04 min
Bohemiana
Episode 2: Award-winning poet, Darby Hudson
In 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
2022-02-15
1h 05