Dreams of A mAD kING

I don’t know why, but my dreams have been wild and somewhat concerning lately. I keep dreaming that everyone is gone… and I am left alone on this Earth - friends, family… all vanished. It leaves me feeling really quite dark - I am sure this means something, but that is not my world!

My usual outlets have always been creative persuits - photography, art, music - going right back to my childhood. Sometimes running away from it all and into the hills was another option. These days it is tricky, work is creative - which helps - and I think that is why I got myself into terrible places in previous careers where I didn’t have that creative release. But otherwise it is tricky between jobs that need done, domestic life that needs done and then running out of time to mess around on guitars - I was once told that my playing was like laying my soul bare for all to see particularly when I was struggling.

The weather is not helping either - summer is noticeably absent from northern Scotland this year - and looking back through my photo diary I can see very few nice, bright, days. It has been perma-autumn again! August is not off to a great start on that front, and it isn’t looking like it is going to improve any time soon either (to be fair, August is generally a terrible month up here anyway!)

3rd August 2026