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Al

Alex Knell : Mind Spikes

About Me

Labelling yourself is just about the stupidest thing you can do in life. Self-awareness is one thing; it’s important, of course, to know broadly what you’re doing and where you’re going, because life is always going to contrive to rain ruin down upon you regardless of any plans you might have or moves you want to make. So if you don’t have some sense of what you’re about, you’re only going to take the slugs even harder. People are quick enough to apply their own labels anyway. They don’t need any help from me. I'm studying my MA at the Royal Academy of Art in London. I make work. What else do you want to know?

My Interests

Music:

I play the bass guitar with Island Line and the one and only Doctors of Love. I have also been known to play with Piney Gir and the long-lost and greatly lamented Paper Twin.

Television:

The drug of the nation.

My Blog

Saturn Returns

What do you believe in?Ah, that's a stupid question to start with. But I can't think of anything else more appropriate to start me off, so the question will have to stand, for now at least. I can't he...
Posted by Al on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:04:00 PST

The Grey Areas

Grey areas are the most interesting areas, don't you think? The places were conflicts intersect and paradox blossoms. Of course they can be the most painful too. But pleasure / pain  isn't this how y...
Posted by Al on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:53:00 PST

Everybody Has Their Own Line

Everybody has their line, you know what I mean?   Here's a picture of mine:   ____________________________________________   It looks innocuous enough huh. But I nearly stepped ov...
Posted by Al on Tue, 16 May 2006 05:46:00 PST

What Do You See?

When you look at me... what do you see? Do you see me or somebody else? Can you really see who I am or do you think I'm something or somebody I am not? Do you sometimes wish I was someone else? Do you...
Posted by Al on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:27:00 PST

A Four Letter Word

How soon do you know? Is there a specific point? Actually, how really do you know? Do you ever know for sure? If you think you know, how soon before you say anything? Should you wait for them to say i...
Posted by Al on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:13:00 PST

Your Ex On The Telephone

Your Ex On The Telephone   Maybe you decided to call them. Out of the blue. Maybe you got pissed and just thought what the fuck? Maybe its a special occasion or something, their Birthday. Or its ...
Posted by Al on Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:04:00 PST

This is important.

I don't normally mail these things on but I though you'd be as disturbed as I am. > > Dear All, You may have heard that legislation creating compulsory ID Cards passed a crucial stage in the House of ...
Posted by Al on Thu, 30 Mar 2006 07:06:00 PST

A Really Short Play

~A Really Short Play That's Actually Quite Long~   By Alex Knell     Two guys. We don't know their names. Sat across from each other at a table in a bar. Drinking bottled beers. Dark. C...
Posted by Al on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:38:00 PST

I Dont Believe In The One

I Don't Believe In The One   I don't believe in the one. More than that, I believe in a series of one's. One's, two's, three's, four's, you get the idea. Actually, I suppose what I mean is one, t...
Posted by Al on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:02:00 PST

London

London   You know sometimes I'm not even sure London exists. I mean, I know it does, because I live there. But sometimes, this place, this post industrial apocalyptic sprawl, this& this dead zone...
Posted by Al on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:34:00 PST