Accountability seems a thing of the past. Not only has the internet and email made it easier than ever previously to distance oneself from one’s opinions (just look at the mind-numbingly idiotic comments on any public news site - full of observations you would never hear expressed in speech), but the professional culture that surrounds us in white collar work constantly encourages us to hedge our bets, and refrain from speaking with conviction, lest our words lead to our being held accountable. This argument is briefly and cogently expressed in an excellent article in the New York Times, called ‘The Case for Working With Your Hands’ by Matthew Crawford:

“Survival depends on a crucial insight: you can’t back down from an argument that you initially made in straightforward language, with moral conviction, without seeming to lose your integrity. So managers learn the art of provisional thinking and feeling, expressed in corporate doublespeak, and cultivate a lack of commitment to their own actions. Nothing is set in concrete the way it is when you are, for example, pouring concrete.”

NYTimes

I fear I may have fallen out of love with New Media - hence the sporadic blog posts. However, allow me the indulgence of sharing some recent unrelated photos with you.

That is all.

After some months of procrastination, I’m pleased to announce:

You Can’t Reach the Highway from Here
A new EP from Jonathan Chatwin









Launch Night: Tuesday 26th May
The Transatlantic Sessions - The Manor Gardens, Exmouth.
8pm (£5 Suggested Donation)

Also to be available on iTunes & boothillrecords.com

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