Author Archives: Bobby Seal

About Bobby Seal

Freelance writer, poet and psychogeographer

4’33” at 5.33

Posted on 29/07/2020 by Bobby Seal

Recently I have become obsessed with John Cage’s composition 4’33”. I sit at the piano, with the lid closed, my daughter’s cello and bass guitar propped up beside me. Then, checking the timing on my phone, I start the piece. … Continue reading →

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The Aerodrome

Posted on 22/07/2020 by Bobby Seal

Remember that we expect from you conduct of a quite different order from that of the mass of mankind. Your purpose – to escape the bondage of time, to obtain mastery over yourselves, and thus over your environment – must … Continue reading →

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Before The Fall

Posted on 08/07/2020 by Bobby Seal

All you daughters and sons Who are sick of fancy music We dig repetition Repetition in the drums And we’re never going to lose it This is the three Rs The three Rs: Repetition, Repetition, Repetition Repetition – The Fall … Continue reading →

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May Sinclair at Gresford

Posted on 30/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

Either the operation or the pain, going on and on, stabbing with sharper and sharper knives; cutting in deeper; all their care, the antiseptics, the restoratives, dragging it out, giving it more time to torture her. May Sinclair – Life … Continue reading →

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The Two Moors Way: Part 4

Posted on 24/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

All the beauty of the spring went for happy men to think of all the increase of the year was for other eyes to mark. Not a sign of any sunrise for me from my fount of life; not a … Continue reading →

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The Two Moors Way: Part 3

Posted on 20/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

Continuing our 117-mile walk across Devon, coast to coast, in 2013. Part 1 can be found here and part 2 here. In Medieval times Chagford was a Stannary town, one of four in Devon where locally mined tin could be … Continue reading →

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The Two Moors Way: Part 2

Posted on 17/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

Continuing the story of our 117-mile walk across Devon, coast to coast, in 2013. Part 1 can be found here. From our stopping place just north of the River Dart we set out across the moor towards Grimspound and Chagford. … Continue reading →

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The Two Moors Way: Part 1

Posted on 16/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

In May 2013 I took a walk with three friends travelling from Wembury on Devon’s south coast to Lynmouth in the north. Our route took us across Dartmoor and Exmoor on a 117 mile long-distance path known as the Two … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 52

Posted on 14/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at … Continue reading →

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The Flow of Time: Lockdown, Day 51

Posted on 13/05/2020 by Bobby Seal

I came from the sunny valleys And sought for the open sea, For I thought in its gray expanses My peace would come to me. Sara Teasdale – The River   Dee Estuary in Winter ©Bobby Seal

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