We are part of one another, eye to eye, nose to nose, inextricably linked.
We are part of the great thrusting project of evolution, consciously balanced on the crest of the wave.
Looking back, looking forward, what do we see?
A statement of intent, imprinted in our genes.
Sitting on the bowsprit, the jib muttering like a senile old man, the sea foaming at my heels…
I always sang, and the wind would steal my words, hurling them away across the waves. Words meant nothing. Words meant nothing and beauty meant everything to this ragamuffin child of the sea.
On my father’s boat I learnt to love the unspeakable beauty of our world…
The closing date for the Dark Green Books Fiction Prize 2011 is fast approaching…
The Dark Green Books Fiction Prize 2011 will be awarded to the writer who submits the best first two chapters and complete Chapter Plan for a novel based upon the concepts and characters within one of Luke Andreski’s six short stories available on www.lukeandreski.com, namely:
Armada
Speedboard
Skiophanes’ Proof
Sitting in the high chair
Man of Iron, Man of Wood
Self-chaining Simulated Worlds, Recursive Virtual Realities
The competition is still open but the closing date fast approaches. The closing date for submissions is midnight, UK time, on November 30 2011. The winner of the competition will be declared before midnight, UK time, on January 10, 2012.
The prize is:
£101 sterling
Ten hours of editorial consultancy byLuke Andreskiof the winner’s final work
Contractual permission to utilise the concepts on which the proposed novel will be based
Full details of how to enter the competition are available on the www.lukeandreski.com Terms and Conditions page.
Some blogs worth visiting:
http://speakinginamonotone.wordpress.com/ -Luke Andreski’s Tourette’s syndrome outburst against poetic form.
http://thepoetryofloss.wordpress.com/ Poems exploring loneliness, loss and the true nature of love, primarily sourced from Being Left Behind (www.beingleftbehind.com).
http://thegreenmessiah.wordpress.com/ Ambitious? Provocative?Luke Andreski’s work-in progress – attempting to lay claim to being the definitive climate change novel…
http://beingleftbehind.wordpress.com/ Poetry exploring bitterness, loneliness and loss: parallel blog to http://thepoetryofloss.wordpress.com/
http://nowwearegreen.wordpress.com/ Luke Andreski provides a fictionalised and provocative account of the rise of New Creationism. I give him full access to my life story.
http://hunchthenovel.wordpress.com/ Luke Andreski’s scathing novel about television production. Producer Tom Green follows a dangerous hunch…
http://swogstongue.wordpress.com/ The Hobbit meets Roald Dahl…
http://portnoysdefence.wordpress.com/ Portnoy’s Defence by Leo P Strong is subtle, quasi-religious, and inspirational. It is a stirring and powerful defence of an art-form that has been enjoyed by humankind since the beginnings of time. Check out this pithy translation byLuke Andreski.
http://thebookofnewcreation.wordpress.com/ Eco-philosophy re-branding “creationism” as an environmentalist slogan. My writings compiled byLuke Andreski.
http://tothebridge.wordpress.com/ A novel byLuke Andreski about marriage, suicide, redemption and love.
http://theoutskirtsofmymind.wordpress.com/ The short stories of author and poetLuke Andreski.
http://elvendogs.wordpress.com/ Luke Andreski’s ambitious but unfinished fantasy novel. You vote on whether to complete it: http://www.lukeandreski.com/about.aspx?c=8.
William Tarkovsky: www.williamtarkovsky.com
William Tarkovsky:
“My name is William Tarkovsky and I am exploring the boundaries of human responsibility in the biological world.”
Luke Andreski:
“My name is Luke Andreski and I intend to get every word William Tarkovsky has ever uttered down in print!”
William Tarkovsky: www.williamtarkovsky.com
Luke Andreski: www.lukeandreski.com
Co-authored:
I fear for my children. Fear dogs my every step. I resist a terrible depression. Social apocalypse and ecological cataclysm rise up on either side like the inescapable walls of the valley of death…
William Tarkovsky – www.williamtarkovsky.com
The point of life is life itself. Our urgent duty is to be alive. Protecting and preserving life we repay the gift of life. We are evolution’s wardens and the biosphere’s guardians: habitat protectors, preservers of our species. Nurturers and sustainers: supporting life’s diversifying growth…
William Tarkovsky – www.williamtarkovsky.com
If you are interested in my rebranding of ‘creationism’ as an environmentalist slogan – ‘new creationism’ being the philosophy that we can create our world anew on the basis of humanism, sustainability and service – then please take a look at:
and
http://angiesdiary.com/lifestyle/spirituality/new-creationism-a-soliloquy/
William Tarkovsky – www.williamtarkovsky.com
Dark Green Books have published Luke Andreski’s account of the rise of New Creationism – I’d love you to take a look:
Luke Andreski’s compilations of my work are also now available:
If you are interested in joining the cloud of Dark Green Books websites visit:
Let me know what you think of the sites, the insights and the books!
Your Holiness,
Over the past months your position on the environment appears to have softened, primarily in recognising the connection between conflict and resource scarcity which you emphasised on 2010 Earth Day with the statement, “If we want peace, we must preserve the environment.”
To be concerned about the environment and the security and happiness of our children and their children after them is the only humane and responsible position given the scientific understanding of today.
In a recent Catholic Climate Covenant the US Bishops join you in accepting “the scientific consensus that climate change is upon us, that prudence calls us to act now to faithfully care for Creation and avoid more severe consequences in the future.” The Bishops urge Catholics throughout the world to take the St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor.
I greatly welcome Catholicism’s new environmentalism – but I urge you to go further. It is well known, ever since the Lisbon Earthquake in 1755, let alone the many ecological and environmental challenges which we now face, that God does not intervene in natural or man-made disasters. But climate change may well prove the greatest disaster humanity will ever have to face… and all religions, including Catholicism, must adapt and adjust to meet this challenge. And, whatever the Church does, few measures will succeed if we continue to endorse unlimited population growth.
We may indeed live in the best of all possible worlds – a world that is miraculous in its complexity and beauty – but this only serves to heighten the importance of our taking full responsibility for our impact upon it.
Yours with great concern,
William Tarkovsky
William Tarkovsky 