BlakeCurran

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Screened by BlakeCurran, literature

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Screened

I park parallel to the gutter, turn the car off, and sit a moment. The engine ticks slowly cool and I watch a couple of cars pass by me and find spaces further down the street. My car is comfortable and quiet and I have forty-five minutes to kill before I should head to class. I pull the lever on the side of my seat so I can lounge back as though I am in Dad’s armchair at home. It is overcast and the sun has only been out for maybe two hours. Everything looks greyer. From my new vantage point, I can see a construction site about thirty metres in front of me. I wonder what they’re building—it looks very square, and as thoug

Aspirations by BlakeCurran, literature

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Aspirations

I want to live in a sprawling house at the top of a mountain, where I can watch the sun sink below and then float to the surface of the sky, the air dusky and hazy but still somehow so clear. I want to watch storms play with trees like twigs, crack lightning like whips to make the bruised clots of clouds thunder by like scared stallions. I want to hold you closer to me, let the candles be our stars tonight as the rain begins to rush down. I want to let afternoon meander into evening while I lay with you in the hammock in our backyard, let it swing gently in the breeze, the only sound nature: no cars, no television, just you and me and life.

Final Resting Place by BlakeCurran, literature

Musings from Your Conscience by BlakeCurran, literature

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Musings from Your Conscience

I am that sinking feeling in your stomach, that pain in your head, that screaming voice in your mind, but most of all: I am that weight on your shoulders. I am the temptation when you know you shouldn't, but still you do. I am the murkiest depths of your morality and there's nothing you can do to stop me. --- I am the lightness of your soul, shining so brightly in the dark that it hurts your eyes. I am the never-giving-up, be-a-good-person-or-else- what-are-we-all-here-for thoughts that propel you everyday. I am the smile to strangers, the gentle generosity to life. He may be the devil on your back but I'm the angel he'll wish he never cros

Technology, eh? by BlakeCurran, literature

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Technology, eh?

An ode to you; a grateful nod to Snapchat You sent me a Snapchat from Engadin St. Moritz, a phone message from the Swiss Alps, thinking of me in the midst of there, of all places: wish u were here xx The picture was beautiful, but only because the frame was filled with your face. Eight seconds wasn’t enough to take it all in, but afterwards I could still see you with my eyes clenched closed: a smile like lime juice—fresh and stinging and sweet— lips the blood of berries—made that way by the cold, no doubt—lips I wanted to trace with my tongue, lips I wanted to pore over like a map of somewhere I wanted to go&mda

Symbols of Aniseed by BlakeCurran, literature

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Symbols of Aniseed

She gives him kisses of aniseed like liquorice roses held out, or thunder cascading in the distance heralding rain, signifying the needling downpour to come. Hungrily, he takes them. He turns them in his mouth like aniseed humbugs, sticking to the inside of his cheeks. “Come closer,” she thinks out loud, and so he gives her white wine thoughts signifying nothing like so many drunken nights spent staring into the distance. But there is no distance between them, which has to be signifying something, surely, apart from aniseed breath, pushed out onto the man who tries to come closer in degrees of infinity. “Come here,”

Boredom by BlakeCurran, literature

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Boredom

It’s 3:26 already and the poet doesn’t know what to make of this dreary mid-afternoon, with the clouds all low and grey and the lawnmower’s static fuzz in the background. “Won’t you do this one thing for me? Please?” “No, I already told you: I’m busy. Flat-out. Can’t chat. Now shove off. Please.” “Fine.” “Fine.” “See ya.” “Goodbye.” It’s 5:44 now and the sky’s as grey as slate as ever, the lighting dim and the air damp. The poet dreams of dense sleep, but she knows that if she goes now she won’t be able to later. &l

Anxiety by BlakeCurran, literature

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Anxiety

You close your laptop, hungry for discs of cabanossi and cheddar shavings, and aching in the throes of indecision. Yet here you are, shut up completely. Discs of cabanossi and cheddar shavings flow in abundance at parties like these yet here you are, shut up, completely lost in daydreams and nightmares, which flow in abundance at parties like these— well, you should know, except you don’t: lost in daydreams and nightmares, which more or less, for better or worse… well, you should know. Except you don’t. You close your laptop, hungry for more or less, for better or worse and aching in the throes of indecision.

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Musings from Your Conscience by BlakeCurran, literature

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Musings from Your Conscience

Technology, eh? by BlakeCurran, literature

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Technology, eh?

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Symbols of Aniseed

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Boredom

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Anxiety

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Under Construction

Jul 16, 2015

Hello everyone! As some of you may not have known, we are currently undergoing a bit of a shift in leadership so as of now, I believe it may be most appropriate to halt any features while we go through the transition of internal to external changes. We here at DailyLitRecognition (https://www.deviantart.com/dailylitrecognition) really believe that we have a lot of potential to bring excitement back to our content and while we undergo these changes, I believe the features as they stand now should be halted so that we come back stronger and better than ever before with our improvements! We really do have a lot of ideas from the inside coming forward, but we'd absolutely love to know what yo

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Innocence by BlakeCurran, literature

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Innocence

It was a time of love, a time of hate, the era of justice and immorality, the season of both insanity and clarity of mind. Sound familiar, don't it? Me wife used to love Dickens. Read him to me all the time, she did. That Jane what's-her-face woman, too: it is a truth universally acknowledged that a criminal who committed a crime is in want of a good hanging. Ring a bell? Yes, I like me literary allusions. I do, you know. Remind me of sweet Elaine. She was a messy death, but worth it. Oh boy, was she worth it. Crying and begging right up to the end. She had it coming to her, bet your arse she did, mate. Why am I here anyway? I've already co

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You should date a guy who writes by BlakeCurran, literature

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You should date a guy who writes

Date a guy who writes. Date a guy whose fingers are stained with ink, whose pockets are filled with pens, and whose eyes smile and dance with curiosity. Date a guy who notices things like the colour of your hair and the way you have your coffee, not because he has to, but just because it’s a habit of his to notice things. Date a guy who can barely get around a computer, but is expert with his word processor. It doesn’t matter; he prefers pen and paper anyway. Find a guy who writes. You’ll find him just outside a library. He’ll like the idea of being outside, on the verge of a thousand worlds, a few steps away. He&rsqu

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Artist // Student // Literature

July 25, 1994
Australia
Deviant for 13 years
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Who. Am. I. That question of identity, of the self’s place in a comparatively narcissistic society – a society which values the essence of being different as desirable, yet which attempts to be different in the same way…ahem. Sorry. I get carried away sometimes.

I’m afraid I don’t really have an answer, except to say that I’m a university student, studying a double degree of Creative Arts (major: Creative Writing) and Arts (major: English Literatures). I love me some learnin'!

And that I’m a nineteen-year-old Christian (feel free to ask me anything, I don't bite!) who is frustrated with the late release dates of most films in Australian cinemas, who also likes to read (but starts many more books than he finishes), and gets irritated when drivers don’t use their indicators. Tut-tut.

And I’m a Grammar Nazi. That is all.

Words are my life. Dreaming is my fuel. Imagination is my sanity. God's love is my motivation.

I'm a special swing admin over at DailyLitRecognition, so please suggest any good literature pieces you see. More information and my guidelines can be found here.

Si x D L D s, two D D s, and still counting (hopefully)!

You can find me on my blog, tumblr or Twitter!

Also, the picture way up there? Yeah, that was a gift from my good friend MWBlueWolf. He's seriously awesome, and you should take a look at his page!

Favourite Visual Artist

Anne Marie Bone...

Favourite Movies

Serenity; Love Actually; About Time; The English Patient; Inception; Mental; The Reader; The Perks of Being a Wallflower; Pitch Perfect

Favourite TV Shows

Misfits, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Doctor Who, Adventure Time, Suburgatory, Awkward., Being Erica, Gilmore Girls, Parenthood.

Favourite Bands / Musical Artists

Boyce Avenue, The Kooks, Goo Goo Dolls, Maroon 5, Mumford & Sons, Vance Joy

Favourite Books

Girl, Interrupted; Middlesex; The Book Thief; Blackbirds; Slaughterhouse-Five; The Casual Vacancy; Eleanor & Park

Favourite Writers

J.K. Rowling; Agatha Christie; Douglas Adams; Jasper Fforde; Chuck Wendig; China Mièville; Rainbow Rowell

Favourite Games

Skyrim; Portal

Tools of the Trade

Ink, imagination and motivation.

Other Interests

Writing, photography, friends, people's stories, reading, watching good movies, the norm I suppose. :) Oh, and I'm expert at procrastinating!

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BlakeCurran

May 18, 2015

It's been a while since I've been on (basically doing one and a half times my full course load at uni), but just wanted to stop by and say — I've been published! You can check my piece out here: http://mascarareview.com/empty-by-blake-curran/

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BlakeCurran

Feb 10, 2015

One of those taggy things...

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SilverInkblot (https://www.deviantart.com/silverinkblot) tagged me in her journal (Survey Says -), and now I must answer some questions! And then tag people? I don't know about that, but I'll certainly answer the questions :D 1. What does your Deviantart name mean and why? Well...it's my name. Without a space. And just because. (My original deviantART name was wordsmith94, and that was because I fancied myself a wordsmith, and was born in the year 1994, but one AnnMarieBone (https://www.deviantart.com/annmariebone) convinced me to use my real name as a way to gain recognition for myself, and even gave me a premium membership so that I could change it. I owe her a lot, actually.) 2. What fandom were you obsessed w

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BlakeCurran

Jun 3, 2014

What are you reading at the moment? (I'd love to hear what you're reading!)

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Nothing

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Contemporary Literature (please comment!)

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Non-Fiction of any kind (please comment!)

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Jul 26, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Sun

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Happy birthday!

!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

It's July 25^th which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!

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