dermografia

Show me nothing but surrender

July 25, 2023

Hello there, This is embarrassing really. I logged back into this email program for the first time since February and found this. A whole email sitting...

Tremendous content

November 14, 2022

Hello hello, Well, it’s been a while. I hope you’re doing well. That you’re safe and warm and have cosy plans for your day. One of the reasons I had for...

Extreme metaphors

September 2, 2021

Hello again, Well, sorry for the radio silence. Life got a bit too much in a load of tiny ways. And if nothing else, the pandemic has been a fantastic...

Delicate expressions of feminine rage

April 16, 2021

Hello again, Life is speeding up. Lockdown is lifting. Deadlines are hurtling towards me. It’s a little hard to adjust to after a long slow winter. But I am...

I plunge headlong into disaster

March 26, 2021

Hello friend, I hope you are well and finding moments of beauty in your days. This letter ended up a bit less structured than past ones. I got a bit caught...

Moonshot

March 5, 2021

Hello hello How are you? I have to say, feeling better weather and Spring vibes creeping in over the past week has done a lot to improve my mood. Sunshine...

A nearly formless sludge

February 4, 2021

Hello friend, Here we are. 2021. Where everything is happening all at once. And yet, I am still somehow incredibly bored. //happening I don't know about you...

dermografia IV - you did it baby

December 10, 2020

Well. What. A. Year. I've been intermittently logging in and adding to a draft newsletter, leaving it for a few months, logging in again, on and off...

dermografia XIII - panic/caution

March 20, 2020

Hello friends, I was very close to not sending this today, but then I figured if there's ever a time for connection and distraction it's now right? Hope you...

dermografia XII - ok, doomer

February 6, 2020

And we're back, It's 2020, we have brexited, how you doing? Took a slightly longer break than planned and still not sure if I have much to say, but let's see...

dermografia XI - what happens to the heart

December 11, 2019

Hello friend, When I’m pulling these letters together, typing into the little WYSIWYG (God I hate that acronym) box, I’m often thinking about hope and...

dermografia X - zero degrees

November 9, 2019

Hello hello, It's taken a while but we've made it - the 10th edition of this newsletter! I am planning to keep it up, hopefully I can resume a more frequent...

dermografia IX - entangled

September 20, 2019

Hello friend, I'm exhausted and bordering on unwell - that sore, stuffy feeling that usually signals the start of a cold - so I'm going to keep things short...

dermografia VIII - punk rock time

August 15, 2019

Hello hello, How are you? It’s pouring it down with rain here today, which has made a change from the high temperatures and humidity that have defined the...

dermografia VII - deletia

July 19, 2019

Hello hello, Things were paused for a little bit there. Did you notice? Outside of my inbox things were very much not paused - There’s been performances,...

dermografia VI - first to know

June 20, 2019

Hello hello, It’s here! My little zine I’ve been working on is printed, stitched and now available on my website - check it out. I’m telling you about it...

dermografia V - do you want to be right or do you want to connect?

June 6, 2019

Hello friend, Sunshine. Blue skies. Birds singing. It's a good day. //happening Friday, 21 June 2019 from 04:43-22:00 Thomas John Bacon will be seeing in the...

dermografia IV - can't help myself

May 16, 2019

Hello friend, And we're back. Hope the world is treating you well. It’s mental health awareness week or something like that. And there's lots of well-meaning...

dermografia III - interesting times

April 25, 2019

Hello again, There's rebels in the streets. The cathedrals are burning. It's the hottest whatever-it-is on record, again. Hope wherever you are, you're...

dermografia II - third men in the wilderness

April 11, 2019

Hello friend, Welcome to the wilderness. //happening Last week my phone was taken when I was on the tube. It's one of those things that, I've always felt,...

dermografia I - The opening act of spring

March 28, 2019

Hello friend, Thanks for joining me as I return to newslettering. These emails will be an attempt at intimacy, authenticity and slightly longer-form thoughts...