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The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2026 source ↗
Worrying about my kids.
Thinking about the next day.
Worrying about insomnia.
The thought that I could be doing more: being more productive, doing more of the things that matter, and less of the things that don’t.
The boozing. I started on rum as a child.
Keep working, improving your step.
In 2001, when my eldest son died.
Recently, as people began to understand what I am trying to do in my painting.
A detective. Or a writer. Or a poet.
I hope I’ll find my mother and father in heaven. Only my father would probably say, “You can’t come and live here, boy!”
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