Joseph Earp

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Joseph Earp

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3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Joseph Earp

As much as I have the general vibe of a luddite (strange hobbies, socially maladjusted, unfathomable fashion choices, etc) I have to hand it to automation: it’s nice that computers have made some boring things in our lives less boring.

1 month ago | msn.com | Joseph Earp

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1 month ago | theguardian.com | Joseph Earp

I’m a writer and painter, two professions with the occupational risk of turning you, to put it delicately, a little bit weird. Insularity is the name of the game with both – you have to spend a lot of time inside, not really talking to people, trapped totally in your own head. For some time now, the solution to this problem has been my rat, Bob. I’ve had him for two years, and in that time he has been my sounding board, creative confidant and unwavering ally.

2 months ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Joseph Earp

One of the stranger qualities of addiction, rarely depicted in art, is how it inverts one’s natural sense of self-preservation. There’s one obvious way it does that – you find yourself unable to live without regularly imbibing a substance that is killing you. But there’s a subtler, more insidious manner in which addiction sets your brain towards self-destruction: much of your life becomes dedicated to outwitting and deceiving the people who want to help you.