19/03/2023
Today I met Nick Cave.
This is huge for me.
My ADHD means I experience the world differently, and much as I can find it overstimulating, tedious or harsh, it also means I appreciate the arts with every cell of my body.
Music, art, poetry; I can feel it. I ride a sensory and emotional wave, my skin tingles and my brain soars and surges.
The work of Nick Cave has deeply moved me for 30 years. His brutal rawness, his imagery, his language, his integrity, his honesty. Being able to speak to him today was a gift I will be forever grateful for. To tell him how his record Ghosteen was a companion to me during Lockdown; to connect, just for a minute or 2, it’s something I will cherish forever.