The Serendipity Conspiracy

February22

‘My inspiration has run dry’.

The above is a complete lie. It hasn’t. But it is both sweet and fitting therefore that I paraphrase the conundrum faced by Natalie Imbruglia in ‘Torn’ rather that cite a revolutionary thinker to summarise my situation. Everything I’ve thought of has been thought of – better – before me.

Long before I learned how to use the manual settings on a camera and avoid the usual shakes, blackouts and lack of clarity that are prerequisite to the 12-step programme, I had a notion that it would be quite cool to take photos of people holding up signs that described how they felt at the time. Validating, then, to visit the Tate Modern three years ago and find that it had been done 10 years ago in response to urban development in the Midlands (perhaps if I could remember who did and what their work was called, I might also have realised that the concept underpinning Dylan’s ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ video was not that dissimilar).

The sense that I was a decade behind the right idea at the right time was bearable, inspiring even. But the serendipity lapse continued. Nearly two years ago, I got the urge to write a short story about a mouse who had a developed capacity for communication and a passion for politics. However, being a mouse, his visionary knack for policy and party regeneration were doomed to thwarted squeaks unless he found a human conduit to channel his oratorial gold. So I wrote, letting Henry’s (the small furry one) story become a full life in prose. Proud of my efforts, I presented a draft to my brother, who promptly responded: ‘Have you seen Ratatouille’?

Not exactly what I’d expected. It turned out that he’d been to see some Disney film – with pretty much the same plot, down to the rodent protagonist. Thwarted. Again. This time, the lapse was probably less, five years perhaps from writing to production and distribution.

And then it struck – again – this afternoon. Having known the Westfield centre since it was still part of Acton, I’ve been pondering how haute couture will hold up in a recession. (The answer so far seems to be quite good, if the hordes of well-heeled, nicely frocked punters spilling out onto Shepherds Bush Central Line is anything to go by.) About to start a West London street fashion compendium, I stumbled upon the British Journal of Photography.

And again. Serendipity strikes the back of my head quite hard with a blunt object. Kit Lee’s already got London sartorially sewn on Style Slicker.

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