mtcodex

Matt Turner: MT, It’s been noted recently that you decided to stop blogging. Could you tell us a bit about that?

MT: Certainly, Matt. There came a time when I realised that a good part of my blogging was stale. Occasionally I would do it for me, occasionally for my SO, mostly just for the sake of blogging.

Matt Turner: Was that the only reason?

MT: Well, to be honest with you, these last weeks have been a most difficult period in my life. I suppose one might say I grew tired of keeping up appearances under the pressure.

Matt Turner: Even though many had thought your latest incarnation of ‘mtcodex’ was the best yet?

MT: Yes, the design was well received. Indeed, I felt it to be my best accomplishment yet on a personal level. However, even though the conception was good, the soul wasn’t there to carry it through. I still remained divided on the purpose, there was no creating spirit there to keep the blog alive. And without creativity, a nice design is like a tramp in a suit.

Matt Turner: I see. So tell me then, with ‘Variation VI’ over, what do you intend for future?

MT: Ah, the future. More tender seeds, less self and more beauty.

Matt Turner: Meaning?

MT: Well, actually, what I hope is more self and more beauty. I’ve had it with trying to write to please an audience. I want to write to please myself.

Matt Turner: But aren’t you a most avid follower of stats. Doesn’t drawing an audience give you the most satisfaction?

MT: Oh yes, but that’s just an exercise in ego inflation most of the time, it’s not what I really care about. I get more joy out of the writing that inspires me, than some dull insipid techy articles that pulls in the page views. Matt Turner. So what are you going to do to please yourself. What will the next version of mtcodex be like? Do you have a name?

MT: I suppose ‘seven’ makes sense.

Matt Turner: Right… but what will the theme be.

MT: Ah, I’m glad you ask that, Matt. The theme will be ‘Veni Creator’. That roughly translates to ‘Come, Creator’. Whatever I do, it will most certainly not follow the common trends in blogging today. It will be solely to please myself. For one thing, there will be no comments. There will probably be no technical or explanatory articles. It will be a pure indulgence in personal creativity. There will be no schedule, no fixed thing to write about… or…

Matt Turner: Or?

MT: Well, writing. It’s a great thing isn’t it. But I want to do more than write. I want to express myself, online, but in whatever medium I like, so long as it can be recorded.

Matt Turner: So when we can expect your future work of art?

MT: When I’m good and ready.

Matt Turner: I see. But for those that are interested in you personally. What are those people to do in the meantime?

MT: Whatever happened to old fashioned things like ‘e-mail’? heard of that? I don’t mean to be abrupt. I have also established myself on a popular communication site called ‘twitter’ where, if you’re interested, you can pick up on what i’m up to day to day.

Matt Turner: How might a reader find that?

MT: Simply follow this link and it will open in your browser – http://twitter.com/mattyturner

Matt Turner: If I may, i’d like to field a few questions from our readers.

MT: Okay.

Matt Turner: Artemis asks, who’s your favorite girl?

MT: Favorite?

Matt Turner: Yes, your favorite.

MT: Well, I would have to say that would be my fiancee, the future Mrs Turner. I hope she’s reading.

Matt Turner: Okay. A mattyturner asks, How do you like your eggs?

MT: I’m sure I know that name. Anyway, shallow fried over a low heat until the whites have just set. Served on hot buttered toast with brown sauce to the side. Sometimes I will substitute brown sauce for marmite on the toast.

Matt Turner: Yes, I like them that way myself. I just can’t stand it when you get those crispy bits on the bottom of a fried egg.

MT: No, quite.

Matt Turner: Gill Sans asks, do you have any suggestions on finding inspiration for creativity?

MT: Gill, do you? I’d love to know. Personally I try to follow a broad base of liberal arts and fine arts. In particular photography. Drawing on things that elicit a response on me I try to use these things to roughly define an aesthetic however the emotional and spiritual reasons that I create, those can only be your own. But it’s only when the inspirations die down, in the quiet moments, that anything resembling unique thought comes. Sometimes you just have to shut up and turn off everything, stop reading, stop listening, stop watching. Just keep still for a minute.
That is part of the reason I think some people have their best ideas in the shower or bath. Their minds are allowed to wander, there is no task other than washing occupying them, there is no mental stimuli distracting the attention. In this environment ones mind may seed an idea you can take up.

Matt Turner: Finally, what are you doing in the near future?

MT: Well, I’m going to spending much more time visiting the states while the future Mrs Turner and I wait for a visa so I can stay there as a resident. In fact I’m going out on the 1st of August.

Matt Turner: Well, before we part and bring this brief era of mtcodex to a formal close. May I ask. What are you listening to right now?

MT: Guess