via NeilNewbon on Insta:📷 A very very overdue post and thank you to @cellarsociety @phelper29 #bertiederougemont and everyone past and present at this extraordinary beautiful , world renowned and awesome catering company - without the support of Bertie and Adam and all the team , there would have been literally no way I could have sustained myself as an actor - especially during the hardest of years - myself like so many artists, actors, writers, models, dancers and kids trying to get by in London owe them and the company a heartfelt debt of gratitude 🙏 x they found me in a bar - put their faith and belief in me and asked me to join them as a waiter then a team sergeant- they were kind, fun, transparent and professional they gave me great advice , belief , work and a much needed kick up the ass at the right time - I worked for them for well over a decade and i owe them a very public thank you x Love u folks loads - if you are lucky enough to afford them - this is the team you need to make your wildest event dreams come true x simply Stirling x once again Bertie, Adam thank you sincerely - I got nominated for a @bafta this year and wore my old catering shoes (still polished ha!) in honour of the journey with you all x hope you are grand and flourishing x
Ah I’m having a great time with Al. He’s my best mate and I love him and we have a laugh together. We’ve even done most of this album together which was great cos I love being with him. The sex is great too, but basically we’re just having a laugh (Telepathy, Rearrange)
Don’t Forget Who You Are
Well, I’m still having a great time with Al, but sometimes he fucks me off because he doesn’t know what he wants. I don’t even know why it gets to me so much. I mean we’re just mates who sleep together aren’t we? I’ll even refer to him as ‘her’ in songs cos basically I’m straight (Don’t Forget Who You Are, Give Up, Out of Control)
Coup de Grace
I fucking love him. Properly love him. In love with him. The fucking bastard has broken my heart. We spent that summer together and I told him I loved him and I thought we would be together but he’s let me down and gone back to his girlfriend. I hate him. I love him. I hate him. I love him. (Too Little Too Late, Killing the Joke, Wrong Side of Life, Shavambacu)
Change The Show
He’s a tosser. I’ve decided that. Total tosser. He needs to sort out his issues. It’s not like I even think about him that much. Well I do. But I’m fine without him. Tosser. I love him. I hate him. I love him. But sod him (See Ya When I See Ya, Change the Show, Adiós Ta Ra Ta Ra)
One Man Band
Alright, I’m still madly in love with him. And I admit a lot of our relationship problems was down to me being a fuckwit and a commitment phobe. He still loves me and I think we can make a go of things as long as I work through my issues and he has a bit of patience (Troubled Son, The Wonder, Heal, Random, Doubles, Scared of Love)
I've seen people that you've had feelings for that can get caught up in this world of fame and chasing something, and it ain't the way to be. It's just never forgetting who you are and what you want from life. It goes for anyone, whatever job it is. X
A new project, maybe with her… Not really everything I expected. I'm not happy about it but I hope it makes you happy. the meeting of yin and yang seems to be moving away, even if you said "not before 2025" I no longer believe it.
People call me superstitious
Well, they'd better watch their tongue
This one is so malicious
Got me on the hit and run
Mirrors and suicide
It's got me terrified
Shock horror deep inside
Intuition never lies
You always get what you want
Just by strutting your stuff
Come on and give up control
Give up tainting my soul
You stand so tall
You come and take it all
Come on and give up control
Saw you in a magazine And I read your double spread
What does the future hold
Well, you'd better keep your head
Evil talking through my mind
Strike it down, losing time
Under pressure so unwind
Catch you some other time
You always get what you want
Just by strutting your stuff
Come on and give up control
Give up tainting my soul
You stand so tall
You come and take it all
Come on and give up control
You're pretty, good looking
But I'm looking for a way out
You're pretty, good looking
But I'm looking for a way out
You're pretty, good looking
But I'm looking for a way out, out, out
So you should give it up
Come on and give up control
Give up tainting my soul
You stand so tall
You come and take it all
Come on and give up control
I don't know who needs to hear this, but I know I did, so imma share it..
Bro, sis, God is not mad at you. Imma say it again…God. Is not. Mad at you. God loves you with a love that goes far beyond any mistake you could ever make. It goes way beyond any and all failures, shortcomings, disappointments and straight up fumbles that we all make in this life. He loves you so much that even when you reject him over and over again...he still patiently and lovingly creates plans of action to try and bring your heart, mind, and life back to him. - 2nd Samuel 14:14.
Imma just be real, there was so much about God that I didn't understand until I became a parent myself. Especially about how deep his love is for us.I always had a hard time picturing our heavenly father as full of mercy and full of love and forgiveness, overflowing like a fountain of all things right (righteous), because I had no idea what that looked like, or even meant.
My human rationality put him In a box, and I could only see the reflection of my past experiences with people in him because that was all I understood…about family, life, parenting, love, etc. I pictured him as obviously angry with me for all of my epic failures. Looking at me with disgust, planning to smite me with fire and brimstone like Sodom and Gomorrah. I was convinced that if I stepped foot in a church he would strike me dead with a lightning bolt in that very instant. I pictured him shaking his head in disappointment everytime i could have done something better. Rolling his eyes and putting his head in his hands every time i fell short.
I saw myself as a lost cause, too far gone, an epic habitual failure…and THAT was Satan's opportunity to plant the seed of a lie in my mind. “You will never get it right. You messed up and KEEP messing up, so obviously, he's mad at you. How could he love you? You aren't worthy of his love, because you are a sinner, and a very good one at that!” I based my understanding and knowledge of God on the earthly experiences I have had this far in life with people, and that is normal human psychological assumption, yes….and yet completely and utterly FALSE.
God is not a human. God is not our parents. He's not your ex. He's not your husband or wife, nor does he view you the same way they do. He's not the boss at your job. He's not bills that show up in the mail. He is not the way YOU look at yourself in the mirror…He is uniquely and wonderfully HIM.
The beginning and the end of all things. - revelation 22:13
The creator of all time, space and matter. - Colossians 1:16
The One who's power and love is so great, that millions of generations of people have sang songs about His goodness, his faithfulness, and his wonder-working power because they experienced it for themselves, right here on earth. - Isaiah 12:4
When I became a parent, I finally understood how he REALLY sees us. I love my daughter to death and NOTHING she could ever do would stop my love for her. Her mistakes would never cause me to withdraw even a molecule of love for her. I would never love her any less for anything in all the cosmos. Nothing in all of creation could negativity influence my perception of her. She is part of me. She is my legacy. She is my pride and joy. She's my daughter. My treasure. My trophy. I'm human, and I love her that much…now think about what that looks like in God sized volume. let's put it this way; there ain't nothing bigger.
He will never stop loving you. He will never leave you. He will never look at you as not good enough. Nothing you could ever do, past present or future could ever block out his love for you. The bible says that nothing can separate us from God's love, and I mean NOTHING - Romans 8:38-39
The bible also says that God is consistently seeking you out, trying to get your attention (Revelation 3:20) trying to guide you, trying to give you REAL LIFE. Real hope. Real freedom. Real love. - John 10:10 , John 14:6, Romans 8:28
Don't let Satan fool you by feeding into his lies. He is the master of tricks, and his playground is your mind. - John 8:44, Philippians 4:8 But when you fill up your mind, and your heart and your life with God's unending, never failing, all-powerful love…Lame old Lucy has no ground to play on. He's gotta get to stepping, cuz there ain't no room for him. - James 4:7God's love will have taken over the territory of YOU, and that puts you right where you belong. Where you were born to be. Right where God destined you to be even before the world was created….In his hands, the same ones he stretched out over the cross in the greatest act of love the universe has ever seen.- John 3:16-17
KNOW today that God loves you more than you understand, and all he's trying to do, is show you. 💖
drawings from paleo expedition to dagestan, done right on the trip. sometimes messy when it was cold and rainy, but i won't correct it. i think it's cool to leave it just the way it was done, and not retouch it after.
there will be more drawings later, but those will be done from home
on principle opposed to describing art i dislike as 'masturbatory' because even though it's an alluringly contemptuous word to sneer it's impossible to reconcile with my pro-masturbation stance