Toby Austin Gooley
Profile
I have a tendency to put leaves behind my ears when I get drunk. I like it when people ruffle my hair, so I assume other people do too- but maybe they don’t. I was born by cesaerian and until I was eight I thought this was my star sign.
I’m a postgrad Marine Biology student, who’s starting to think it’s no longer what he wants to do with his life. But saying that sounds a bit whiny. One day, one day, I will move to Melbourne. I liked it when I went there last.
Groups
Toby Austin Gooley is a member of All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Art And Text, Candid Photography ( 1/24 ) , Challenge Café, DaDa Land, Dilapidated Buildings, Doodle Do, Drawn to Cotton- Art on T-shirts, Fabulous Ts, Flash Fiction, Raw Art, Two Word Challenge, WMG and Writing Workshop.
Journal Entries
Toby Is Going to Europe
Posted 3 months ago, 5 comments so far.
The Gay of the Triffids
Posted 3 months ago, 4 comments so far.
Murmansk and my Spider Wife
Posted 9 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Toby's adventures inside his own head (fever dream)
Posted 9 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Dream from a couch after a party
Posted 10 months ago, 1 comment so far.
Dance, monkey, Dance.
Posted about 1 year ago, 2 comments so far.
The Ziggurat
Posted about 1 year ago.
Stormwater Temple
Posted about 1 year ago, 3 comments so far.
Architectural dreams
Posted about 1 year ago.
Toby has just worked out you have to hit 'reply' for people to notice you've replied
Posted about 1 year ago, 1 comment so far.
Art
Clothing
Writing
The Grape I Stole
In my head, there is an imaginary Italian Nanna with a broom. She is preventing me doing something I would like very much to do. You see, in that little venetian garden, creating a pleasant little …
The Boat to Greece
I feel somewhat obliged to burst into a Disney showtune. But the Venetians probably wouldn’t appreciate that. My theme-parkifying their city even more. Not that you can really tell which ones…
Dystopiutopia
It’s probably true of every city, but I’ve never felt it so strongly as here. How a city can turn on you, and then turn back. How the same street can be monstous or beautiful depending. Th…
God and Thunder
...a combination that always works well. The Moazzen starts singing the same moment the storm hits. I am on a bridge at the time, sitting on the lintel. The people of Kuala Lumpur, sensing the chan…
Reactions to various stimuli
That part of my brain that filters sensory stimuli – the one that allows you to feel bored – is offline. It is a most pleasant sensation. I have been sitting in the garden for quite some t…
Poodle
I’ve always been a little afraid of dogs. Not phobic, just wary. Hackles up when they come towards me and such. And not to say I can’t enjoy the company of a dog, it’s just a first-i…
