In thinking about some Mad future I thought about the ways groups form and acquire names and identities.
When the Fens (near where I grew up) were drained in the 16th Century, a group of locals called ‘The Fen Tigers’ resisted, sabotaging the machinery that was threatening their way of life.
The Mountain Goats, a band fronted by John Darnielle, have been a constant soundtrack. ‘The Mad Wolves’ was inspired by their song ‘Up the Wolves’:
I’m going to bribe the officials
I’m going to kill all the judges
It’s going to take you people years to recover from all of the damage
I sometimes feel I want to resist time ‘healing’ things. I want things to always hurt as much as they did in the moment, so that things don’t become softened, reconciled to, forgotten.
Alt Text: A large grey heraldic wolf is in on the left hand side of the poster. On the right hand side, beside the wolf, it large block text in red which reads ‘ Time Will Not Soften It’ and beneath large block text in red reads: ‘Up the Wolves’.