darsh's life

dark mofo statuslog 2026

Follow me into the darkness

Sat · 20 June

Finally home. It's good to be back. Made a newfriend in the plane! On 3 hours sleep though rip.

Fri · 19 June

Doing something silly and going to see Blackwater Holylight in Melbourne! Not very responsible but it was fun to be excited and see Melb gig friends :) Solkyri and Treebeard were AMAZING!

Thu · 18 June

9.15pm

Power Trip

9pm

Saw Stasis

6.15pm

Went to winter feast.

6pm

Some cute dark indie markets

11am

Felt more calm after a run around the town!

Wed · 17 June

8pm

DnM with Ag. Lots to think about.

6pm

Drinks and food with friends. Kick ons at a whiskey bar. Home at a sensible 9pm.

5.30pm

The screening ended. I'll write more about it soon. But it was definitely an experience and a pretty cool setup. Fun!

4pm

I was picked up by a black SUV and taken on a drive. William Dafoe's voice was playing in the entertainment system.

3pm

Headed to the pick up spot. Talked to a few curious people.

1pm

Decided to stay in the city for my 2pm meeting. Was at the park contemplating life and reading and seeing the autumn leaves fall in the park.

12pm

Had lunch and tea at a vegan eatery and it felt so homely.

10am

Roamed around the city within shops and galleries.

9.30am

Went to a social enterprise cafe. A paid it forward 10 meals. WTF so generous I love it.

9am

Got my ticket for the 4pm session!

5.40am

Queued up with A for Sculpt screening. We were fourth in the queue with one person waiting since 3am! Made new friends in the queue.

Tue · 16 June

Spent some time at a cafe reading and writing. Walked to town. Visited some op shops and a graffiti supply store. Super cool to chat to local artists there!
Did some shopping for friends.
I also got my nails painted by A!

Mon · 15 June

I spent most of the day at the royal botanical gardens
then walked to the queens domain upper summit
i spent my day photgraphing nature and it was exactly what I needed

8.30pm

we watched i saw the tv glow and it broke me. Some dnm after <3

8pm

ordered some food, A tried out cuisine that I grew up on. Felt good to share!!!

6pm

wrote a poem

2.30pm

Summit

11am

Botanical Gardens

Sun · 14 June

11pm

Help me through the world. The banter in the queue was the best. Waiting in solidarity.
Thank you A for pushing us towards this. I felt better afterwards due to a sense of adventure.

9.30pm

Snapped Ankles - wtf I love this sound. I want to cry, why can't I cry?
Thank you A for recognising I was going through some shit and comforting me.

9pm

Checked out the church art installation. Eerie. We just threw burnt paper at each other whilst seated lol

6pm

heading out soon, dinner and then seeing snapped ankles. Brainrot on youtube with the group first.

2pm

Chilli hot chocolate.

12pm

Visited Hobart Art Gallery. I really liked the abstract landscape paintings. There was a scary painting which I was also struck by

10am

Ordered some flowers to be delivered to H as they grieve and I am sadly far away.

Sat · 13 June

Two gigs and night mass. Holy shit this will be a marathon. A nice way to disassociate!

11:30pm

Night mass - highlight was the dark tunnel and the snowy room. We drank from a espresso shot from a penguin ice sculpture. Home at around 3am. The long queue to a secret staircase won and we lost.

9.30pm

Daniel Avery - my favourite gig so far. I really needed this to process my emotions.

8pm

Chat Pile. Headbanged and went in my head.

6.30pm

Japanese food. Warms my heart endlessly seeing family run business.

5pm

Park walk and reading about grief. Sunset.

Submit to death, death of your ambitions and favourite wishes every day and death of your whole body in the end: submit with every fibre of your being, and you will find eternal life — C.S. Lewis

3pm

Spiralling. Thinking about grief and loss a lot.

1pm

Pancakes in Margate train. I liked taking shots of friends and strangers.

12pm

I loved the views at shot tower. Heard H is not doing the best and trying to seperate myself from feeling their feelings and over-empathising and feeling helpless I am not there for them.

9am

thank goodness for blackout curtains

Fri · 12 June

My favourite things about this seemingly yearly trip with friends: working together in the same room and complaining about work, obligatory beer chug for no real reason, pissing off AG.

1am

So flipping glad to be in a warm bed. Hopefully I sleep enough. Expecting to wake up in sweat and anxiety.

11:30pm

Gig 2 of the night. Sassy 009. Pretty fucking cool. Danced and tried to just be myself.

11:00pm

Walked around town. Quite sullen and lost. On verge of tears.

9:30pm

First gig. Black Angels. Grooved with the sound and just thought about life and sadness.

6:30pm

Going in an empty ship was badarse.

5:30pm

Went to the oldest running pub. Best basque cheesecake ever. It came with a pretty purple flower which I also ate. Light trauma dumping initiated by me :D

3pm

Went out taking photos. Soo many pretty trees, hills, streets, and shops.

12pm

Sent a letter to H.

10am

Arrived in Hobart, met a cool couple who were in for dark mofo and then me and my friend gave them a lift to their hotel. 'Twas wholesome.