Performing Poet
A couple of snaps of me in full poetry flow at last night’s spoken word/poetry evening at the Sandymount Community Centre. A beautiful evening with a warm friendly crowd. Art […]
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Carving poetry out of newspaper clippings
For me, a great creative way to stimulate ideas and spark new writing is this classic technique of cutting out different words and phrases from newspapers and magazines. Then arranging […]
Stencil vs Pencil
Created my own little stencil of the alphabet. Trying out some new ideas for posters. Messy but fun.
Manhattan – A poem about Sept 11th
I’ve written before about my experiences on Sept 11th 2001 here. I always like to mark the day itself by sharing something. This poem was written soon after the event, […]
Lilies & Cannonballs – My first published work
Back in the early 2000s I lived in New York City and it was a brilliantly rich time of creativity for me. In addition to working on the now defunct […]
Broadcast audio recording of the award-nominated Fringe show “Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About”
As we enter September, it is time once again for the wonderful Dublin Fringe Festival to kick into gear. With that in mind, I wanted to resurface an audio recording […]
Spoken Word Poetry – “the hole there in the floor”
For several years I was referred to as a performance poet, or sometimes as a spoken word artist. In essence, I wrote lyrical things and told them animatedly into a […]
Rakattak – 14 guitars, 16 amps, 1 mallet
One of the most creative periods of my life was when I was collaborating on the website artlick.com. No idea was too big or too small to be explored creatively. […]
Chalkboard Quotes – Wisdom of the crowd
A collection of the many quotes I have scrawled on my chalkboard this year to inspire and prompt my creativity.
Plan “Be” – 5 tips about being creative
A few years ago I was lucky enough to become friendly with the brilliant Shane Langan and Nial Conlan, curators & hosts of a wonderful gig in Dublin called the […]
