Ethan Hawke on Creativity: Play the fool
Ethan Hawke gives a thoughtful and meditative talk about the nature of creativity. Inspiring and insightful.
Tag: poet
Three Men Talking – 10th anniversary book now on sale!
10th anniversary limited edition of ‘Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About’ book is now on sale
The Brownbread Mixtape: Vol 2 – Spoken Word Poetry
For over a decade I hosted and curated a live monthly variety show called The Brown Bread Mixtape, and it took place upstairs in the legendary Stag’s Head pub here in Dublin. Those eclectic, electric nights in that old Victorian room were some of the most fun and creatively exciting times I’ve had. As I mentioned […]
The Hill We Climb – Amanda Gorman
I was really taken with Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” at Joe Biden’s inauguration today. Poise and power from such an essential, young voice.
Werner Herzog — “the poet must not avert his eyes…”
The legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog was profiled a while back in the Guardian newspaper with a particular focus on his comedic sensibilities. Well worth a read for an insight into the mind of a quirky genius. The above video is also another classic Herzog interview with his typical acerbic wit mixed with his profound […]
The Sentence – a poem
I love words. It is the world I am most happy in. And poetry is my favourite written form. Some years ago I was asked to perform some poetry at a spoken word night in Dublin and I decided to play with the very idea of writing itself, and the end result was this poem […]
The Hole There In The Floor – a poem
This is a poem I started writing when I lived in New York and was starting to forge a really keen interest in poetry, and specifically performance poetry. The poem was supposed to be a snapshot of the punters I saw in a bar in Manhattan called Tom & Jerry’s. But the original draft was […]
