Ethan Hawke on Creativity: We must play the fool
Ethan Hawke gives a thoughtful and meditative talk about the nature of creativity. Inspiring and insightful.
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 – Ultimate Spoken Word from Ireland
The best spoken word poetry performances from a decade of The Brownbread Mixtape
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 […]