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 […]
Wim Wenders on Creativity
The great German filmmaker Wim Wenders is someone I have long admired as a creative thinker. I was lucky enough to study his work when I was in college and […]
Take a leap of faith with your creativity
I’ve been thinking about creative patterns and behaviours a lot recently. So often we follow tried and trusted paths for our creative pursuits. It’s easier. It’s comfortable. It works. But […]
Elmore Leonard on writing
Hate writing, love rewriting.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Three Men Talking About Things That They Kinda Know About – Limited Edition 10th Anniversary
For anyone new to my website, I just wanted to holler about the recent publication of our award-nominated spoken word play, Three Men Talking About Things They Kinda Know About. […]
It’s A Sin – Compelling viewing
Finished this beautiful television series last night. A brilliantly acted and wonderfully written series about the human stories at the heart of the AIDS epidemic in the 80s in London. […]
A Bob Dylan poem
I recently renovated my office at home and put up my treasured Bob Dylan poster on the wall. Not only is Bob Dylan an artistic hero of mine, he also […]
