I went to see The Works play at 606 Club in Chelsea, London. The Works features an old friend of mine Patrick Wood, who is an awesome jazz musician. When I lived in the UK I would always go and see Patrick wherever he was playing. As I sat in 606 Club letting the music [...]
I am becoming a huge fan of slam poetry. “For Those Who Can…” Anis Mojgani fingers open up like gates when i write and the wind is swinging in the wake
Wisdom Do we get wiser with years or is it just having make more mistakes in life we spend more time avoiding trouble? Are some people wiser than others? Are some people able to learn wisdom faster than others? What do we mean we say someone is wise? How do we decide to bestow that [...]
Last night I attended a MFA exhibition opposite Whitechapel Gallery in London. The star of the show was definitely Branka Jukic whose images bordered the realm of the real and the magical. Whilst being provoking and intimately autobiographical they enticed the viewer into a window of delights calling forth a deep personal resonance in me. [...]
Last night I went to a reunion of old friends from the church I used to attend in the 80′s and 90′s. Most of the people I saw there I have not seen for 15 to 20 years. But last night time flew away and it was like we had only spoken yesterday. True bonds [...]
I just watched this Sarah Mclachlan video again. I know it is an oldie but it is such a great video it deserves a reply. It is not what we believe that matters, it is not what we think that matters, it is not how much we have that matters, what matters is what we [...]
The Ex-Wife’s Lament (a sonnet) My breasts are engorged Full as if to feed a babe that has gone too long without I have been woken from slumber by your silent cry Released from a prison buried under the ocean of years My skin crawls with desire for you and hungers Blistering on the sand [...]
The last movement of my Uni paper – a group production where I provided the laughter … Dearly beloved, Convenor, tutors, students, muses: We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of a friend – English 252. Seen last at the beach on a transcendent blanket, semiotics aside we have already reached past that [...]
I know what you’re thinking, this is another blog about walking to spiritual enlightenment or some other thinking. Actually I did walk the Path of Wisdom, as that was the name of the road. Sadly the wisdom did me no good at all. I walked all the way to the top of the stairs to [...]
Accidentally spending 24 hours in Hong Kong helped me remember some of the funny things that have happened when travelling through China in the past. It is really interesting how different cultures think and behave. In a restaurant in Beijing one of the people on our large table sneezed and a huge amount of snot [...]
