Yes, it’s a sister post to yesterday’s post about “Accidental Creativity”. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Chris Guillebeau’s book “The Happiness of Pursuit”. At the time I was looking at what I could focus on to push and deliver something awesome. Writing is something that I have spent years working on, and … Read more
After a long pause from blogging it can be really difficult to get back to it. The same resistance is there for exercise or any other habit. Once the pattern is broken it becomes incredibly difficult to get going again. Steven Pressfield wrote “The War of Art” in which he looks at all the issues … Read more
I wrote recently about a letter writing exercise which involves writing letters to a hero or someone who has had a big influence on you, and then writing the reply to yourself as though you are that person. Here is one I wrote to myself recently: Experience has taught me not to compromise. My best … Read more
A poem for National Poetry Day. From a new collection of poems due out very soon… Yes, a small kiss It begins like this, yes, a small kiss then everything comes into gentle focus each twist of the lens just a speck of dust, then we must remember why we are here, set out in … Read more
I have been away for the summer. We went to Florida. Yes, it was fantastic. I am very grateful for having such a wonderful time. There’s just a “slight” problem with the wind-down and relaxation. I am now back in action and putting back in place all of the habits and rituals that make my … Read more
My latest creative project is morphing into something quite different. It began as a poetry sequence. Since 1985 I have been returning to the character called Blue every few years and writing about him. He is a kind of anti-hero crossed with a detective from a Raymond Chandler novel and a blues singer. I have … Read more
It begins like this, yes, a small kiss then everything comes into gentle focus each twist of the lens just a speck of dust, then we must remember why we are here, set out in previous lives Sometimes the external structures which we place on things can really help us to be more creative. … Read more
“the more willing I was to hang out in the unknown and show up with a clean slate, an empty bucket, and a blank piece of paper, the more likely it was that something fresh and new would come through me and out into the world. ” Michael Neill Remarkable to realise sometimes, but just … Read more
What’s the point? Where’s the essence of all that we held Just as we stood on the balcony watching the kestrel, wings going body stopping eye sharp watching and then drop… Blue in black, clothes as a backdrop Stop what you can drop whilst you can …and that’s the point taking the essence of 28 … Read more
A couple of weeks ago we went to see a temporary exhibition at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight, Wirral. It was a collection of Drawings of Edward Burne-Jones, the Pre-Raphaelite painter. I was really impressed with the collection of drawings and watercolours by Burne-Jones together with some of the paintings for which … Read more