Two important channels of creativity – archiving and creating. The act of creating new materials is important to ensure that we continue to generate new material. Then there is the Archivist who is the editor, remastering material, remixing it, producer, director and multi-media artist. Some of this activity will be about looking after the archive … Read more
I thought it would be useful to set out some of the ideas and techniques I use to produce new poems. When the creative muse is off on holiday, I sometimes draw inspiration from old poems. I am also really interested in techniques from popular music, particularly approaches like remixing, remastering and cut-ups. These ideas … Read more
In a recent post, Rik Roots talks about self-publishing using a print-on-demand service called Lulu. This is a really interesting approach to producing perfect-bound books without having a heap of them sitting about on a shelf. Rik points out that he has a specific need to publish so that he can share his work with … Read more
After a long poetic silence, words are beginning to appear in my head again. Some new poetry fragments – towards a 2007 sequence… (1) The sound of the helicopter blades reminded me thatThe first time I had stood on this rocky outcrop I hadWondered what I was doing nextThen the pieces of the jigsaw all … Read more
One day on this holiday we went on a trip through the mountains in Corsica. It is an island of great beauty, and real contrasts. I stopped the car to take some photos of the mountains – one range looked like something out of ‘Lord of the Rings’ – and as I was taking the … Read more
After nearly two years, I have decided that it is time to begin work on the second series of books from my poetry press. BlueWater Books was launched in 2004 with two books of poems – ‘Zen Words’ and ‘Umbrian Images’. The second series will be available in the early autumn. More news of the … Read more
Over the last couple of days, it has felt as though my brain has come back from an extended period of holiday. I’m beginning to understand patterns again. Things are pulling together into a bigger coherent picture. It feels like the clearing of a heavy fog. As a result the state of stasis is easing. … Read more
New wordsNew creationsNew intimations of creativity Old spaces Seen before spoken Somewhere we have been beforeLaw taken overWondering whether there is more in the dustSpecks that have recoveredSpeeches that have been replayed Once the lines have openedThere is not much left to the sands of timelinessSuch as the scan of a mission best replayed
I promised recently that I would post some information about the book which I am writing. It is a book about change, particularly about the whole issue of surviving organisational change. A lot of the techniques and tools that I set out in the book are applicable to change in whatever context we encounter it. … Read more
The frequency of posts to the weblog has fallen away over the last few weeks. The explanation – I have been pouring my energies into the planning of a book. The book, working title “Coming through Change“, is about organisational change. Its subtitle is “A practical guidebook for personal survival and success during times of … Read more