Now you know why I spent my twenties crying
… from my latest collection of poetry, called ‘Scrapes against the Soul’: Sonnet Now you know why I spent my twenties crying, Aching for some
July 31, 2009
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David Allen’s GTD
Many of you will already be aware of a book by David Allen called ‘Getting Things Done’. This book, published in 2001 has become something
July 29, 2009
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Writing
The Archive Curator
I am fascinated by the fact that many musicians as they develop their career become very interested in curating their archive. I’m thinking particularly of people
July 22, 2009
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Creative Leadership Learning Sets
It was 1997. I had heard of the concept of a Learning Set. It was something that appealed on a number of levels. For example,
July 10, 2009
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Renaissance as a Strategy
This post describes a technique which I developed a few years ago as part of my PhD thesis: The work of the Archetypal Psychologists was
July 8, 2009
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Creator or Archivist
Two important channels of creativity – archiving and creating. The act of creating new materials is important to ensure that we continue to generate new
January 12, 2008
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Exercises for creating new poems
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
July 26, 2007
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Self Publishing
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
July 4, 2007
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When the muse strikes, rather than being on strike
After a long poetic silence, words are beginning to appear in my head again. Some new poetry fragments – towards a 2007 sequence… (1) The
June 26, 2007
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Fly like an eagle
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.
August 5, 2006
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