This page maps out and introduces the main areas of creative work – writing and otherwise – in which I am now engaged. It also provides some idea of my connection and association with other people in relation to these activities.
This page maps out and introduces the main areas of creative work – writing and otherwise – in which I am now engaged. It also provides some idea of my connection and association with other people in relation to these activities.
Is this a new genre ? Sometimes, during the time of poetry writing, something would come to mind, relating to the activity of research, usually academic research. The tone and style is mainly wry, playful, and occasionally a disguised satire. Sometimes I would include such a work in an academic presentation or on a recommended reading list, but for many in such an audience or readership I suspect it was a steep learning curve. However, writing such poems is enjoyable.
Life outside and after the day job - what happens when you quit the day job, or part of it. Life continues, and perhaps in a rich and varied way. A report on creative activities, past, present and continuing, and future, and often involving other interesting people.
This is a writing project, now under way. It began, and continues, as an exploration of connection and disconnection in interpersonal relations. But as it has progressed I have become conscious also of a preoccupation with the on going problem of misogyny in many societies. It combines historical 'reality' and imagined character and narrative. A kind of magic realism, perhaps. For a taster, see the poem; 'Standing by the Casement'.
Some images here - mainly of water colour painting, mainly by myself but not always, from the past and up to the present.
As songwriter Ray Davies asks: 'Where is the poetry ?' That is an important question. The poetry started some time ago, and has many different inspirations. Perhaps it embodies a philosophy of life. Is it any good ? That is for the reader to judge, of course.
Hey ! This is new work. Shorter pieces (and so readable), pensive and analytical, on a diverse range of subjects.
Geographical and personal - the inter-related activities of myself, Bill Hines, Richard Ireland and Melanie Williams (see under 'Associates') who all happen to be based in Mid Wales.