A Season in the Deep
I asked for spontaneity and was given the sea,churning, laughing, pulling me under,salt biting my throat, my lungs aflame.I begged for air, but air is for the cautious.What I needed was the swell,the playful violence […]
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The Thread That Stretches Further
Journal Entry — Somewhere between currents, March 2025 I’m deep in this trip—both literally and imaginatively. Out here, with the swell beneath me and the wind churning thought into motion, I’ve been diving into A […]
Sydney Contemporary 2024: Art, Inspiration, and Connection
Exploring contemporary art in Sydney: A VIP experience My recent trip to the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, organised by the Christchurch Art Gallery Foundation, was an extraordinary experience filled with art, inspiration, and connection. Led […]
Capturing Sydney’s Unique Light: My Journey Toward High Contrast Street Photography
Sydney has always held a special place in my heart and has become my favourite city for street photography, or urbanscapes, as I like to call them. It was the first real city I ever […]
FALLING LEAVES
Like leaves falling in summer, I am out of place.I am but a reed in the wind, awaiting Nature’s command.As I descend into a world unknown, the wind has a chill.I encounter feelings of a warming kind.Though I […]
On Changing My Poems
Over the years, I’ve often asked myself: should I go back and revise my old poems? The question lingers, especially when I consider how much I’ve learned and how differently I perceive the world now […]
A Celebration of Change – Launching ‘A Change is Gonna Come’
On 4th November 2020, the Ashburton Art Gallery hosted the launch of A Change is Gonna Come, a children’s book that beautifully captures wetlands’ significance and importance to our community. Written by my longtime friend […]
SEASONAL LOVE
To love and not be loved back is like the musician playing the perfect melody only to have no ear hear it,Or a leaf on the maple on a still autumn day,Waiting for the wind […]
FLIGHT OF FANCY
Remnants of the past slowly fade,replaced by the hope of a better way. Flights of fancy forgotten,taken up by a glimmer of hope. Is there time? Naivety is no excuse,you have two ears, two eyes, why not listen, […]