Channels of creative energy

By Ian | 18 June, 2013

The energy to create things exists in all of us. Some of this energy flows through my hands in to words, rhyme, rhythm, capturing light, a part flows through my mouth into song, other through my body as love.

The Arts as such have always interested and fascinated me.

This section contains a couple of channels into which my energy has flown.

Small You Tumble Along

Categories The Arts

Small, you tumble, along,
Small, swaying, from side to side
Small, trousers wide, low, hanging
Small, hidden, behind glasses, thick

Continue reading

Bonding

Categories The Arts

I saw, I felt, I new
Worried, to miss the chance
The chance, to connect
To miss, the one chance
That, once in a lifetime
Chance

Continue reading

Waiting For That Sign

Categories The Arts

With a hither
And a dither
I run a’round
And I do my things
Like a mouse, no sound

Continue reading

Wishing All The Best

Categories The Arts

Wish you …
Time to build a homely nest
Time to dream
Time to plan

Continue reading

Commentary to Just Don't Know How

Submitted by Ian  blog 16 October, 2012

Categories The Arts

The piece “Just Don’t Know How” is about the the feelings a father can have for his sons, in my case two great grown up sons.

Over the last seven years I have only been seeing them on and off. Last year I had the wish to see them both and spend a bit of time with them and the wish came true.

Continue reading

Old poems now added

Submitted by Ian  blog 16 October, 2012

Categories The Arts

In the 70’s I wrote a collection of poems which I self published under the name “Miscellany”. I have now added them to this website. They can be found under the tag “Miscellany 1975”.

Continue reading

Just Don't Know How

Categories The Arts

The rush of joy
in the stomach, in the arms
unexpected, being rolled over, taken by surprise
yes, pure joy, could leap in the air
like a kid with his first bicycle, or Christmas

Continue reading

Children Of Loss

Categories The Arts

subtle creatures, without face
sparked with life, from spirit fed
assemblaged to live
to set foot, another world

Continue reading

Commentary to Bar Spirit

Submitted by Ian  blog 11 October, 2012

Categories The Arts

Being new in Berlin, and not knowing where to go, I saw this advertisement for some artist doing some work, so I ran along.

Of course, in Berlin, one should always go later to such events, but I thought something might be going on right at the beginning, so I happened to be the first one there.

Continue reading

The Laugh

Categories The Arts

Laugh

A deep hearted laugh,
three time times after another
not so deep, not so high, just right
with timbre

Continue reading