Thoughts
I first wrote this post in December 2015. A year on I’ve decided to review it and comment on what I wrote at the time for New Year 2016. All additions and comments are in bold. Now I know what you’re thinking. You’ve looked at my title and thought, “That incompetent illiterate doesn’t know that it’s a resolution, not a revolution.” Well I might be...
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Thoughts
I was thinking about Christmas and the things that we just take for granted. It is good to think outside the box sometimes and explore where everything comes from. Here, in no particular order, is my tribute to the many unsung heroes who make Christmas Christmasy for us. It’s by no means a complete list and I would love to hear yours too. The gardener...
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Songs
These are the lyrics to a song I’ve just written. Not sure whether it’s a protest song. Listening back to it now, it is definitely U2 inspired. It’s inspired by thoughts, especially at Christmas, of all the innocent victims of war. I understand some of the reasons for bombing in Syria because of ISIS, but I am always moved by stories of schools and hospitals, children and...
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Songs
A Homeless Lament (sung to the tune of Silent Night by the homeless man watching the Christmas shoppers’ legs go by) Noisy night, debauchery night, All is violence, all is shite, Round those slappers with thousands of tools, Bratty infants so callous and cruel, Awake in torment of hell Awake in torment of hell. ©Cre8ivation
Thoughts
INSPIRATION “Do you get inspired by art that is an unformed image inside an artist’s head? By music that is a swirl of notes assembling over the rhythms of the soul? By poetry that is a reflection of the flawed human spirit coming in to focus? Do you have a desire to create things that have never been created before? To see new colours?...
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