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 inspirationAs DJMC he is a role model for all those corporate beings who dare not admit they are musicians, sportsmen, writers, artists, ADD, or somehow not simply men or women in suits. Always and everywhere, he is now himself, still a poet, still a very funny man but now an inspiration to us all. [...]  inspirationIn October, as you know, I went to the WIN conference in Rome. I love this event so much that I have attended nine times in the fourteen years it has been going. I wrote about this year’s experience for Andrea over at ExpatWomen, and it was published yesterday. To find out what WIN meant to us all this year, please take a look at my article. And if you want to see more evidence of what goes on then you need to see my posts about Where Words Meet Art and The Importance of Art [...] healingIn all my years of teaching I have only ever had one student who has refused to take those first terrifying steps towards sharing her work. But those who do dare to be brave, who summon up every ounce of courage and start to read are the lucky ones. No step is ever more daunting than that first one. Despite more than 25 years as a professional writer now, I still belong to a writers’ circle. It is my talisman, my lifeline, my own personal place of safety. It is here that I dare to share the words that expose me and make me vulnerable. It is here, that, without doubt, I find my best [...] inspirationThe beauty of poetry is that each reader is allowed to lay his or her own interpretation on the words. Yes, we are supposed to read between the lines, but more importantly, we are supposed to add our own meaning between those [...] poetrymy students and mentees struggle with the concept of writing about their darkest hours. I believe that is in those darkest hours that your best writing will be found. It is there, in amongst the skeletons in your closet, that you will discover your greatest insights, your truth and, alongside, the elements of your story that will resonate with with [...] inspirationWhen I wrote the poem, it came about as a result of a teambuilding art workshop that I attended. In the workshop we took Matisse’s painting, La Danse, and each had to paint a portion of the canvas. Art inspired my poem. My poem inspired a dance and so it [...] about meI hide behind words. |
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