What is My 'Why'?
I’m currently writing resources for my creative consultation business that I run alongside my artist career. It’s all tied in together, really, because consulting in this capacity is about mentoring…
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The Shark and the Fish
I’ve started writing songs again. And it’s a relief. Strange that it always feels like a relief. I think it’s more a feeling of ‘thank god, there’s something still here’…
Hot and Scary
I’m sitting in the back courtyard of a café in a small down in coastal Devon. Josh is working at a wedding with old friends down here today so I’m…
Dear Diary
Saturday June 20th
I’m writing this a Köln-Bonn airport about to fly to London for ten days. It’s a very rare occasion for me to be travelling without going…
Sunday
After dropping my beloved at Düsseldorf Airport at 5am this morning and driving the 75 minutes home, I’m having a coffee and the day is still very young. Germany basically…
The Immigration Office
I’m sitting on the ‘chaiselongue’ end of our new IKEA couch writing this with the AFL footy on the tele in the background. An unceasingly comforting sound to me. Even…
More Than a Roof
The last week has been very summery here, hot even. And then last night as darkness fell, huge smoky-grey clouds rolled over the tops of the hills and brought with…
Goodbye, Sweet Couch
The sun has come out in glorious fashion in Germany after almost two solid weeks of rain. And people are READY. The air is thick with the sounds and smells…
Winter
I’ve been writing some resources for my creative consultation clients about various aspects of life in the creative arts. Part of it is reassuring the reader that an artistic life…
Where in the World
The trip over to the UK was easy this time. No delays, a seat free next to me on both legs of the journey. Everything worked fine. And I arrived…
Another Chapter
Dear subscribers, tomorrow I leave for Germany via London, where I'll be living for the foreseeable future. As you would expect, there are a million things to do today and…
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
I love this time of year here. As my friend Dave said yesterday morning as we took his little dog for a walk around his new neighbourhood in Reservoir in…
The Strange Zone
My partner left for Germany on Friday night and I leave in just over two weeks. I’m in The Strange Zone now. It’s a special place between worlds in which…
And Another Thing...
Now that the AFL season is in full swing, I have dutifully applied my blanket ‘things used to be better’ edict to the world of football as well. I was…
The Mental Coup
I’ve often said, and written in this blog, that one of the things I enjoy so much about my life as an artist is the freedom and autonomy it affords…
Dear Readers...
Hello dear subscribers. I'm in a hotel in Newcastle, here for Newcastle Writers Festival which has been glorious. Except for the fact that I came down with a banging head…
One Door Opens...
Thank you and welcome to the new subscribers. I hope you enjoy being here. XO
Yesterday was my last show in Australia for the foreseeable future. In a few weeks’…
Yesterday was my last show in Australia for the foreseeable future. In a few weeks’…
The Big and the Small
I was playing at Port Fairy Folk Festival all last weekend and didn’t have a chance to write a blog. For some reason, March has become an absolute behemoth of…
Why Do We Save it For Funerals?
My dad was very touched by the piece I wrote about him last week, which made me happy. I was glad to have been able to let him know how…
Happy Birthday Jack
My dad turns 82 today. In April he was kicking the footy with my partner, my 10-year-old nephew, my brother, my sister's partner and me and he was the only…