Teen Idol #2

My heart belongs to Kelly Kapowski.

Now, then, always.

Advice #5

When the day runs
in the opposite direction
to the one you hoped it would
bear in mind
that soon
it will be your past
and you'll almost undoubtedly
remember none of it.

Teen Idol #1

I've started a new series of paintings called 'Teen Idols'.

I'm going to paint a bunch of teen idols from the 1980s and 1990s. It seemed to make sense to start with Judd Nelson aka John Bender from the film 'The Breakfast Club'.

And so I did.  

All that we can take from endings we must take

It has become clearer
since more days have collected behind us
that distance isn't promised,
nor can it be earned.
Though,
with my thoughts willing me forward
I'll carry on regardless,
knowing it is the only choice
any of us really have.

I came face to face with a large, black rhino

I came face to face with a large, black rhino and stood,
with my eyes fixed on his,
as though we were no different at all,
and in doing so
I came to know for certain
that we were both built
with the same hands
and that the same heart beats in us both
no matter where in the world
we walk.

Oprah told me to

I've finally decided to listen to what Oprah has been telling me. I made a poster as a constant reminder.

Prints available.

Against my better judgement I sit and wait for night as though resolution will come with the sunrise

I cannot be happy for you
knowing that I lived half a life,
like a bird who walked to ocean
and never felt sky beneath him. 

Whilst you and I
are the same below skin,
mine is no thicker than paper
and serves me well
only some of the time.

And so today,
I cannot be happy for you
and it is a problem
for which I have no solution
no matter how long I consider it.

When I am lost, a print

I've decided that I'm going to start making prints again.
This is my first foray back there.
I like to make tiny reminders for people that I need them, no matter where I am.

Prints are available if you like that too. Send me an email.

I have made a promise to you, illustrated

Busy making change

Too preoccupied
making things better
it almost went unnoticed
that the world kept turning
in the mean while.