Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBalancing darkness and light in poetry
Season 1 Episode 29
I began as a humourist in my 20s, writing for The Chaser and making 'gag' cartoons for Inkgroup greeting cards. But I found flat out humour limiting,…
3 years, 5 months ago
Searching for truth and wisdom in unlikely places
Season 1 Episode 28
I talk about searching for truth and wisdom in unlikely places and separating the art from the artist. I went down a Charles Manson rabbit hole this …
3 years, 5 months ago
Adulting in a creative life
Season 1 Episode 27
I've found it hard to balance being in fairly regular contact with the old inner-child, to help creativity, while adulting in a world that has no tim…
3 years, 6 months ago
Creativity in trying-not-trying
Season 1 Episode 26
I took a few weeks break from writing (a few weeks back). I'm still completely distracting myself with football and de-prioritised writing, and voila…
3 years, 6 months ago
The exhaustion of acting normal in a weird world
Season 1 Episode 25
Nine-to-fives are really just paid acting gigs. Popular and award winning culture rarely makes sense to the heart. The world talks in cliche, so word…
3 years, 6 months ago
The past is a foreign country
Season 1 Episode 24
The past is a foreign country, wrote L.P. Hartley. Here I wander around Richmond where I grew up in the 80s. Things have changed. A small reflection …
3 years, 6 months ago
Self publishing isn't a dirty word
Season 1 Episode 23
How I started publishing; getting published by a publisher who isn't you; and self publishing. Independent music and film is glamorised - self publis…
3 years, 7 months ago
Second week off writing thoughts
Season 1 Episode 22
2 weeks off writing and I'm waffling about complaint poetry, writing to untangle mess, and clues to find a new direction for writing.
My instant downl…
3 years, 7 months ago
Creative burnout - relaxing is hard work
Season 1 Episode 21
I'm feeling creatively burnt out, I can't see the poetry in things anymore. Clouds look dead in the sky. So I have to engage in this paradox: the bes…
3 years, 7 months ago
Editing, writing and painting my new book CONFETTI TORNADO
Season 1 Episode 20
My new book, CONFETTI TORNADO (new and selected works) is the first book of poetry I've illustrated/painted. It's also a collection of works that are…
3 years, 7 months ago