I write poetry

I sing

I perform

I produce

 

I lecture in scientific writing

I lecture in science communication

I edit, I proofread

I coach leaders

 

I have studied the sciences (BSc Psychology)

I have studied the humanities (MA Philosophy)

I have studied the arts (MA Creative Writing - Poetry)

I do not think art and science are mutually exclusive

 

I do not smoke

I drive, sometimes

I laugh so hard

I spill my coffee

 

(and then the thing is

to go on laughing

while my napkinless hands

hover like a pair of bees

transfixed by the flower 

they have seen themselves in)

 

I am highly creative, highly introverted and at home on the stage

my friends are few but significant

unless we solve aging I am probably 

midway between god knows what

I am willing to be disuaded of atheism

 

I grew up on the Jurassic coast where it is forbidden to dig fossils

I have lived in the north, south, east and west of London

I have lived and loved in Norwich

I live near Cologne, Germany

I am a father

 

I take solace in a kiln:

the fire set

to fuse my form

fix my glaze

was fierce

but I haven’t burst

so overall I think, I hope, 

I am a good pot

 

not always

 

I boulder

I bike

I played Dr Nicholas Necropheliac in a school play when I was about ten

I lost my grandfather’s watch

I have found that antidepressants are a useful tool

 

I am tall and skinny, but I prefer ‘lithe’

I have a bald spot I am coming to terms with

I always thought I worked best alone

but recent events suggest 

a team is not to fear

depends though

 

I am single or in love

I am single (June 2025)

I do not think home is a place

I am conflict averse and straight fyi

I love dogs, cats, goats, donkeys, trees

swimming in the sea

driving around

bums

 

more than once, someone has asked if I’m a dancer

more than once, someone has expressed

regret, offense, concern

at my capacity

to forget

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I once stood up to a bully in a tunnel

I once stole an avocado

 

I’m not sure

how to end things​

​

shall we?