12/12/18
’Glass Heads’ Neurodiversity poem
Just uploaded a new poem surrounding neurodiversity.
I wrote ‘Glass Heads’ when I was asked to perform at a neurodiversity event last week.
For those that don’t know what a neuro-diverse condition is, it’s where your brain works slightly differently to other peoples, you might have dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism, ADHD; etc.
The list is really quite long, and having one of these conditions is more common than people think.
The poem is about us all being the same species, but having different minds and ways of thinking.
Some of these ways of thinking are grouped into ‘conditions’ and are called disabilities, some aren’t.
But it’s about accepting ourselves and others, regardless of the labels or methods of thinking, and adapting the world around us to ensure everyone feels as accepted and happy as possible.
I wrote ‘Glass Heads’ when I was asked to perform at a neurodiversity event last week.
For those that don’t know what a neuro-diverse condition is, it’s where your brain works slightly differently to other peoples, you might have dyslexia, dyspraxia, autism, ADHD; etc.
The list is really quite long, and having one of these conditions is more common than people think.
The poem is about us all being the same species, but having different minds and ways of thinking.
Some of these ways of thinking are grouped into ‘conditions’ and are called disabilities, some aren’t.
But it’s about accepting ourselves and others, regardless of the labels or methods of thinking, and adapting the world around us to ensure everyone feels as accepted and happy as possible.
08/10/2018
’Through Our Own Future Eyes, Judge’ video
Just uploaded a poem that I wrote in the summer called ‘Through Our Own Future Eyes, Judge’
The poems set in a dystopian future on earth.
It tells the story of a father and son from the “indefinite future” who visit what’s left of our planet.
It aims to shows us what might happen if we continue to fight, to ridicule global warming, and to turn our backs on the rest of humanity.
It is an attempt to see through our own future eyes, and to judge our own behaviour.
World Mental Health Day
‘The Other Side Of The Glass’ video
It’s world mental health day.
So, I’ve just uploaded a poem that I wrote whilst I was really struggling with some mental health issues earlier this year.
‘The Other Side Of the Glass’ is the poem I wrote when I was in a pretty bad place mentally.
I’d just been diagnosed with anxiety and I was at war with myself.
I didn’t like my lifestyle or the thoughts that I were having, but I felt powerless to stop them.
It’s a poem about self discovery and self acceptance, and takes place in a metaphorical mental zoo.
It was me reminding myself of who I was and who I wanted to be. Warts and all.
So, I’ve just uploaded a poem that I wrote whilst I was really struggling with some mental health issues earlier this year.
‘The Other Side Of the Glass’ is the poem I wrote when I was in a pretty bad place mentally.
I’d just been diagnosed with anxiety and I was at war with myself.
I didn’t like my lifestyle or the thoughts that I were having, but I felt powerless to stop them.
It’s a poem about self discovery and self acceptance, and takes place in a metaphorical mental zoo.
It was me reminding myself of who I was and who I wanted to be. Warts and all.
‘D.A.R.E’d’ updated video
When I was a kid, in year 6, we had to take part in this Anti Drug sort of thing called D.A.R.E.
They told us not to take drugs, said don’t give into peer pressure, and they gave us a t-shirt.
It didn’t address some of the reasons people might end up using drugs, something that if taught in schools, would be a far better prevention than singing songs in a special assembly.
And so I wrote a poem called ‘D.A.R.E’d’, that I think does address at least some of those reasons, with the harsh realism that I wish we were educated on.
They told us not to take drugs, said don’t give into peer pressure, and they gave us a t-shirt.
It didn’t address some of the reasons people might end up using drugs, something that if taught in schools, would be a far better prevention than singing songs in a special assembly.
And so I wrote a poem called ‘D.A.R.E’d’, that I think does address at least some of those reasons, with the harsh realism that I wish we were educated on.