Why I’m Getting Outta Dodge

February 28, 2011 2 Comments


Dodge is the kinda place where gunshots echo down smokey streets, where the dead lie as they fell in the dusty streets, and where the guilty swing in creaky silence. I gotta tell you… this kiwi is getting outta Dodge.

It’s dog eat dog in Dodge, shoot or be shot, snatch or be left empty handed, grab a virgin (take what is pure) or be left lonely for the rest of your goddamn life. Dodge is not a single place on earth, nor is it a place in hell. Dodge is earth, Dodge is hell, Dodge is a metaphor that builds a residence inside the lonely, fearful, chambers of a human heart.

You can build an empire in Dodge, but it will still be in Dodge, and what use is a palace in hell? Fear, anxiety and selfish ambition are a bad reason to build a career, a business or a marriage… you got to be getting the hell outta Dodge.

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Torn in Two

February 27, 2011 0 Comments


I am torn in two
although the halves
need not be equal.

A chain around my ankle
drags me to the corner
of a darkened room.

Enshrouded by shadows
depression swells
clanging metal chains
other tortured souls
living in the darkness
on the edge of hell.

Oh yeah I feel its pull.

But on the other hand
a promised land, calls
upwards, onwards
homeward bound, I fly
around the edge
of heaven, angels soar
and I dare to tread
towards the glorious light
whispering, calling,
no pulling, no fight.

I am torn in two…
one part dark
one part light.
But that’s okay,
it’s normal
it’s life.
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Ignorance is bliss

February 26, 2011 0 Comments


Ignorance is bliss but only when you know you are ignorant. Not knowing the problem and no knowing the solution is a great  position for a vision caster like a film director to remain in when he is collaborating with artists. In fact most of the worlds truly great leaders have operated this way for centuries.

By not knowing the problem (you know there is a problem though), and by asking others to help you find it, you make yourself vulnerable and engage their creativity. People have a greater sense of empowerment if you invite them into the problem solving earlier.  It really creates a collaborative environment where creativity escalates in an exponential fashion.

I like the idea of entering into problem solving situations with an open mind because it makes me feel humble, light and supported…

Bullshit leaves a nasty stain…

February 25, 2011 4 Comments


How do I make you believe something? By telling you the truth. Bullshit leaves a terrible stain, in breeds uncertainty not just in the other person, but also in you.

There is a story in the bible when Jesus meet a young man called Nathanael. Essentially he looks at Nathanael, right at him, right through him and says… “Here is a man about who nothing is false.”

Oh how I long to have the same thing said of me.  You don’t need to shout, coerce, control or manipulate when what you are saying is simply… true.

Your Search for Purity Ends With Simplicity…

February 24, 2011 2 Comments


The greatest things are the simplest things, and simplicity by its very nature is uncontaminated, singular in its structure, pure and unadulterated.

Refinement and purification are labors of great love for the artist committed to raw perfection.

This process of pure simplification cannot begin with the work of your hands, for if the heart of the artist is not pure and simple, then the work of their hands (however magnificent) will be largely truthful only in its contradiction.

Learning to be simple and remaining in an uncluttered space is a lifelong journey.

It’s so easy to become tired, cynical, angry, greedy or proud, for life throws many arrows and can offer some of us great goblets of gold; and in our confusion, we lose the simplicity of being and the joy of creating.

In the simplest most pure state, the artist cannot be separated from their art, for one is merely a deep reflection of the other. Art is no longer the object, for art is the artist and the artist is the art.

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…the urban melting pot…

February 23, 2011 4 Comments


If heaven existed on earth… it could never perfect, not yet, not this side of eternity. I have too many flaws, so much brokenness, I am given to thinking only of myself… I can be very selfish.

In all my wanderings I have finally found a place on this earth which is a kind of broken heaven. Some would call it a church, others would call it a community of faith, I would simply say that these people are my friends. There is nothing cultish, controlling or sinister about this place, everyone is welcome, the black, the white, the straight, the gay, the believer and the skeptic, no one is turned away. It is a kaleidoscope of culture and joining together in friendship and sharing life together.

It costs you nothing to join and you are free to come and go as you please.

the familiar skeptic…

February 22, 2011 0 Comments


Big dreamer… have you ever wondered why those closest to you struggle the most to believe in your dream? Lack of support from family and close friends can keep the adventurous spirit awake long into some very dark nights. You can feel very alone and unsupported… if this is you then I want you know something vitally important…

Your journey is not all about you… they know you well, they know your doubts, your frailties, your weaknesses and your strengths; most likely they want the best for you, they just don’t like seeing you struggle, they don’t like seeing you impoverished, they don’t like seeing you in pain. They don’t see the dream as clearly as you do.

But do not stop dreaming, for you would pay your Designer a great disservice… do what you were made to do. Your supporters are also on a journey of faith, they are learning to trust you, they are also learning to believe; be patient with them, it is a difficult road to walk in the darkness.

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