Time as an Imposition

Study on HyperReal, SurReal & EtheReal

There is only one moment and it is now. It has no beginning or end. When you are present with the moment are you present with god? Time is what we have superimposed on the moment and through time we are rarely present. With this sketch I am interested in exploring our relationship with time as it pertains to varying levels of consciousness. In the outer realm of a dull and drab reality I question our position in the scenario as it plays out. One second here, the next there...in focus, out of focus. Are we ever really present? We are physically here but our thoughts may be elsewhere. Beginning with the music-box coming into focus, there is a painted-on and sinister sense of cheer. It freezes in time. We are made aware of a mundane task but where are we as the clock ticks incessantly? The moment is one. Time slows as our attention is drawn inward The surreal setting of a childlike dream. We go back in memory. Back to Fidelity The ghostly looping of time, space and sound elicits an eerie tone of the intangible, the elusive. Finally, the duality of being in the eternal. The celestial point of creation. A delicate line between good and evil. At any given time you are: Fire and Ice, Angel and Devil, Heaven and Hell. Does one consume the other in a conflict battled out on the plains of morality?

More often than not we don’t see it, and our genuine grace can be obscured by confusion and fear. But regardless of circumstance we have no choice but to start again. We start again, we start again, we start again and our intuitive sense of meaning may move us to a slightly different location or at a slightly different pace than previously.                     We start again.

Once in a while we get to pause in a moment of clarity and acquiescence and then we can truly observe the beauty in the unsightly.

Part of a work in progress - In The Shadow of Love & Death

Our everyday lives are filled with beauty

Be Beautiful (sketch)

O'Donovans, The Shambles, Bandon, Sat 31st Jan 2026

Delighted to be performing in the inaugural show of Woken Bird for the St. Brigid's Festival in Bandon.

Blending a mix of songs, poetry, music and spoken word, Woken Bird is a collaborative undertaking by myself and my good friend, poet and storyteller extraordinaire Paddy Doyle.

Music video for the song The Never Ending Sky.

This is part of the process in the writing of my new multi-disciplinary performance piece/album

In the Shadow of Love and Death

Incorporating music, visuals, spoken word and theatre. I'll be uploading some demos and videos from time to time.

My Heart is a Quiet Little Bird

I'm very excited to be in the process of writing a new performance piece entitled

In the Shadow of Love and Death

It will incorporate music, visuals, spoken word and theatre. I'll be uploading some demos and videos from time to time. Here's one called My Heart is a Quiet Little Bird.

The Never Ending Sky

Performing as part of Woken Bird at the Carlow Fringe Festival on Saturday Aug 1st at the legendary Club D'Art