Essays
How To Be A Cartoonist
Any cartoon that can be liked by a committee is really not worth drawing; in fact, must not be drawn at all! Better to become a stockbroker.
Fires By The River
When a people demand justice they are both wanting something and offering something: they are offering the chance for collective truth and liberation from the sickness of denial.
Hello, Welcome To The Drought
Strange that we spend so much time concealing our outlandish beauty when, even under benign and healthy conditions, it takes at least a lifetime to gradually discover it – and embrace it as we die.
Before Art Became Alienating: The Fairy Garden Developed A Spiritual Sensibility
Before I ever heard the word 'art', I made fairy gardens out of feathers and petals, hoping something magical would visit in the night.
Clothes Breaketh The Man
A man lingers in his underpants in a quiet room in the remote hills, caught in a paralysing personal moment of grief about the tag on his trousers.
A Call For An End To All Madness
Mental health is precious and vulnerable. It is a fragile ecosystem; a garden that needs constant nourishment, love and attention.