Washing Hands
byAbout twenty years ago I met an Irish girl. She had grown up in the countryside on a farm and, when she told me…
Clean Unclean
Ignaz Semmelweis and Anthropogenic Global Warming
byMortality rates in mothers from childbirth in Europe were shockingly high during the mid-19th century. Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician working in the General…
Binbag, Pavement Tree, Chainlink Fence
byDandelions poking through a chainlink fence; brambles sprouting from an unknown corner; a binbag gashed open, spewing out its contents; scattered leaves; a dead…
Red Snow
byAlbedo is the fraction of solar energy reflected from the Earth back into space. The word stems from Latin and means whiteness. Ice, with…
Clearing and Cleaning
byThrough time, and with use, objects become imbued with memories. To tidy them away is to erase the past. Over the past few months,…
Connswater
byOur river wasn’t a clean river, a mountain stream, a babbling brook, or a silver girl. It was a filthy river, a city…
Inca Doves
byIs it odd to say I thought of you as I pulled a dead dove from the swimming pool? Spine up to God,…
Scenes from an Execution Variations
byFew things are as messy as war. Cause and effect, right and wrong: our foundational truths unravel in the face of violence and bloodshed….
you are and onto
byneither of you nor not this in stance beside congruities one thing not a way…
Bitumen and Pork
byFour busts and an image of creation. BITUMEN AND PORK was an installation to mark the post-performance cabaret of FEAST, a work by theatre…
Soap / Eternity / Rendering
byINSTRUCTIONS ON A BAR OF NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY SOAP Do what you want, live how you want. Get it behind your ears and…