''Happy ever after don't last for long.''

''Ignorance is the enemy of freedom.''

''When you are in the prime of youth and health you can go that much longer without money but when you are in

old age you cannot get out of the

bed without money.''

''Elephants do not fly only because they do not have wings.''

''Flattery comes with a motive and looks like friendship.''

''When you stop seeing the things in your life as the way to show you the things in your life then you are blind to all things.''

Love or hatred ...

the two emotions in humans that can drive you to insanity. In every moment new reasons are found for loving or hating somebody,

in words written or spoken, actions,

colour of skin, religious belief's or

just by thoughts.''



''POLITICAL PRISONER''

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''When you are surrounded by fools
act the 'bigger' fool then you are
the genius.''

''There are two days you have little or no control over and certainly no say in ...

the day you are born in, Birth-day and the day you will die, Death-day and what happens in between these two days is destined by

birth and death.''



My sculpture ... ''The Time Keeper''



''Old men can forget what it was like

to be young ..

young men don't want to know what it

will be like to be old.''

''It's no easy thing to give advice to somebody if they themselves are locked into their own fear.''

''Freewill ... is it something that we

think we have the full use of ...

outside of the mind the world is full of other 'in-formations' ...

either we choose our own thoughts or others will do it for you.''

''Everything of this world including this world is not permanent so be prepared for the nasty surprises that life has in store for you.''

''If you go through life in taking

nothing for granted you will have

few disappointments.''

''Most people will tend to hide their faults

and mistakes in life but an artist in

wisdom will exhibit his.''

''Religion was invented by people who pray to a 'god', 'idle' or 'deity' for their own personal salvation and needs but who do not want to think for themselves and be responsible for their own morals, ethics and actions.''

My Story Box ....
''Testing The Divine One''

''If you were to trust in your intuition without question your life would
be more fulfilled.''

''Don't fall into the illusion that if you were to pray to some 'god' that everything is going to be alright.''

''If forgiveness was unconditional it would make all the difference in the world.''

''You don't have to be a sheep when you are surround by sheep.''

''Practically most of the mind is

unconscious to us,

you can compare it to an iceberg

where 90% of it can be below sea level.''

''In being the Artist you drop your

Ego big time and in 'real time'

you pick it up again.''

''Two people can have the same idea but

depending on ethics, morals, dogma, emotions, 

guilt, education and experience's in life

that 'same' idea could be 'good' or 'bad'.''

''A free spirit will not entertain

negative thoughts.''

''Never mind about living out your life and knowing nothing about 'life' ... 
you will still have to 'pay as you go'
and if that don't get to you

Karma will.''

''It's easy to act the 'bloody fool' when you are surrounded by geniuses.''

''Intelligence is the 'must have' app for survival but with a good dose of

common sense there is no telling

what you can achieve.'' 

''You have little control in what happens in the world in general and the anxiety it can cause to you personally, but you do and can control your emotions, and if you can do so you can free yourself of the anxieties.''

''I am coughing my way to

the coffin.''

 ''The mind can discriminate itself from

the very things that appear to be outside

itself without realising that it created

these things and therefore all

delusions become a state of the mind.''

''Trust in your intuitions,

it may not be what you want to hear

but it will be right.''

''I am making lots of Art lately,
the only problem is it's in my own
private gallery, my head.''

''If you are too 'busy' in your life 

you will be blind to the opportunities

that come your way.''

''Today I want to live forever ...

why ...

because I have www.''

''Life begins at the end of your life because deep inside your instinct for survival is more aware of the ageing process that you are

going through.''

''Are we that stupid that we are ignoring what climate change is telling us, or maybe we will start to pay attention when the Earth stops providing for us.''

''Other Sentient Beings are playing out their part in protecting the planet, we as human beings are destroying it that the day will come when we have gone to far down the road
to try to go back ...
we could be there sooner than we think.''

''Forget all the other days because

today is today.''

''It does not make any difference in what you do or what ethics you may live your life by you still live in your mind.''

           ''Holidays are too stressful to be catching 
up on relationships.''

''The Arts will keep the door to the

Mind open and push you deeper in,

it's a 'RoLLeR - CoAstEr' of a ride.''



''Who ever has the power over you owns you

and in this day and age that refers to

the politics, the banks, the credit companies,

the religions and relationships, but to be
free 100%, that might only be a dream because
 all of this is what is called modern-day living,

with this realised, remember, that you are unique
and that makes you your own person and the fact that within your own mind you still have
 your freewill ... choice.'' 

''There are a lot of extremely talented artists out there and I do not consider myself as one of them but I do credit myself in perseverance.'' 

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''We have gone to far down the road but taking a look back into history could save us from

getting lost.''

''I have in my sculpture created something
that will live on longer than me
to show I was here ...
it was worth the journey on the 
'yellow brick road'.''

My life size sculpture in clay of

''NED KELLY 1855-1880''

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''If we choose to ignore our
history as in war we will repeat it
again, and again ... and again.''

My story-box ...

'AFRICA'

''All delusions become a state of Mind, firmly fixed, therefore we are no more than the activities of our Mind.''

''Human beings since 'day one' has always idolised gods

{with a small 'g' and one with a very big 'G'}

that he himself has created from his own mind,

if none of the above ever happened we as human beings

would treat our fellow human beings as human beings.''

My limestone sculpture ''CHECKMATE TO GOD''

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''Real courage is living in a world where all men are accepted as equal in their beliefs, their culture and skin colour ...
but all men are not the same, some will want to change the world to their way.''  

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''Now it seems that everywhere in the world 'peace' is no more than a stressful intermission in war between countries.''

''A 'good' politician should know that a victory won in politics is the beginning of a
'hard road' ... which means he still
has a lot of work to do.''

''All art can influence people in some way or other to take a look at life outside of
'The Box' but, both for the artist and the viewer it requires courage to listen to your
first impressions.''

 

My story-box sculpture ... 'The Gun That Shot John Doe'.

''All things, including people, as we
know them have natural lifespans
and it's not for another human to
interfere in one's life-journey,
but in every second it has
already happened.''

''How many times have you heard that

history has a way of repeating itself ..

well that may be so but do we learn from it.''

''Bitter conflicts between human beings 

are passed like heritable diseases

from one generation to the next ... 

I should know, I am Irish.''

My sculpture ... 'Peace for all'

AGHALANE,
BELTURBET,   (Border of Northern Ireland),
Co. CAVAN,
IRELAND

3m high, two bronze figures,
1999

''The United Nations may be making efforts to find ways in containing the international trade and manufacture in arms but wars make money and money brings power and power makes politicians and politicians are in the United Nations.''

''Anger shows weakness.''

''You cannot change the mind of fanatics
and fools because reason cannot enter
a closed mind.''

''Right now in this very moment of time you are both living and dying at the same time.''

''The Artist holds the licence to bring to life

the imagination, to enter the world

where dreams come to life

and help make others see outside of the box.''

My story-box ... ''A CHILDS DREAM''

''Evil never goes away ..

it's like a cancer it's always there only sometimes you know.''

''Life comes with no guarantees but don't be afraid to take chances because miracles happen everyday and this could be your day.''

''Every thought you have carries
'it's' opposite with it.''

''A man can travel the world ten times over and never leave his mind,

so it's best to try to move up to first class.''

''You cannot avoid what destiny has planed for you.''

''Only fools will gather around a fire on a sunny day.''

''People in science look to the future,
People in religion look to the past,

People in the arts look everywhere.''




''It's O.K. ... I'm an artist.''

 

''Relationships are made up
of changing emotions like a boat 
at sea letting in water.''

''All artists can excel in their work from their own life experiences.''

''If you do not ask
'THE QUESTION' the answer is not going
to come!.''


'..... but I do see Mr. Darwin up there, I go ask Him ...'



''A non-spoken answer is also an answer,

it can tell the other person many things and

it always gives out the wrong impressions ...

so, do you feel confident.''

''ART is the door into the subconscious mind, once you knock you are there.''

''I am a lot more closer to me than you are.'' 

''Today is a good day,
I think ...
yesterday was a shit day,
I know ...
and tomorrow will be a very good day,
I hope ...
misery is the result of wishful thinking.''

''If you want to stop thinking for yourself get involved in a relationship.''

''Marriage or call it a mirage,
because once the papers are signed
love walks out the door.''

''I came into this world crying and kicking and I will go out just crying and asking what was it all about.''




From my painting ''ANSWER ME''
pencil on board.

 

''What you are is the result of

your mind ... and the dollar.''

''It's easy to live with a radio,

you can turn it off.''

''In judging someone else for any reason
 only shows how critical you are of yourself ...

let live, it's their life journey, you have yours and it cannot be evaded.''

''The only tattoos I have are invisible ... they are called emotional scares.''

''The world is full to the point of overflowing with insincere people recognized by their quick tongue with the promise, the motivational smile and the limp handshake.''

''There is an infinity of questions asked by young people that have an infinity of answers that have yet to be heard.''



''Answer Me''

Acrylic on Board 3feet x 3feet



''If its the case that you are living in hope don't expect too much you could die in hoping for change.''

''The one who gossips to you,

[and be in no doubt about this]

is the one who will gossip about you as soon as your back is turned.''

     

''The very act of making art is a journey into

the subconscious mind where only you can go

on that yellow-brick-road.''

Separation

Acrylic on board 6feet x 4feet

''If you found yourself thinking one day

that you had a toleration for all that breaths and emotional attachment for all that is abstract ...

 then you can put it down to the

'ageing process' ...
 from here in things get extreme.''

''As an Artist I don't get bogged down in what the critics have to say, they have to make a living too.''

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''Most people go through life with their finger on the fast-forward button, others go through life remembering to smell the roses ...

even if they are made of paper.''

''We are prisoners of our own self and that's what will be seen if we live

out of our fears.''

''To give the fool advice, you are wasting your time because then you become the bigger fool, worst still, you know it.''

''Oh, but what does a village do when they ring no bells or no call for prayer ...
what do they do at dawn and dusk ...'' 

''We as human beings are destroying the planet, the day will come when we have gone to far down the road too try to go back.''

''Sometimes it's good to rely on taste to know what you are eating.''

''It is said, 'God is everywhere', in that case He should be easy to find but I am not interested in finding God I am interested in finding myself and that's a lot more complicated.''

''Define art in one word ...

Divine ... it can be around longer than anyone life time.''

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''People who make promises easy are not to be trusted, they see life with only themselves in it with a profit to be made.''

''The only 'unknown time' that people will be on time for is, their death.''

''Why is it that for generation after generation the same mistakes are passed down,

are we that naive that we cannot call a stop,

or is it the fear of change that keeps us

rooted in ignorance.''

''I like to look at Death as a transformation,

now you see me, now you don't.''

''When the Mind is at it's best, and even when it's at it's lowest it is the most powerful tool you will ever have, but know when to trust it.''

''The world can be a very complex place,

it is never black and white,

but what we do have is Freewill

and when put into practice your 'needs' no longer become needs.''

''It's not a spiritual journey I am on but a journey of being human with all it's joys and pains and as the artist that comes out in my work ...

or I'm really confused in this world ... better still, maybe my next work will enlighten me.''

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''Never mind about living to a hundred years try living day to day, it's what you learn on the way that makes it worthwhile.'' 

''If I was to live a hundred years I would still know nothing.''

''Never in time as in the present do we have

so much power to destroy our planet and ourselves, how we use the time and
technology is a matter of concern to us all ..
but as it has been proven before in history
it's only a few who will get rich and satisfy their ego and make the decisions for the rest of us in the name of 'progress'.'' 

''Think of conventions then breakaway from them in doing this is one of the ways in finding your own style as an artist.''

''I stand on my own even within a crowd 

but it's by my own standards that I live by 

and not what others tell me.''

''You have heard this one before ...

once we are born enjoy the time for we begin

the journey to our death ...

but I say, also enjoy the time you have because a life-lived comes around only once.''

''There is no point in worrying in how you will die and when, but give some thought in how

you should be living because your freedom came with a price in history.''





''It can all start in the mind as a thought

that just flashed in and stay there

but in time fades away ... never to return,

but nothing like a good idea comes into

reality without that spark of enthusiasm

and the will to live it through ..

be creative.''

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''It is far easier to find people believing in a supernatural power than it is to find
people who have a mind of their own
to ask questions for themselves.''

The Exhibitionist

Acrylic on board
1.20m x 0.90m

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''You talk about the things you want to do in life only to end up talking about the things you didn't want to do ...

live in the moment and not in your memories.''

''Now is always the right time to speak out against injustice, don't expect others to know your mind and to do it for you.''

''Solitude can be the dreaded enemy of youth but your best friend in maturity.''

Think about this; 

''The now established principals and doctrines were we are living our life by were once simply thoughts and opinions of ordinary people hundreds of years ago if not thousands, that gained a footing and then a popularity and eventually in time

found their way into the universal

consciousness of society and the collective ego ...

but do we today question these principles and especially doctrines or do we stand back and accept these being right as the way we should live our live in today's world ... as human beings have we stopped our own progress in developing a better future for the next generations to come .. it's a matter of giving more than taking more

in the name of future survival of all.''

''We are the authors of our own lives so
challenge everything you hear and always
read between the 'lines'
 take nothing for granted and write in
a 'good life' for yourself into history ... 
somebody will remember you.''

 ''It could be possible that most of today's problems world wide could be resolved if we were to study their outcome effect on the future, but I feel power and greed will always stand in the way.'' 

''The very act of making art is a journey of a

self personal discovery.'' 

Neil Armstrong's foot print on the moon 1969.

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''Look on life like a fast flowing river with  stepping stones to cross, some near

and some far apart.''

''We know more times in war than we know times in peace.''

''I speak for myself as a self taught artist, 
in that I take pride in how far I have come
and have the confidence in myself as to
how far I will go.''

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''When Emotion is in the front seat driving and out of control, Reason is in the back seat praying.'' 

''The values in which we live our lives by are expressed in how we treat our fellow man.''

''Creativity and solitude go hand in hand but not without sacrifices been made.''

''Peace in the mind comes when the
mind stops thinking,
that will be the day ... 
and if you do stop thinking and you don't notice it you can assume you are dead.''

''The man who will go to war may have some kind of dogma or physical courage but he has no moral courage.''

''My art has been my voice otherwise I would not have spoken.''

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''I do not want to wake up one morning and find my humanity has abandoned me for some belief that is not of my own making.''

''As human beings we tend to fear fear, but as human beings it is one of our survival needs to know fear, therefore we should try to use it as such but not so easy to put into practice when you come face to face with fear.''

''It takes a lifetime to become wise and just a moment to become the fool.''

''For every human being who stands up and speaks out for injustice sends a hope for the millions who cannot stand up to speak out for being human in a world that is for all to be treated as equal.''

 ''Don't become poor by living beyond your means on borrowed money, others stand to gain from your actions, be wise in how it goes around but do you think the banks are there for you, they are there to profit from you.'' 

''Good and Bad thoughts will manifest

in form, so be ready, it would be a tragedy
to miss out on anything.''

Just a thought;

''Unlike those people, and I met a few this week, who seem to think there is a god who is only there for them and who also believe without-a-doubt that they and he are in direct contact with each other and that he works on their say or request be it in business or other peoples affairs ....

well, I don't have a god on my side and that's why I live my life day by day ... but if people can change age old habits that are handed down generation to generation and open their minds we might have less killing over a god or gods ... 

oh, but what does a village do where they ring no bells or no call for prayer ... what do they do at dawn and dusk ...'' 

''My heart was taken by you, broken by you and put back together by you and no doubt will be broken again, is this love or karma ...
who cares, both come with life's warning .. 
'this emotion and this belief can kill'.''

''I think there is more evil in the world now than at any time before and when you look back in history evil came with man and is not going to go away, therefore we know more times in war than we know times in Peace.''

''When someone is trying to move the blame over to you just for them to save 'face' it is best for you to close your mind and not to give it any thought for it is the thought in the mind playing over and over

that will bring you down.''

Speaking as the artist;

''I have just spent weeks working on a life size clay figure to walk into 'the pigeonhole' [studio] this morning to find it collapsed on the floor and just when I thought I was getting it all together but I was not angry ... sad yes because it came to mind, isn't life just like this clay figure it can all collapse around you at any time but I will get the chance to play 'God' ... I will be in the business of 'resurrection'. If I give up on making sculpture I give up on life.'' 

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''It's best to be alone than keep

bad company.''

''We have some say in how we live

and others have a say in how they die

but we have no say in what happens after death.''

''An Artist should know no borders and not to fear what others may think of his or her work.'' 

''If you are sitting back and feeling content in your life, don't get too comfortable,

destiny will find you.''

''It takes a strong will just to get through life but keep in mind, there is no such thing as a free ride.''

''When I want to get in touch with myself I
 make my sculpture but then I realize
how little I know of myself and so 
the sculpture can become the

mirror of the self in thought.''

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