''Greatness in art will never come from a 'comfort zone' ...😖''

''fb watches me more closely than my mother ever did ...😖.''

''What is 'proof' to one person appears false to someone else ...😬.'' 

''Life is to short to be worrying about it now ...😕.''

 ''We cannot 'predict' the future but at least we can 'invent' it ...😞.''

''The only response that anger gets is more anger in return ...😖.'' 

''Sometimes the weight we need to lose is not on our body .. but the 'baggage' we carry around ...😖.''

''Once upon a time .. there was a time .. and that time is now no-more ...😞.''

''Dreams are the 'connection' between you and your subconscious mind ...😔.''

''Rudeness is epidemic ...😖.''

''Get to know and spend time with the most important person you will ever meet .. yourself ...😎.''

 ''The 'freedom' that you have or 'enjoy' in your country has been built on top of dead bodies ...😠.''

''The greater the power any man or woman has .. the greater the temptation for abuse ...😠.''

''Sometimes a scream can be better than silence ...😞.''

''Everyone you meet today, tomorrow, next week, next year is fighting some kind of 'inner battle'.. including yourself .. that you may know nothing about ...😟.''

''All artists are sad .. even the 'happy ones' will dance with 'Miss Melancholy' ...😞.''

''The majority of politicians 'beat-around-the-bush' and are opportunists sitting on the fence ...😖.''

''Making my art is like loving a beautiful woman who keeps slapping me in the face ...😖.''

 ''You look at the world with the eyes of a child, well, you are going to get your butt kicked ...😟.''

 ''The Irish do not know the word 'moderation' .. we were under colonial rule too long that it was beaten out of us .. so a queen dies and a pawn takes over with a rook at his side ...😕''

 ''You give advice for free and it will go over the 'head' .. you pay for the same advice and it will go into the 'head' ...😕.''

 ''Politics and government are two very different concepts .. at election time politicians make promises in the very unlikelihood that they will ever be fulfilled .. basically, deceiving and persuading voters to continue giving their support for their return to government ...😠.''

''When I was born I had no say in that and in time I will die and I will have little say in that too, well 50/50 .. but, in between I can say all I like ...😎.'' 

''Karma .. my friend, is something that kicks you in the balls and only you can ask .. why ...😠.''

''How the past withers in the present is how the future will come to be ...😟.''

''I am marching to the beat of my own drum ...😎''

''We Irish are 'conditioned' to living amongst 'false gods' .. it's what gave us our 'Irish-mess' ...😒.''

''People in general tend to be offended by the truth ...😞.''

''Hostilities between family members tend to be more violent than those between strangers ...😠.''

''You can't cage a Hornbill because you will kill it .. it needs 'freedom' to survive, just like the people ...😟.''

''All human beings are equal, even in the eyes of any god ...😒.''

''A true friend is by your side until the day you die .. well, that's a 'tall one' to fill ...😞.''

 ''My 'common sense' would not allow me to accept any form of man-made religions ...😶.''

''I never have found a 'need' to learn another language because art 'speaks' in all languages ...😔''

''When you are alive you just never know what kind of day it's going to be but when you are dead it's already decided ...😖''

''There are no 'gods', even with the big 'G' and man-made-gods will fall down when the people open their minds and eyes ...😧.''

''For people to part with money for art they have more of a 'need' for art ...😵.''

My 'moral-thought' for today ...

''A snail is making his slow-way when a child comes along and on seeing the snail picks it up and walks on a-bit carrying the snail. After some time he puts it down to where he thinks the snail is going .. the snail looks up at the child and said ..

how would you like it if I was to pick you up and move you on a couple of years or to the end-of-your-life .. can't you see I am getting there in my own 'good time' ...😔''

''Marriage .. something from the past and something for the future but never something for the Now ...😟.''

 ''You have got to 'hand-it' to 'the religions' for their ingenious and very intricate capacity for 'leading' the people by fear, false hope, showmanship and folly ...😠.''

''The Irish are never choosy when we are in the Jacuzzi ...😒''

''Physical pain can 'cover-up' deeper wounds ...😣.''

''Everybody has issues and I am out of tissues ...😖.''  

''Nepotism, and take a look around you, is like a cancer .. let's keep-it in the family attitude from generation to generation ...😕.''

''Northern Ireland is the Six Counties that is full of 'symbols' .. for Catholic Nationalism and Protestant Loyalists each 'symbol' is made all the more potent because of it's history ...😟.''

''Man puts fear into his 'fellow-man' by inventing religion ...😖.''

 ''If the fool is looking at himself in the mirror he knows he is looking at a wise man looking back out at him ...😒.''

''A sexual romance is not the best preparation for a life-long union of 'till-death-do-us-part' ...😟.'' 

''My creative 'apperception' is what makes my life worth living ...😶.''

''Grant to others all [basic] human rights that you would have others grant to you ...😶.''

''Nostalgia is sentimentality in disguise ...😒.''

''I can only 'speak' for myself .. I am here because of Karma .. why are you here ...😕.''

''If we address each person we meet to day with .. ''My fellow sufferer'' .. then we have a true understanding of being human ...😞.''

''I am the 'outsider' sitting on the edge .. but at least I have cleaner air ...😒''

''Helplessness marches 'hand-in-hand' with hopelessness ...😠.''

 ''I like when I stat talking 'politics' .. everybody 'runs-for-cover' ...😒''

''So .. I am sure most of you are asking who is 'this' Cromwell .. well, he was sent by England in the middle of the 1600 hundreds to put 'manners' on the Irish, we were 'colonized' then and still are today. He was very 'willing' to do this because he wanted revenge on the Irish for 'rebelling' against the English 'landlords' and besides, he detested Catholicism. So off he went to Ireland on a rampage with his poorly-payed-army, mostly 'draftee's' and killed off 200,000 thousand [round off figures] out of a population of two million island people and then did his 'very best' to move the rest into the West of Ireland .. poor land and the Altaic ocean dictating the weather. In the 'six-counties', Northern Ireland, Cromwell is still the 'hero' to this day ... in the Republic we are 'looking' for Cromwell .. payback .. and so, Ireland 'sits' in Europe and nobody asks questions ... because the 'answers' are too embarrassing .....''

''The Irish Government puts the 'refugees' out into the West of Ireland .. Cromwell did the same to the Irish in the middle of the 1600's .. next stop, A-mer-iee-kaaaaa ...😟.''

''I have come to the conclusion that the majority of human beings are 'determined' by nature and will 'improve' by nurture ...😐.''

''I make art from 'outside-of-the-box' for the people 'inside-the-box'...😣.''

 

''This 'trend' of taking a lot of 'selfies' during public and family gatherings etc., and ignoring human interaction at the so-called 'gatherings' and then living in a 'fake nostalgia' later on .. sad ...😟.'' 

''So-called 'talent' comes in a gift wrapped one-ounce-package when you are born .. the rest is hard work ...😖.''

''Heartache is an 'experience' all of it's own to be experienced to show you that you cannot find 'peace' [with-in] by avoiding what life throws up at you ...😒.''

''If the Taliban were taught how to do Irish dancing they would realize that it's the fastest and the most obvious way to become 'Pure, Holy and Happy' to enter Heaven and smiling too...😏.''

''I would think smart phone has more 'hands-on' than humans .. what ever happened to human touch, interaction and eye-contact ...😪.''

''You have a dream, then try to turn it into a reality ...😊.''

''Have the ability to 'sit' with uncertainty ... 😕.''

 ''When God made fools He made them all so perfect .. welcome to the human race ...😞.''

''It's my birth-day and I could cry because it gives me one more year to die .. all together now .. sing it out loud ...😅.'' 

 ''Today is my birth-day {69}.. things to-do before I die .. 'keep-on-grooving' in my art ...👉😎👈.''

 ''There were times in my life when 'that' God above, in 'His All Mighty Wisdom' blessed me to be stupid enough not to know any better .. and so here 'I am' ...😖.''

 ''You lose your 'pride' real quick in hospitals ...😟.''

'In being the artist at 'work-play' you drop your Ego big time but in 'real time' you pick it right up again ...😎.''

''Family is a 'life sentence' for a crime you did in a past life ...😠.''

''Before having a meal 'the rich' will make photos of the food .. before having a meal 'the poor' will give thanks ...😢.''

 ''Two people in a relationship trying to 'please' each other can never please them-selves ...😔.''

''Human beings is a 'being' with a limited capacity for endurance ...😟.'' 

''Enjoy this 'moment' of your life, because, in the next 'moment' it becomes a memory ...😞.''

 ''Life can be futile and pointless if you feel you are a 'people-pleaser' and adapting to the world around you rather than experiencing it ...😠.''

 ''Today could very well be my 'last day', so, I will spend the whole day on my knees praying to 'god' asking for an extension on my time ...😒.''

  ''Show up on time because death does not wait for nobody ...😒.''

''Nothing will make a man feel so hungry as empty pockets ...😟.''

''I am like the bear turning in circles in a very small cage smelling his own butt ...😠.''

''It's never too late to 'band-aid' broken relationships ...😥.''

''If something is worth 'doing' maybe it's worth the effort of 'over-doing' ...😣.''

''You are the 'best', but, to everybody else you are the 'second best' ...😠.''

 ''So you have a 'birth certificate' .. it doesn't mean you are living ...😡.''

''The 'first victim' to fall in any war is the truth ...😠.''

''Do any 'form' of art and in time you will know who you are ...😐.''

''When you are 'happy' it can be contagious ...😜.''

 ''You talk about 'pain' and you will give it 'life' .. I can say this from my personal experience ...😎.''

''A lesson is not taught it is experienced ...😧.''

''I exercise everyday .. I bring my hand to my mouth ...😒.'' 

 ''Time is not wasted if I want too just 'sit-around' ...😒.''

''Life is good when you Love the woman you are with and she loves you, unconditionally ...😎.'' 

''The man who swaps his 'belief''s' in mid life is like the headless chicken running around ...😕''

''People can do a hundred good actions and that 'one' bad action, but that bad action eclipses all the good actions ...😞.''

''Innocent lives are ruined by careless accusations ...😖.''

''As I get older I 'flip-flop' through life ...😕.'' 

''I am severely opposed to celibacy as an institution ...😠.''

''This is a place, [Earth] where men are trained to kill each other like animals ...😡.''

''I grew up in-[at]-the-best-of-times, 1950's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and I will die in the worse-of-times 2020's ...😣.'' 

''Money comes to visit but never stays ...😔''

''Old Countries' are developing a guilt because of their past histories ...😞.''

''I am alive because of the Blues ...😎.''

''When humans compete with other humans they treat everyone as their enemy ...😞.'' 

 ''In order to have evolution we should have a [r]evolution ...😒.''

''In human evolution we went straight for the nipple [survival] after that, we have to learn everything else ...😒.''  

''How old do you have to be before people start treating you like a 'person' ...😢.''

''Everything in life makes sense, no matter how absurd it can be ...😪.''
 

''Any man can father a child very few men can rear a child ...😞.''

 ''Religion is the Devil's playground ...😈.''

''Making the art is what matters not selling it ...😏.'' 

 ''When you talk with 'professionals' there is no bullshit .. when you talk with amateurs there is meetings, more meetings and still more meetings with non-stop bullshit talk ...😩.''

''Life as you 'know-it' is just tooooooo short to spend it dancing with an ugly woman ...😬.''

 ''The 'things' I need I miss ...😖.''

''I am 'living' in a foreign country where they charge you according to race ...😖.''

''Through-out my life I have not filled my 'plate' with what I saw ...😖.''

''Colonialism, religious-metaphors and smug-self-righteousness .. the third world mentality ...😡.'' 

''If you are looking for that 'someone' that can 'change' your life .. take a long hard look in the mirror ...😲.'' 

 ''Creativity is a curse .. the agony and ecstasy of it is the 'masturbation of the work' coming alive ...😒.''

''Sometimes, I feel I can outstay my 'welcome' by living too long ...😧.'' 

''You can take the Irish out of Ireland but you can not take Ireland out of the Irish ...☘️☘️☘️.''

''Some people in their lifetime are lucky to find the 'reason' for which they live and die ...😣.''

''The weather is more predictable than human beings ...😟.''

 ''The big corporations and private hospitals 'governing' themselves .. their motivation is profit and only profit ...😞.''

 

''You will never know the 'answer' until you die ...😠.''

''I did my best now time can do the rest ...😔.''

''Why are we generous with those who don't even need our generosity .. 'yes-sir, yes-sir three bags full sir' ...😞.''

''When I was 'growing-up' we had 'face', which means, we 'stood' by our word ...😑.''

'' 'Good' dictatorship is hidden by bad democracy ...😟.'' 

''In the making of art, which can take over the mind and body to the extent that everything else in life is sacrificed ...😒.''

 ''Death is 'poking around' to see will I be missed ...😕.''

''I am searching through my memories and noticed how far away the future looks ...😟.''

 ''This might be a 'normal' day for you but it is not a 'normal' day for me ...😟.''

 ''Try dealing with success, it can be a lot more difficult than dealing with failure ...😒.''

''A marriage cert never stops men from 'wandering' but can give them the excuse to 'wander' ...😒.'' 

''No nothing but the 'contact' that was made before we were born ...😶.'' 

''We humans are by nature a cynical and critical lot ...😒.''

 ''What Ireland needs today is another 'Michael Collins' ... 🇮🇪 ''

''And what will history say about 'this war' .. history, will tell lies as usual ...😠.''

 

''There are two things that makes a good a politician, know when to 'stop' the bullshit and know when to 'start' the bullshit ...😕.'' 

''By all means be born into this world, but don't expect to leave 'intact' ...😕.''

''It is so easy to be kind, yet seems to be such a rare occurrence these days ...😞.''

''There are times to be abnormal to feel normal ...😖.''

 ''In war 'the killing' becomes easy, staying alive, now that is another matter entirely ...😟.''

''Professionals .. like 'God' with a big 'G' can get it wrong ...😟.''

''War is what happens when pointing guns has more off an effect than pointing fingers ...😞.''

''Maybe winning a war would be 'easy' compared to trying to keep the peace ...😟.''

''There is nothing like a 'natural disaster' to bring human beings together as apposed to war that will only make for more wars ...😡'' 

 ''Fusion 'food' is the excuse for not being able to cook the original dish ...😖.''

''When you go to war you may just begin to 'value' your life that you took for granted ...😔.''

''I am living longer than my money is ...😖.''

''Two countries are at war and all humanity will suffer in some way in the end ...😟.'' 

''You don't eat steak with chopsticks ...😕.''

''No matter how good a person you might think you are others 'see' with a different eye ...😔.''

''War is what happens when pointing fingers is not the same as pointing guns ...😞.''

''You will find that people are ready to argue with you just to satisfy their ego ...😶.''

''Anger is the feeble man’s impression of strength ...😬.''

''Today, I can find nothing 'intelligent' to say about war ...😞.''

''When men put on a uniform they become a moving target ...😠.''

''Being alone is a lot better than being with someone when there is no peace ...😔.''

''The bitter truth about human nature is that it is full of ingratitude ...😖.''

''At the end-of-a-war there will be no 'rights' but a lot of 'wrongs' ...😖.''

''You will find what 'assumes' to be peace ...😶.''

''Wars are started by people who want to live on when 'they' die ...😖.''

''Assumptions are dangerous thoughts to be entertaining while having sex ...😕.''

''In war, death and destruction is an unavoidable 'hazard' that others may live in 'peace' ...😟.''

''I am just like the balloon .. I can burst or I can 'fly-free' till I burst ...😒.''

''Creativity has left me like the woman leaving the bed ...😔.'' 

 ''Few soldiers can come home from war 'normal' ...😔.''

''In war, soldiers are brave to go and fight another man's battle or complete fools ...😠.''

''The cost of any war is paid for in blood ...😡.''

''Men who start wars normally don't die in them, they live on to 'justify' their war ...😳.'' 

''War in any man's language is a crime against humanity ...😢.''

''As a foreigner I am eating local food for too long that I have lost my taste for food ...😖.''

 ''Let the one who calls for war be the one to stand in front of the so-called enemy ...😒.''

''When soldiers have to go to war because of old men's pride it's soldiers who support soldiers in the field ...😔.'' 

''What we lose in war is lost for ever what we gain is 'temporary-peace' till the next war ...😟.'' 

 ''Young soldiers die in war because of another man's pride ...😡.''

 ''Your life, your friend, your 'everything' is your smart phone, humanity will never be the same again ...😟.''

''Every society has the politicians it deserves, you voted them in ...😖.''

''There is every reason to lie but there is only one reason to tell the truth ...😧.''

''If the 'wrong' people are in your life the 'right' people won't come in ...😖.''

''Ideology must have the adherence of the people before 'stability' can be stabilized ...😕.'' 

''Pride is the root to all evil .. beware, Mr. Politicians ...😶.''

 ''The world is, as always was, a dangerous place to live because it's deprived of humanity ...😔.''

''Try talking, arguing or debating with a fanatic and it's like pissing-against-the-wind ...😖.'' 

''I can go for days without laughing but I cannot go a day without feeling I want to scream ...😣.''

''Even in silence your 'body language' talks ...😒.''

''Memories have the power over us for the past to be still alive and well in the present and dragged through to the future ...😟.''

 ''Love and hate is that 'thin line' and the two main emotions in the same person ...😔.''

''War is what happens when dictators want to play real war games with real people in real time ...😠.''

''If you ever become a celebrity you can kiss your life goodbye ...😖.'' 

''The opportunity of a scam knocks on everybody's door sometime .. the opportunity of falling into a scam happens to everybody at sometime ...😖.'' 

''Covid-19 could very well be a drug companies scam supported by governments that see an opportunity to 'control' the masses by fear and technology ...😡.''   

 ''It never takes a 'group of men' but always one man to change the world .. look at religion and dictators, it is always 'one man' ...😠.''

 ''Every book has it's boring parts .. just like life ...😣.''

''The way it is now .. as I get older .. it's memories that can kill ...😞.''

''Sacrifices are made for lessons to be learned ...😟.''