Potency

Mystic in the Modern World

- a tale of speedbumps, sports trainers, debit cards and flags on lampposts set in a former mining village.

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August 2025

On the Importance of Not Knowing

:and why we need curiosity and the imagination as never before

Aug 31 • 

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Why I am Self-Publishing my Poetry Book

: and why it's a political act

Aug 12 • 

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July 2025

Tell Me The Truth

One of the phenomena I am currently observing is the case of an armoured narcissist who holds a lot of power over others (and who needs that to maintain…

Jul 29 • 

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The Power In My Hands

:a new poem

Jul 24 • 

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Little Boxes

:an Origin Story and exercise in awareness*

Jul 22 • 

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Call me Alice

:adventures in Modernity Part 1

Jul 19 • 

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Retirement

:an announcement

Jul 4 • 

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May 2025

A Declaration

To say that I am a coach, a poet, a teacher, a mother (etc) is both saying nothing and masking the truth.

May 21 • 

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The Reclamation:

What is ours and what is not?

May 16 • 

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April 2025

Life Energy

:how to work with 'death energy' in ways that soothe your spirit.

Apr 28 • 

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'Death Energy'

: a little trip into reductionism

Apr 24 • 

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