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swim
in words

like a
lung fish

trying
to make
want

into
subject

these
dreams

these
rose
circulars

these
fireflies

I want
to give
you

in time

if only
your hands

come again

^

Biography

I was born in Houston, Texas. My father was a lawyer who enjoyed the arts. His parents were from Cork and Donegal. My mother was a teacher who liked playing the piano and painting. Her parents were from New York and Arizona. When I was young I use to surf hurricanes, listen to psychedelic music, study nature, and self medicate. Now I wear a helmet when I ride my mountain bike, play traditional Irish music, advocate nature, and don't self medicate. I am a filmmaker, musician, poet, photographer, and curator-in short an artist. My work has been exhibited and published widely by such groups as The British Journal of Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, Rice University Media Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Cork Examiner, San Francisco Gael, ND Magazine, Hallwalls, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Diverse Works, University of California at Davis, University of Denver, University of Houston, University of Texas at Austin, Video Pool, F3 Film Festival, and beyond. Along the way I have collected awards and press. But all of this pales in comparison to the importance of gatherings of communities such as the Dublin Writer's Workshop or Electric Acorn. For it is in these gatherings of people that real change, understanding, and evolution happens. You can contact me at filmtank@hotmail.com