Magi, the magical poet

I happen to be an Aquarian who was born in Holland but was then dragged shouting and screaming by my parents to Western Australia when I was still knee high to a kangaroo.  I went to school with Adam and Eve – and that’s all you need to know about my age.  You see, I go travelling with Dr Who and thus time is irrelevant.

Here’s some meaty stuff to get your teeth into.

I am intrigued by the proposition that what you believe is true for you - even if no one else believes it or regards it as true. That you will seek and find evidence proving to you that what you believe is true, despite the beliefs of others, thus imprisoning your self with your own frame-of-reference. It follows that madness can be perceived as sanity, the sane as madness, the valueless as valuable - where there are competing and conflicting truths that deny there can be unambiguous and universal truths transcending the chaos of beliefs. In a nutshell: everything is an interpretation, its reality or otherwise determined by the beliefs and values of the perceiver.

Here is some trivia about me that I’d like to share with you.

My Favourite Music: most Celtic and Native American music; gentle music; heart soaring, inspirational music.

My Favourite Books: Lord of the Rings; A Course in Miracles; but far too wide and varied to list further.

Favourite Authors: J.R.R. Tolkien; Charles Dickens; but, again, too many to list further.

Favourite Films: Lord of the Rings; Captain Correlli's Mandolin; Dead Poet's Society; Gone With the Wind; Star Wars; The Godfather I-III; Dr Zhivago; Lawrence of Arabia; Schindler's List; Black Hawk Down; Alien/s; Ghost; and the list could go on and on.

Favourite TV Shows: various British and USA sit. coms.; Australian, British and USA current affairs programmes.

My Hobbies: hand painting bisque ceramics – especially figurines; riding my Moto Guzzi motorcycle along roads flowing over hill and dale, through forests and by the sea, and chasing distant horizons.

Other Interests: spirituality; love; people; creative writing; photography; travel.

My Heroes: All those who have the courage to unconditionally share a smile with all they meet; and those who smile bravely at my pathetic jokes.

Would you like to know just a few things more?  Okay.

My Profession: I've worked for the Education Department of Western Australia and the W.A. State Public Service as a writer and editor; and as a senior policy officer in alternative energy.  I also put in some years as a high school teacher.

Universities Attended: University of Western Australia; Murdoch University; and Edith Cowan University.

Degrees and Other Tertiary Accreditations: M.A. (science and technology policy), B.A. (double major in history and politics); Diploma of Education; Teachers' Certificate; Teachers' Higher Certificate.

My wish for you

May God smile on you

as gently as the morning dew

When storms brew

to come with hours long and dark

to stamp misery as their mark

And you the captain of aimless ship

caught in the grip of boiling rip

He as navigator will take the part

and through the raging waters safe passage chart

Yet when the sun again shines bright

remember the One who gave the light

and you the sight.

May God with you dwell

and safeguard you and keep you well

then you can with confidence sleep

and fear forsake

For God is awake

and watch shall keep

even over the denizens of the deep.

May God walk with you all your days

let there be no parting of the ways.