Words and Pictures – Blog
Self Portrait May 2021
Jack Frost Came.
Hidden away in a farm house in the middle of no where. Where no thing happens but frost on moss and sun rises and sun sets and little girl games and twinkling rushes. Isn't it lucky and grand to be here and hiding. When the vibe beyond the hilly, cold wilderness is...
https://soundcloud.com/helenmcnulty/i-sleep-a-lot-by-czeslaw-milosz I Sleep A Lot by Czeslaw Milosz and 'Golden Gate Bridge from the other side' by Helen McNulty 2008 Czeslaw Milosz's poetry was a great part of my life in the early 2010s when Polish Theatre Ireland...
I Didn’t Know by Helen McNulty
I Didn't Know by Helen McNulty --- I didn’t know that having more to do in life meant you get more done and give more to the world. I didn't know that having more niggling pains in your body meant you spring out of bed earlier and with more appreciation. I didn’t know...
MYTH – Peripheries:POST
“The myth is a surviving fragment of the psychic life of the infancy of the race whilst the dream is the myth of the individual.”— Karl Abraham Abraham said that we create myths as a collective dream, a way to understand our desires, needs, darkest capabilities and...
Dr Bach
Dr Bach aka Daddy on New Year's Day 2020 | Pencil on Paper | 21 x 14cm | January 2020---When we were children, daddy would make for each of us our own unique concoction of the Bach Flower Remedies. I needed cherry plum, mustard and something else I can't remember....
Listen At … Wellington from 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLi9DxEHcgQ&ab_channel=ListenAt
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Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice, Self Portrait
Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice, Self Portrait, Colouring Pencil on Paper, 15 x 21cm, 2022 (with David Colouring the vest)
Healing Time, Self Portrait, Watercolour on Paper, 15 x 21cm, 2022
Healing Time, Self Portrait, Watercolour on Paper, 15 x 21cm, 2022
The House of the Gardener Who Never Stops Working
The House of the Gardener Who Never Stops Working, Watercolour on Paper, 14 x 9cm, 2022The Gardener. A little voice called 'Mammy' each morning. She made her way into our room, from her little mess of teddies. 'Programme' or 'What Now?' were on the menu for the...
Excerpt
Excerpt, Watercolour on Paper, 14 x 9cm, 2022
Poseidon Palm
Poseidon Palm, Watercolour on Paper, 14 x 9cm, 2022
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Wicklow Mountains, Ireland