The Big Purple - Snibston - Wind Turbine Art

The Big Purple will be a fully working wind turbine public work of art - Snibston Country Park - Paul Conneally 2009

The Big Purple

Builds on Snibston's long history of providing energy Transforms the visual landscape Celebrates the past workers of Snibston Transforms energy makes money Is illuminated at specific times Is a powerful educational resource

The Big Purple is a piece from Spoil Heap Harvest by Paul Conneally for Snibston TRANSFORM 2009/10 Snibston Country Park

More on wind turbines art and poetry - Alec Finlay

Artist poet Alec Finlay has worked extensively to explore through art poetry and thought, wind turbines and their place within culture, history, science, the environment and as objects akin to standing stones within the landscape.

 Any artist, poet, actually anyone, considering wind turbines, alternative energy production, landscape and the environment should look at Alec's work which engages at a much deeper level than, on the surface, The Big Purple, a site specific piece, could ever do.

 Here's a video of Alec talking about elements of his work around wind turbines - wind flowers too:
ALEC FINLAY part 1
ALEC FINLAY part 2
 Alec Finlay's blog: ALEC FINLAY
 Paul Conneally Coalville 2013

Heartsease

heartsease 


her first kiss pressed 


in Das Kapital 

Paul Conneally

http://burnthewater.wordpress.com/2013/10/21/heartsease/ 

Backstreet Business - Leicester UK

Despite economic downturns etc etc there are still a number of small fashion / textile businesses in the backstreets of Leicester, UK.

Photo: Paul Conneally 2013

Overseas Posting

overseas posting 

a letter feels better

than an email 

Paul Conneally

http://t.co/PRBVa3aa1b

Photograph: Postbox - Rothley, Leicestershire - Paul Conneally 2013

NB Rothley is the home village of Madeleine McCaan, the little girl abducted from her parents' holiday villa in Portugal in 2007 and is still missing.

Time and Plaice

even after lunch 

there's still so much to say 

tumbling leaves 

Paul Conneally

http://t.co/o4G5Dxj711

Photo: 

Time and Plaice - Rothley - Leicestershire 

Paul Conneally 2013

IBM COMPANY RALLY SONG 'EVER ONWARD'

IBM Computer circa 1960

IBM RALLY SONG - EVER ONWARD
(click above to hear it in a 1931 recording)

There's a thrill in store for all,
For we're about to toast,
The corporation known in every land.
We're here to cheer each pioneer
And also proudly boast
Of that "man of men," our friend and guiding hand.
The name of T. J. Watson means a courage none can stem;
And we feel honored to be here to toast the "IBM."

EVER ONWARD -- EVER ONWARD!
That's the spirit that has brought us fame!
We're big, but bigger we will be
We can't fail for all can see
That to serve humanity has been our aim!
Our products now are known, in every zone,
Our reputation sparkles like a gem!
We've fought our way through -- and new
Fields we're sure to conquer too
For the EVER ONWARD I.B.M.

EVER ONWARD -- EVER ONWARD!
We're bound for the top to never fall!
Right here and now we thankfully
Pledge sincerest loyalty
To the corporation that's the best of all!
Our leaders we revere, and while we're here,
Let's show the world just what we think of them!
So let us sing, men! SING, MEN!
Once or twice then sing again
For the EVER ONWARD I.B.M.

All Grown Up

all grown up 

a few leaves blowing 

across platform one 

Paul Conneally 

http://t.co/mmVxUiSw6G

Click above to see photo haiga

Tom Green - Musician and Composer

Tom Green - Musician in Thornhill Bridge Community Garden, London

Photo: Paul Conneally 2013

I had lunch with musician Tom Green in a little Italian cafe come restaurant around the corner from Kings Cross Station. Tom and I have been friends for over 30 years first playing together in the UK post-punk band DUM DUM DUM around 1980.

Tom went on to play and record with The Orb and as Another Fine Day producing along the way one of the seminal ambient albums of all time LIFE BEFORE LAND

Recently we've started doing a little writing and recording together again including Won't You Tell Me How To Mend This Broken Heart. I'm sure that we'll be working together again soon on new material and I can't wait.

After our meal we retired to Thornhill Bridge Community Garden for a chat by the canal before I had to leave for a planning workshop for Holocaust Memorial Day 2014.

Tom returned to his Brixton studio to work on the soundtrack for an up and coming new film.

Here's looking at you Tom till the next time we meet - sooner the better!

Paul Conneally

Loughborough 2013

Sweet Chestnuts

If you are in or around London St Pancras International Station and you have a little time visit the British Library.

It’s right next to the station on Euston Road. In fact if you need the toilet and you’re in the station I’d advise a trip next door. Do what you need to do for free in comfort and close proximity to Shakespeare first folios and other treasures.

The cafe is good and the exhibitions usually worth a look. Of course it’s also a place for serious study but me I’m generally there for the being there, a coffee and to people watch until it’s time for my train back north.

sweet chestnuts
the security guard
waves through my bag

Paul Conneally
London 2013

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE HAIBUN WITH PHOTOGRAPH

This Unsteady Heart

this unsteady heart 

the rhythm of heavy rain 

on an umbrella 

Paul Conneally

http://t.co/oBx2NR4Gen

haiku poetry 

Longer Shadows - Loughborough

longer shadows 

a sign in the park that says 

don't feed the pigeons 

Paul Conneally

Loughborough 2013

After Work Drink

after work drink 

a sweep of starlings 

over Wandsworth Bridge 

Paul Conneally

http://t.co/zDtNBeulEm

Old Church

old church 

trees swaying 

side to side

Yr6 pupil at Bridge Junior School, Leicester

Haiku Hands - Paul Conneally 2013

http://burnthewater.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/old-church/

A Cock's Crow

a cock’s crow
the farmer’s son and his girl
walking warm
out of the green stable
two young horses

Paul Conneally

From the tanka series After Fern Hill

Easy Mother Expletives

outrageous crime victims do plastic

over the gym-shy marriage

before you put uniform in a bottle

pupils win hollywood sick boy

quite advanced elephant dung and seaside u-turn

right time to sunday music system

executive pension plan options easy as print

you go in bank friday

liar at college is just heroine

unworkable ex-prisoners play comfort

rest help us plant wednesday show

grrrl power – thrown out spare time

remarkably easy mother expletives deleted

grass becomes the woodstock

come magnum write off fans to be

film under attack before gm foods

the best knew some were check-a-go-go

A ‘SHREADLINES’ piece by Paul Conneally, Loughborough Market Place 2000

"passers-by are asked to pick five pieces of cut-up newpaper text out of a bag at random
then to make a headline or shreadline using three or more of the pieces
then to stick it to a piece of found cardboard
the finished piece is both a literary work and a visual art piece
it should be read out loud with a strong rhythm and a good pace
preferably in a public space like a busy market place or town square
go and do it now
or go and make one in your town centre”

Paul Conneally

http://burnthewater.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/easy-mother-expletives/

The Wrestler's Top Knot

the wrestler's top knot 

falls loose 

paulownia leaf 

Paul Conneally

http://t.co/aYMV8jHS8T

Sea Urchin

sea urchin 

a fresh fish each day 

from the boy next door

Paul Conneally

http://t.co/fW6QqFEzBf 

    

Some Saint's Day

some saint’s day
the smell of bread from
a closed-up bakery

Paul Conneally

http://burnthewater.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/some-saints-day/

Photograph: Paul Conneally – Fayence – France

haiku poetry architecture wabi sabi shops food and drink photography

On the Green

they call for him
the slightly bigger boys

to ‘play out’
and ‘bring your ball’

out on the green
the big green by the main road

now you be careful
and don’t swing on the saplings

Paul Conneally

http://burnthewater.wordpress.com/2013/09/22/on-the-green/ 

REUNITED WORLDS by R.N.FOSTER

Reunited Worlds - R.N.Foster

Reunited Worlds tells the tale of two space explorers, thousands of years in the future, who are sent out to find other worlds inhabited by humans. Their mission goes disastrously wrong when they encounter a medieval world and inadvertently affect the course of a major war. The story is told from both the perspective of the explorers and from the viewpoint of those who they encounter. 

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/353978

RN FOSTER contacted us to say: "There is a more in-depth synopsis of my book on my website ....
http://www.rnfoster.com/reunited-worlds/  "