Welcome
I’m John-Paul. I’m a writer and artist. I live in London.
I work at the intersection of story, art, incl drawing and painting, and performance.
Creative self-expression is a route to insight, confidence, and transformation – for me and for others.
I help people find a voice, and make a mark.
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I’ll help you discover and express your most powerful, authentic self.
The work is fundamentally the same, regardless of the specific output:
Background
Seven books, in 16 languages: fiction, illustrated poetry, memoir and non-fiction.
Worked for years as a journalist, magazine writer and editor on the Financial Times and the Sunday Times.
Trained in classical rhetoric and theatrical improvisation.
Recovered from psychiatric crisis through making art. It wasn’t just recovery but liberation. That experience transformed my understanding of creative practice and informs everything I do.
Latest post:
A note to self – but I’m posting it because sometimes other people are interested to know how I work. More than usually techy, may not appeal to everyone.
I’ve been spending some time lately in the Terminal – the command line interface that sits beneath the friendly…
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