On politics and life

An article in last Saturday's Irish Times by Ciaran Hancock provided details of the Farmleigh "Think Tank". Having read through several paragraphs it was the second last paragraph which gave most clarity.

In response to why Mr Michael O'Leary of Ryanair turned down an invitation he said "I wouldn't participate in a three day photo-shoot, listening to the great and the good of the Irish diaspora, a lot of whom, like Bob Geldof, don't employ anybody in Ireland, don't pay any tax in Ireland! I'd happily go along for four hours on a Tuesday in Government Buildings, with no press, no photo-calls, and come up with a list of decisions, and then lets implement them. The problem with this Government is that it's always one forum, one high level commission and one photo-shoot away from making a decision" Just like worksearch, take responsbility, think differently and take action................

On a lighter note Rosita Boland on why she has no desire to take photographs (having traveled to over 50 countries with no photos). "I prefer simply to observe, to live undistracted and purely in the moment and let memory later filter back when it will and surprise me".

Living in the moment allows our creative powers to see all the potential opportunities available to us.

Be here now, be someplace else later