The man behind the mask
This page presents a brief glimpse into Mike's life. You'll be able to build a broader picture of Mike by exploring this site as much of his creative output reflects his personality and passions.
Describing oneself is a difficult task fraught with illusion. Each person carries a singular image of themselves and of those around them. If life is kind, that image may encourage others close, if life is cruel, dislocation often follows.
One thing I have come to realise is that the self is a constantly changing entity despite ones best efforts to pretend otherwise. As you journey through the pages of this site and others I have produced you'll travel to many states of mind and ways of being. Change is at once our closest ally and yet remains our greatest fear.
I hope more than anything else this site serves to connect one person to another, and by so doing, contributes in some small way to enriching our journey into the unkown...
Life into art
A wine glass is an object we often find when we: celebrate; commiserate; relax, enjoy; are alone; are with others.
My life On Earth touches on mike's life so far. Numbered from left to right, each glass contains earth from a place which has shaped him.
The first wine glass contains earth from the site of The Shrubbery, the old maternity hospital, now demolished, in Cliddesden Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. This site was the place of my birth
The second glass contains earth from Mansfield Road, my first home
The third glass contains earth from outside the Hammer and Tongs, my father's favourite drinking hole
The fourth glass contains earth from the grounds of Saint Annes Infant School, my first school
The fifth glass contains earth from the grounds of Parklands, the renamed place where I often visited my mother as a child
The sixth glass contains earth from Worting Road Cemetery, the place where my mother, my father, my grandmother, my grandfather, and my aunt lay buried
The seventh glass contains earth from outside the old Registry Office, the place where I married
The eighth glass contains earth from outside the Maternity Wing of North Hampshire Hospital, the place where our son was born