by Dr Phil Brennan | Jun 25, 2020 | Phils Blog
“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have travelled, and if the future road looms ominous and unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the...
by Dr Phil Brennan | Jun 1, 2020 | Phils Blog
“You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.” (Frederich Nietzsche) When dreams are shattered, we search for meaning in the rubble. 10 years ago this week, my hope of one day bringing a state of the art cinema to my hometown was realised. So many...
by Dr Phil Brennan | May 5, 2020 | Phils Blog
“I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothing happens! Nothing… Silence… Waves… Nothing happens? Or has everything happened, and we are standing now, quietly, in this new life?” (Juan Ramon Jimenez, translated...
by Dr Phil Brennan | Apr 8, 2020 | Phils Blog
“If in the dusk of the twilight, dimmed be the region afar Will not the deepening darkness, brighten the glimmering star. Then when the night is upon us, why should the heart sink away, When the dark midnight is over, watch for the break of day. Whispering hope, O how...
by Dr Phil Brennan | Mar 20, 2020 | Phils Blog
All has changed, changed utterly. You can sing it! We never saw this coming. It’s as though the world as we knew it has been suspended in time. What started out in a far away land has morphed into something that knows no borders. Amid the haze of the unknown, our...