Featured Interview With J Patrick
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I am the son of two retired airfare officers. I was born in Texas and many moves later returned. So, I started traveling before I could walk or talk. I love animals and have had many beloved pets. Right now I am divorced and childless/petless. I have been a creator all my life and I have been a practicing engineer, managing and running a region for a big corporation. Writing became an enormous creative outlet as I resurrected my life after the darkness of divorce.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I have been a creator as long as I could remember. I would put things together with things from around the house from when I was small. I would always imagine my world around me and the far away places I could see and people I could meet and things I could do. In that way, I haven’t changed. I have been writing all of my life on and off. I’ve often journaled poetry as well as prose. I have also been taking photographs as an amateur all my life, documenting scenes from my travels.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I have very diverse interests in writing. I love to read both non-fiction and fiction with a historical link. I am inspired from many directions, including poets and philosophers, mystics and musicians. Some examples of my inspirations are Julian of Norwich, Kahlil Gibran, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi, Tennyson, Rudyard Kipling, Teilhard De Chardin, Rabi Abraham Herchel, St. Catherine of Genoa, Mechthild of Magdeburg as well as Keats and Yates. Of course, I’m also inspired by the words of Martin Luther King , Sinead O’Connor, Sting Bono and Tim Booth. 🙂
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My latest book is actually my very first book of poems. It is called Psalms of Light Vol I, Pollyanna. I drew new inspiration from life after divorce and that resulted in an outflow of poetry from my heart. The theme of this book of poems is the battle between good and evil and the journey from dark to light. I didn’t plan on writing a book and I didn’t consciously every just say to myself, “I’m going to start writing poetry now”. But it’s never felt so right and so opposed to my daily life. I give credit to my creative mother who recently became diagnosed with Alzheimers. She’s taken to calling me “Pollyanna” in that I always see the positive in all around me. My book is a result of all I’ve been through and the new man I’ve become. I wanted to combine two of my passions, photography and poetry.
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