https://karlclancy.ie/ Essays, poems, and notes by Karl Clancy. en Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:23:20 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/any-day-now https://karlclancy.ie/blog/any-day-now Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:30:26 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/snake-oil https://karlclancy.ie/blog/snake-oil Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:28:11 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/woke-af https://karlclancy.ie/blog/woke-af Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:26:53 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/the-three-stooges https://karlclancy.ie/blog/the-three-stooges Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:48:49 GMT I wrote this when FF, FG and The Greens were in power... https://karlclancy.ie/blog/if-you-only-play-to-win-you-ll-lose https://karlclancy.ie/blog/if-you-only-play-to-win-you-ll-lose Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:31:58 GMT If you only play to win, what do you play for when there's nothing on the line? What drives us when there's no prize to be won? https://karlclancy.ie/blog/i-can-t-explain-tao https://karlclancy.ie/blog/i-can-t-explain-tao Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:40:15 GMT The tao that can be described is not the tao. I can't tell you what tao is but I can allude to it through symbolism. https://karlclancy.ie/blog/homophone-homicide https://karlclancy.ie/blog/homophone-homicide Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:32:36 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/message-from-the-dark https://karlclancy.ie/blog/message-from-the-dark Sat, 30 May 2026 08:40:14 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/black-belts-are-just-dirty-white-belts https://karlclancy.ie/blog/black-belts-are-just-dirty-white-belts Fri, 29 May 2026 16:30:26 GMT Just some thoughts on martial arts training, belts, tai jutsu and such nonsense. https://karlclancy.ie/blog/lean-in https://karlclancy.ie/blog/lean-in Fri, 29 May 2026 16:20:43 GMT We fear what we don't know, and we don't really know ourselves at all. https://karlclancy.ie/blog/memory-is-an-idiot https://karlclancy.ie/blog/memory-is-an-idiot Wed, 27 May 2026 19:04:44 GMT I remembered a river flowing in one direction but when I revisited the spot I found it flowed in the opposite direction! My memory had gotten the information back to front.. memory is an idiot! https://karlclancy.ie/blog/thoughts-on-the-toilet https://karlclancy.ie/blog/thoughts-on-the-toilet Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:09 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/remembering-susan-sontag https://karlclancy.ie/blog/remembering-susan-sontag Sun, 24 May 2026 09:25:27 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/we-re-intelligent-right https://karlclancy.ie/blog/we-re-intelligent-right Sat, 23 May 2026 17:52:56 GMT If we're all that and a bag of chips why don't we just choose happiness? https://karlclancy.ie/blog/adhd-mc https://karlclancy.ie/blog/adhd-mc Sat, 23 May 2026 17:48:10 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/your-two-cents https://karlclancy.ie/blog/your-two-cents Tue, 19 May 2026 19:43:01 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/beneath-the-stone https://karlclancy.ie/blog/beneath-the-stone Tue, 19 May 2026 19:39:25 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/water-water-everywhere https://karlclancy.ie/blog/water-water-everywhere Sun, 17 May 2026 11:17:31 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/ready-steady-medi-tate https://karlclancy.ie/blog/ready-steady-medi-tate Fri, 15 May 2026 16:54:35 GMT Don't meditate to become calm. Become calm to meditate. https://karlclancy.ie/blog/ordinary-miracles https://karlclancy.ie/blog/ordinary-miracles Fri, 15 May 2026 07:26:40 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/gravity-god-and-questions-we-can-t-answer https://karlclancy.ie/blog/gravity-god-and-questions-we-can-t-answer Thu, 14 May 2026 20:38:05 GMT The same gravity that we experience here on earth is the very gravity that marks black holes https://karlclancy.ie/blog/it-s-all-relative-up-close https://karlclancy.ie/blog/it-s-all-relative-up-close Thu, 14 May 2026 20:33:43 GMT Carry traumas at arms length and they become awfully heavy. https://karlclancy.ie/blog/be-yourself-and-know-who-that-is https://karlclancy.ie/blog/be-yourself-and-know-who-that-is Wed, 13 May 2026 21:19:02 GMT Becoming a better version of you doesn't mean the old you has to be discarded. It means it must be integrated. https://karlclancy.ie/blog/what-does-indigenous-mean https://karlclancy.ie/blog/what-does-indigenous-mean Wed, 13 May 2026 21:11:40 GMT The hint is 'it's you' ... https://karlclancy.ie/blog/morning-rituals https://karlclancy.ie/blog/morning-rituals Mon, 11 May 2026 15:49:00 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/are-you-really-helping https://karlclancy.ie/blog/are-you-really-helping Mon, 11 May 2026 10:38:01 GMT What does helping look like to you? https://karlclancy.ie/blog/poetry-and-me https://karlclancy.ie/blog/poetry-and-me Sat, 09 May 2026 08:42:03 GMT What poetry means beyond the words https://karlclancy.ie/blog/she-saved-herself https://karlclancy.ie/blog/she-saved-herself Thu, 07 May 2026 18:46:25 GMT https://karlclancy.ie/blog/8-ways-to-not-take-it-personally https://karlclancy.ie/blog/8-ways-to-not-take-it-personally Wed, 06 May 2026 19:30:33 GMT Eight ways to enhance your experience of living in a world that looks to tell you how to be, who to be and what to be in a relentless torrent of social media sound bites. https://karlclancy.ie/blog/the-space-between https://karlclancy.ie/blog/the-space-between Wed, 06 May 2026 19:06:40 GMT Where can we find peace?