I have tried to experiment or write my poetry differently, so many times. I’ve tried angry diss track type, I’ve tried dark poetry. I even tried writing the kind of rhyming same number of lines per verse Hallmark style poetry.

In the end it’s not about doing things differently, it’s about learning what your strengths are creatively and playing to them. I’ve not done things differently I’ve just learnt to push myself outside of my comfort zone, to take risks, while evolving as an artist.

The ONLY thing I’d maybe do differently, is to start on this path earlier than I did (2005) who knows where I’d be then.

Bob Christian

Not just poetry anymore.

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That’s a tough one, I’m assuming college as in the American term. So I’ll start at the beginning…

I first attended college at 17 to study mechanical and electrical engineering at HNC & HND (higher national certificate/degree) this was while I was working for Rolls Royce aerospace like my (bio) father and grandfather. I then went onto a number of other engineering qualifications, paid for by employers over the years to degree standard.

The next courses I did were paid for by a German engineering company called Voss. I studied PMO’s ( performing manufacturing operations ) this is basically a method of showing how to do a job using pictures and words, plus as a cell leader or supervisor I was also expected to do the assessors award so I can then teach PMO’s at an NVQ level.

In my later years I’ve studied subjects at Havard, Georgetown, and a number of other colleges through the EdX online learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT in 2012. I discovered it a year later, while doing ethical reasoning and CS50 (Computer science) via Harvard. I dropped CS50 to do Bioethics at Georgetown instead.

So I’ve studied a lot and I’m going to study some more as it’s fun to learn new things.

I do play in my daily life. I head to an invite only lobby, and head to Los Santos to maybe go for a bike ride or play golf.

Yes I’m talking about GTAV (online) it’s my goto game, and I like the fact that you can play all the missions etc and you don’t have to put up with some teenager with a weaponised flying bike giving everyone grief. The other thing is I can just go for a drive, or any number of activities and not worry about other people.

The other games I love to play are the Batman Arkham series or even the new Gotham Knights game. These games appeal to me as my narrow field of focus (one of them) is Batman. I posses a library of graphic novels (around 5-600) most of them are Batman related the rest are marvel and some indie comics. Batman games are great because they’re not just punching bad guys, there’s clues to find, riddles to solve and the collectible art works are simply stunning.

Playtime for me is a form of downtime, and a way to relax after a hard or stressful day, it’s not just for teenagers anymore.

Ps MMORPG’s like World of Warcraft or Black Desert online are a great way to loose half a day questing