5 Questions with Paul McDonald

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Paul McDonald is both an artist and writer.

https://instagram.com/paulmcd1970?igshid=h4vji63fedx2

For what in your life do you feel most grateful?

That's easy, and I would guess fairly predictable, without a doubt it's my friends and family. You can have a surplus of practically every other thing in the world, but without them everything else has literally zero value. Your friends and family will always be there for you through good times and bad. There's a line in the Elbow song 'Real Life (Angel)' that nails it for me "go straight to the place where you first lost your balance, and find your feet with the people that you love".

Do you feel like you have lived this same day many times before?

In the recent/current climate, yes totally. 2020 has been groundhog day/year but even when we were completely locked down I still tried to ensure each day included variety so I would read, draw, listen to podcasts and music (old and comforting as well as new and never heard before) and watch films to try to fill each day with different types of mental stimulation. Being creative has also massively helped and I was fortunate enough to have a number of very different projects to keep me occupied and to an extent distracted from all the madness that was/is going on.

What were you doing when you felt most passionate and alive?

Aside from when I am creating art, travel is when I've always felt most passionate and alive. My first time visiting New York was a massive thing for me having grown up obsessed with that city's culture. I truly believe that week changed me positively. I felt like I was in my natural habitat and I was on a high the whole time I was there. Travel takes you out of a routine and that will always make you feel more alive.

Are you living a meaningful life?

Well, it has meaning to me obviously but that's a big question. I think if you are actively working at improving yourself, both for self improvement purposes and to improve the lives of others around you every day, then your life has meaning. 

What are some of the challenges you think the next generation will face?

Another really big question that probably requires a much bigger answer than you have room for here. I don't have children of my own but many of my friends’ children that I speak to are much more positive about the future than perhaps my generation are. We often assume, wrongly, that they will want what we wanted at their age but I don't think that's the case. If our so-called leaders are ever going to change the world for the better they will do so by engaging with the youth.

View Pauls artwork here https://instagram.com/paulmcd1970?igshid=h4vji63fedx2