When was a time you truly felt ‘wild’? This song captures the joy and spirit of our younger selves, or stepping outside the parameters of our regular existence. This song is a reflection of wilder times gone by, and the joy of anticipation of the adventures to come.

Laura, one of the participants who helped create this song, had the following advice:

This is not a dress rehearsal. Make the most of life NOW.

Orla, in response to one of the first prompts, wrote a haiku to capture the pleasure of remembering a moment when she felt wild.

Orla's Words

I remembered my
wilder self today, now want
to revisit her.

Sometimes, a phrase is so good it cannot be ignored.

Lyrics

Today
I remembered
I remembered my wilder self
Today
Today
I remembered my wilder self

And it was fun
And it was fun

Orla was referring to her younger self.

The place I felt most wild was in secondary school. I was very quiet in primary school but became rebellious in my late teens/early 20s. I remember my younger self as carefree, cheeky, rebellious, funny. I loved to party, dance and flirt. I was less serious. I didn’t put pressure on myself.

That phrase, I remembered my wilder self today, became a prompt in its own right. And so, the group reflected on their wilder selves.

Singing
Dreaming
Sexy lips

Laughing
Dancing
Liquid Hips

Flirting
Velvet
Ruby red

Carefree
Love me
Lose my head

Monika’s Words

Feeling wild

When do I feel wild? Every time on holiday. I have travelled far and now we cannot. I need to dream. See the Champs Elysées. I need to see a different place.

Monika’s text is interesting because it works in juxtaposition to some of her other responses.

Place – you felt safe.

My home where my dad still lives.

Haiku about home

Raindrops on green grass
Petals from white rose falling
Bird eats a berry

Today
I remembered
I remembered my wilder self
Today
Today
I remembered my wilder self

And it was fun
And it was fun
To remember my wilder self today

The desire to be more than one thing. The desire to be recognised in all our multiplicity rather than a first glance perception.

Noeleen’s Words

I was born in November. In the chill wind of winter. My name in Gaelic is Nollaig Nic Mhuirí. Meaning Christmas by the sea.

This song is an ode to the participants’ passion. Their daring. Their boldness. Their humour. The lives they have lived. The lives that they are living.

Kate’s Words

I love festivals and concerts, that’s where I feel wildest, we went to one in Bristol, called Doris, it was a fabulous festival, all cultures meeting, let your hair down, somewhere nobody knew you.

Ken’s Words

I used to do fire marshalling in Mondello Park. And wear a fez when I was a DJ. A group of us tried to introduce speedway into Ireland, we built a track, it’s the Portmarnock Raceway now. We only lasted one season. My DJ name was Sooper Cooper or DJ Tommy Cooper.

Haiku
Fez of bright red.
D.J. Tommy Cooper made some bloopers.
Vinyl, valve and cassette.

Una’s Words

We used to bunk off school, go to the reservoir, we were trespassing.

Haiku
A reservoir day,
joyful, free,
out of bounds.