{"id":37030,"date":"2017-11-27T13:05:02","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=37030"},"modified":"2017-11-27T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:05:02","slug":"cardiff-character-cliff-collings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2017\/11\/27\/cardiff-character-cliff-collings\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff Character: Cliff Collings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>See life through the busker&#8217;s eyes as he explores some of the highs and lows in his life, on a regular day in Queen Street<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_37034\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 800px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37034\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907.jpg\" alt=\"A busker, Cliff Collings, at his drum set on Queen Street\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37034\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907.jpg\" alt=\"A busker, Cliff Collings, at his drum set on Queen Street\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/EditIMG_20171104_125907-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript> Cliff Collings drumming away on Queen Street<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As he sat in his usual spot in Queen Street Cliff Collings said that he has been drumming for 16 years and took it up as a career only 15 months ago when he started busking in Cardiff. However, the 32year old busker, takes an active interest not only in music but in gaming, reading, meditation, reiki and yoga among other things. Most recently his eagerness to challenge his mind and body has led him to take up cold training using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wimhofmethod.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wim hof method<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Cardiff Character Cliff Collings\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rbYkVnH7tLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Cardiff Character Cliff Collings\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rbYkVnH7tLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sitting at his drum set, dressed in his trade mark green suit contrasting his mass of red hair, he confessed that the suit attracted a lot of attention. It contributed hugely to getting his audience interested. Green is his favourite colour and he bought it when he was 30 to wear it to Disneyland, Paris in a Peter Pan fashion, to indicate his childishness and youth despite aging. Since then it ended up being a part of his performance character. He added jokingly, \u201cPlus it suites red heads well and is the colour associated with the heart Chakra.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tough Stuff<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center\">However, Cliff\u2019s vibrant personality does not mean he has not had some rough phases in his life. The separation and loneliness one feels when a childhood group of friends disband is tough to deal with. \u201cIt seems to be a social norm\u201d, said Cliff, \u201cto give into a 9-5 Job, relinquish your true goals and give up chasing your happiness. It was also tough losing one of my best friends to cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>&#8220;It was also tough losing one of my best friends to cancer.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While Cliff feels very strongly about a lot of social issues, he particularly sees one being hugely ignored. \u201cFrom a young age I was aware of this crisis,\u201d said Cliff, \u201cI remember crying to my parents at the age of 6 about a man having to sleep outside in the cold.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The problem of<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/cardiffs-christmas-cards-helps-homeless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> homelessness<\/a>, according to Cliff, has grown a lot worse since then. He feels that the fact that people are left in the streets to beg and rot, resembles \u201cour corrosion as a society\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>On a nicer note<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When asked if he believed in God, he said that he didn\u2019t subscribe to the traditional idea of god but believed in the existence of a universal consciousness that weaves everything together. According to him everyone has the right to be \u201chappy, loved and well\u201d. He draws from different religious texts to add value to his idea of worship and is particularly fond of Taoist teachings.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37049\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 800px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37049\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957.jpg\" alt=\"Busker, Cliff Collings, in his green suit on Queen Street\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37049\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957.jpg\" alt=\"Busker, Cliff Collings, in his green suit on Queen Street\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/edit-IMG_20171104_125957-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript> Cliff Collings in his trademark green suit<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cliff\u2019s idea of love has many aspects, but the most important one is the love for oneself, which when found makes it possible to truly love all others. According to him, &#8220;Love is a complete roller coaster that makes colours more vibrant and sounds more crystal. If one could surrender to it, nothing else would compare.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In future he wishes to develop his own centre for holistic therapies and music for all people. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI want to render <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/no-logo\/in-depth-homeless-at-christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">homelessness<\/a> in Cardiff\u201d, said Cliff, \u201das a thing of the past and spread that teaching like a friendly plague to all the cities of Wales, then further afield.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See life through the busker&#8217;s eyes as he explores some of the highs and lows in his life, on a regular day in Queen Street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":321,"featured_media":37034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[722,61,2368,222,306,6066,500],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-37030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-culture-home","tag-artist","tag-busker","tag-drums","tag-queen-street","tag-spirituality","tag-wim-hof-method","tag-yoga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff Character: Cliff Collings - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"See life through the busker, Cliff Colling\u2019s eyes, as he brings rhythm of music and spirituality together. 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