creating change without shouting
Is there beauty in dark places? In the worn-out, torn down recesses where truth has been trampled? Perhaps it depends on what we think we are looking for and which eyes we are using. Because hidden inside is always life, and life is magnificent. Beauty likes neglected places … In its real sense, beauty is … Read more
Like the seasons, journeys are made up of multiple cycles, strung together in a continuous unfolding. Sometimes we’re conscious of the overarching shape or intent. While at other times, we’re caught up in the detail of the immediate. Yet, it’s the same journey. Today, we’re in Welsh mist and can’t see much at all…
We’ve all had those experiences of earnestly searching for something we’ve lost, only to find it right in front of us. Not seeing for looking. The other day my second lesson from clearing the thistles felt like this. In endeavouring to gather all the flowering stems along a track by the lake, I walked with … Read more
Back in the day, when we went shopping and were viewing options but weren’t ready to buy, we used to say ‘just looking’ when the eager sales assistant approached. Yet when was the last time we really looked at something. Not stuff to purchase, but the world we live in. When was the last time … Read more
Wandering around the valley yesterday in its not-quite-fully-spring-yet-hopeful state, I reflected on the stories we choose to tell ourselves about place. Especially the place that is our place, that is most closely associated with who we are. And perhaps who we think we are. I wonder if this is why we sometimes struggle to be … Read more
Where is your space? Is it defined by walls or shaped by ideas? And is it charted by geography or relationships? Is your space internal or external? And how much is it coloured by expectations – yours and others? I wonder, where is your space, do you know? Yet, I do know that your space … Read more