always be giving – a new manifesto
+++ three years ago, around the same time as now, i wrote a manifesto and shared it here. it’s one of my most visited posts of all time. i wanted to give it a design refresh and add some new thoughts…
three things
for only you Maybe you achieved something less tangible, and that is just as valid of an achievement, whether you broadcast it or not. … Make your own definition of success, and leave that to only you. ‘How I learned…
paint and palette
a lot of my brothers and sisters studied art at school and a lot of them are incredible painters. when made to choose because of conflicting timetables, i picked performance music. it’s years since i’ve played the piano and part…
shadows and horizons
UPDATE 12 MARCH » SHOP IN PROGRESS Because of comments on this post, and feedback via email, I will be opening a shop and making these photographs available to buy as prints in various sizes. If you would like to…
vik, iceland
New Years Day, 2013 It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. – Diane Ackerman
as if i’d slept a thousand years
As if I’d slept a thousand years underwater I wake into a new season. I am the blue lotus rising. I am the cup of dreams and memory opening–I, the thousand-petaled flower. At dawn the sun rises naked and new…
release • become
i hear these words spoken, but don’t know their context. i keep repeating them quietly to myself like a mantra, wondering what they mean. i wonder (not for the first time in my life) if i am missing out on…
10 things
years ago, when i was in a rather large emotional hole, i pulled out all the tools i’d learned in my life so far, in an attempt to get myself out of bed every morning. one of those things was…
every place is the center of the world
The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is “look under foot.” You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think. The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great…
do your thing
i made this for me, but i like sharing, so it’s here in two iphone sizes for you too if you want it… do YOUR thing – home screen portrait image for iphone 4 do YOUR thing – home screen…
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