stultus et flosculus

What is a flower?
A flower is a thought.
It is one thing becoming another.
The unfolding of energy and matter.
It is a process.
The Process.
of one becoming another.
It is energy made manifest.
It is the bee that collects the pollen.
It is the jar of honey, it is me.
It is the cow that eats the grass
It is the milk that’s [...]

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had enough

Having ventured back into art and photography after a period away from it and after ruining my life again by failing to have the health and pieces in place to make a clean break and change of career, I have realised why I left art in the first place.
So, again I am going to walk [...]

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lifestory part II

Let’s talk about coincidence, what Jung called synchronicity. Back a long time ago,a girl formally known as Sarah and myself were close friends, still are in a way now we are back in touch, when I went to live in Nottingham I met a girl called Zoe Kariviotes who bore more than a strong resemblance [...]

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lifestory

Back in 1994 I was working as a photographer in South East London. I met a woman who wanted to model by the name of Nadia Hussein. I think she was pretty keen on me, but the story she told was that her boyfriend had seen my advert in a drama department, I used to [...]

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the importance of mythological story telling

Mythology is more than story. It should entertain but be more than mere entertainment. It is a receptacle of archetypal themes, a deep rooted teaching from which much can be learned. It should be respected and approached with a responsible awareness of the wisdom and symbolism contained within.
Though, natural that it should, to some extent, [...]

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Fragment

just a snippet of writing that might be included in a larger work

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approaching that time of year again

Which time?
Well, two times really. Firstly, Samhain, otherwise known as Hallowe’en. We seemed to have adopted the American tradition of Trick or Treat which is not only an irritation and a reason for local kids to terrorise and annoy their neighbours but also an insult. I do not consider myself a Pagan, though in some [...]

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Wherever I am

Wherever I am I know I am alone…lonely. I can see the universe as one that either side of my skin, my mind, are one and the same. Yet, I shall always feel lonely.

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Going Green

No one can argue with the necessity to live more harmoniously with nature and our planet. For too long we have exploited resources and acted irresponsibly. However, I remain suspicious of the way politics has hijacked this important subject. They pay lip service to it, place the responsibility upon us, the citizen, and yet do [...]

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Age

I suppose different people have their own ideas concerning age and aging and, after all, it is subjective to an extent. Sixty is the new forty, etc.
Yet those sort of statements are made by the baby boomer generation born in the late forties/early fifties era. Having read history I have concluded that those that [...]

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