We move through our lives, from birth towards death, learning and growing and gathering a great number of stories. Our interests and passions and feelings and personal evolution are all wrapped up in this meaty, fruity middle part. This is the richness of life; our struggles…
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.Albert Einstein And so I was inspired to write a brief post about the idea of setting time aside regularly to spend some time in…
Waking up naturally after having slept well The peaceful sleeping faces of my children Slow weekend mornings not rushing to school and work The varied colours and moods of the sea - different every day The mountains - which always remind me of perspective Watching the…
I came across this beautiful picture of the Swiss Alps, in fact the Matterhorn, when I was looking for images for a post about Heidi. As it is too beautiful not to share, I decided to use it as a meditation image. Something worthy of a…
For as long as I can look back, one of the fundamental guiding principles in my life has been beauty. Whether consciously or not, it is the theme which appears most regularly, even through all my attempts - in vain - at smothering it. I have…
I lost my blog on the weekend while I was changing themes and messing around on Wordpress. But then I found it again with the help of my dear hosting company Afrihost. I started this blog in part to improve my online skills - Wordpress, MailChimp,…
What a pic. I worked as a wedding photographer for a few years once. So I can take a photo. But I always had a suspicion that I lacked the x-factor necessary to work as a pro photographer. Which led me over some time to the…
... which is a collection of "beautiful, free photos. Gifted by the world’s most generous community of photographers." Although there is a lot of noise online in general, if one can filter it out a bit, there exists so much beauty to be discovered. I took a…
I recently came across the Japanese tradition of Wabi-Sabi. Although it is not the first time I have heard of the old idea of finding beauty in imperfection - I suddenly realised how well it fits into the idea of a simplified, minimalism, or essentialist way of…
I am drawn to beautiful things and sights, like a moth to a flame. I studied art right through school, and loved it. I studied a little more art history at university, and loved it. I have been fortunate enough to have visited art galleries and…