'Hollows Deep' "Let me in your hollows deep to cut a path to where my imagination and feet run wild Let it be strewn with leaves knee deep for miles upon miles Lined with soft dry stone walls all

'Moorland Sky' "Whether you climb onto Ilkley Moor With or without the much sung fabled hat Be sure to appreciate all it offers in it's natural state of unabashed abundance Stroke the hardy heather

'The Fire Of Experience' “Character from transformation - Going through the fire of pain can bring out our character, like this piece of burnt wood that seems to shine from a burnishing that fire has imparted

'Illumi Nation' “By shining a light through the glass of our lives to we see our beautiful imperfections. For this is what differentiates us, is the mark of our character. Whilst acknowledging our unity,

'Scarred Cactus' “Even our scars can be beautiful!” This image I took at a friend's house in Sardegna appeared in my joint exhibition 'In Pain We Trust' in Madrid in 2015/2016. It is an image of both beauty

'Mother's Clenched Hand' “In a hand .. a slate of silent words deftly held It's form and shape rich with the potential to communicate A still ocean of meaning So still the mind to contemplate Grasp the

'Emergence' “I was at once drawn here from a long and deep sleep and yearning To the land that time forgot Many were the slipknots of time that had passed to form this long treasured place We arrived at

'Light Vessel' “We are but light vessels Often trapped in the flickering figment of our own imagination It's shape held and decided upon by our own beliefs We have the power to escape the pain of our own

I am making an effort to get out into Nature every day. I just caught the last light to clear up a bucket full of litter from the adjoining field. The bucket turned out to be useful for the job .. found

'Pleated Petal' “For every straight line in Nature's weave I will show you a thousand curves and a pleats For the fabric of Nature is manifold But the curve is the true line complete” One day pottering

'The Galactic Road' (#1) “To see the universe in the ordinary In the folds of a leaf or a lightless shadow Is to see the simple complex of reality As above so below” And so I start this Zen like journey

Hello Steemit world! As a photographer I paint with light, which literally is what photography means, and this orange coloured light painting I took of myself at around 5am one sunny bleary-eyed morning.