Scotland
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Becoming transparent, movement underfoot (Northern Scotland – Orkney)
texture of a rockface perhaps, all golden, scratched fissures – present and distant becoming transparent borrowed scenery fading now movement underfoot – methods and signals, all interweaving
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Drawing, poetry and camping at mountain altitude
MOUNTAIN SPECTRE WHITE WING BLACK CAIRN Loafing around up on the Cairngorm plateau Has many advantages – You can loiter in peace with the deep blue sky, Surrounded by tiny dots of stone after stone Fading into the ten directions, Eat some homemade granola and bathe in fresh mountain streams – After contemplating two deer
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Recent drawing and painting outdoors: Tectonics fragmented
shards of light, seeping darks, vectorslooking down; looking in ten directions
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Off Balance – recent land art installation
Many thanks to Jan for his excellent photograph (third image down from top). This piece was a very temporary work, a collaboration with Alan Wilson and Hamilton College, and developed overnight into a completely new combination of shapes. In the vein of the Mountains and Rivers outdoor installation pieces, the images become the artwork in
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Mountains walking – Ben Lui quartz and snow lines
super clear water streaminggravel growing tiny trees roots flowing into crumpled steel sitting on dry river stonesup and running momentarily slow walking sun-dazed meandering in and out of the waterfall sound edge grasses dry then wet, on the scree wall purple shadows falling onto vertical scarred snows moving through cold shadow areas nowledge ascent strangely
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Ardfern Zen Retreat – a few recipes from the Tenzo…
Here are a few recipes and images (many thanks to Ylva Champion for her photos) from the kitchen during the retreat. Huge thanks to all that helped with the food prep. TOFU TERIYAKI (bit tricky as delicate, side for 4) 1 pack of tofu – carefully removed from packaging using scissors and wrap up with
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West Coast to East Coast: Overlapping Lines and Spliced Surfaces
Getting into the Spring/Scottish Summer season have been making more work outdoors and doing some long journeys too… the light is super just now, bright from five or six in the morning towards ten at night. Getting into the habit of cycling more (these images grew out of coast to coast movement) with materials attached