Midsummer is here. The sun’s cycle has reached its peak. We arrive at the moment where the days are long and the nights are brief. It is a time of warmth, lightness, and extroversion. All the energy is channelling into our work and we are vibrating with that feeling of productivity and purpose. Those seeds …
While the tech industry compels us to offhand our creativity to machines, I am going against the grain and sketching. Inspirations The kick up the bum came via a local artist named Ritchard, who currently has an exhibition running at The Goat Gallery. He showed me one of his sketchbooks he carried around. When he’s …
Happy Beltane! The 1st May pairs with Beltane, and – for me – the annual rewatch of the classic film, The Wicker Man. The old fire festival celebrates the sun’s cycle as it strengthens towards its peak and the land’s fertility. Creatively, for me this is a good time to maximise my output and show …
February can feel like a funny month. Its shorter, changeable length gives the impression whoever was making up the months tried to make the best of a slightly botched job. The weather is usually foul, this year opting for the three W’s: warm, wet, windy. However, the days are lengthening. The spring bulbs are pushing …
Photography was my first real creative pursuit. Most things had turned digital by the time I got the bug. The most impactful memory of film photography was the time my dad and sister turned the garage into a temporary darkroom and some chemicals from that ended up eating into my body board. Teenage me was …
The parish of St Buryan is home to many ancient monuments. Lob a piece of granite, and you’re bound to hit one of the many stone circles, standing stones, or tombs dotted about in the landscape. The stone you picked up probably had some historical significance too! How do we know this ancient area was …
Mention Bran alongside crows or ravens, and most people will immediately think of the youngest Stark son in Game of Thrones. GRRM, like most writers, dig around in ancient history and rework old, misshapen pieces into something new. This blog isn’t about an inquisitive boy who had the misfortune to be pushed out of a …
Cornwall is steeped in folklore and being a peninsula means it has plenty of fey creatures making their home in the sea. Come with me on a trip to Zennor to meet one mermaid and discover how the folklore has inspired my writing. A day trip to Zennor Past St Ives, the picturesque coastal road …
Independence Day Hello Boys GIFfrom Independence Day GIFs I’m Back! I’ve done a Baggin’s and disappeared only to reappear again sometime later. There was a journey, adventure, peril, fear and enough anxiety to last me quite some time. In short: I moved house. As you may know, the process of moving home is fraught with …
The schools are out, and here in the UK, summer is proving to be a bit of a washout. It’s interesting to see how ancient festivals based around the seasons still play out in our modern-day lives. We still tether school holidays to Christian festivals. These echo older traditions based around the agricultural year. The …
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