A Winter Day
I can still see such beauty
When I open my inner eye
I can feel all those people waiting
Sense them swirling by
Down through the ages
Connected deep in stone
Often right beside me
Stopping me from being alone
The pull of the sacred
And the push of the profane
Entwine all of our worlds
Which one will claim
Celestial geometry
Creating signposts on the way
Reading the universal mind map
Can I come back some day
*****
This image had to be taken in Winter so that the base of the Celtic Cross could be seen, and the view through to the church in the background. Once the grasses start to grow and the meadow flowers this view becomes obscured. I became almost obsessive about it as it took me repeated attempts to achieve it. Not to mention the weather having its little games with me. But I am not one to give up, and finally I managed to capture the elements altogether in the right place and time. I wanted to explore the relationship between the Celtic Cross and the Italianate style Church, see if I could get them working together. The starkness of Winter enabled me to do that, and this work is the result.
This church is Glynde Church in East Sussex, UK, and as you all probably know by now, one of my most favourite places on earth.
I have paired this work with Clannad’s ‘In A Lifetime’ featuring Bono, another of my favourites where the connections with the land and the elements within it run deep.
And if you would like to see more of my work, please visit my website at:
A Winter Day
I can still see such beauty
When I open my inner eye
I can feel all those people waiting
Sense them swirling by
Down through the ages
Connected deep in stone
Often right beside me
Stopping me from being alone
The pull of the sacred
And the push of the profane
Entwine all of our worlds
Which one will claim
Celestial geometry
Creating signposts on the way
Reading the universal mind map
Can I come back some day
*****
This image had to be taken in Winter so that the base of the Celtic Cross could be seen, and the view through to the church in the background. Once the grasses start to grow and the meadow flowers this view becomes obscured. I became almost obsessive about it as it took me repeated attempts to achieve it. Not to mention the weather having its little games with me. But I am not one to give up, and finally I managed to capture the elements altogether in the right place and time. I wanted to explore the relationship between the Celtic Cross and the Italianate style Church, see if I could get them working together. The starkness of Winter enabled me to do that, and this work is the result.
This church is Glynde Church in East Sussex, UK, and as you all probably know by now, one of my most favourite places on earth.
I have paired this work with Clannad’s ‘In A Lifetime’ featuring Bono, another of my favourites where the connections with the land and the elements within it run deep.
And if you would like to see more of my work, please visit my website at: