Autumn is the time for reflection, the end of summer, the beginning of winter is creeping nearer with every darker day. i have been reviewing the work i have been making , creating & thinking of where my journey is going.

2020 has been a strange & somewhat scary year with our normallity being disrupted. it has got everyone thinking of what we have taken for granted for years & maybe what we can change or do without. for me i found i had been not living in the moment, not experiencing the here & now.

i have left my studio for day trips out to, the beach, to some caves, to the wilds of the hill tops & i have found inpiration & a sense of freedom in my mind. i feel like i have reconnected to wild life, the beauty in the tiny things. looking at clouds , day dreaming, watching the birds & bugs going about their daily life & death dramas completly invisible to humans as we go about our lives oblivious to the nature all around us.

i have found i have been drawn to bringing nature into my art. rose quartz on a geode with decorations of crystals & moss, inspired by the stream on a local walk.

The caves of Stump cross cavern made me realized my love of rocks grew from an earlier hobby of caving has been inspiring my work for a long time. geology is truly magical & once you start to study it you are entranced by the sheer beauty rocks hold, they can be stunning like the ruby or are living history books of the earth like zircon. 

My love of crystal druzy is to crack open to see the beauty of mother nature which no one else has ever seen, you are the first to see since this magical treasure formed is beyond anyones imagination.

This reminded me that no matter how horrible things get & how uncomfortable things feel, that just like the druzy encased in the ordinary looking rock, there is beauty in the most normal places & people if you are open to looking for it

This Autum go sit under a tree, meditate by a stream or river, lie on your back on a hill, make plans, dream the impossible, catch an Autumn leaf & make a wish, make pictures of the clouds & find the inner child which has sadly been lost to time & being an adult, just get out there

*  however do not forget to wrap up warm & wear wellies & take a flask - because its bloody freezing !!