On Being Alone

I have memories of going into the bush to play alone as a child. I would build my home there and felt quite at home… I loved being alone. As a teenager, I never liked being alone and I always felt the need to be with others. Later on, I relearned the joy and importance […]

Inspired From Within

I never know what is going to come out on the rock until after I’ve painted it. And today’s rock is a different one – not my “usual” spiral painting, although the spiral is still there. But that is the joy of creating something in the moment, painting intuitively and just allowing the brush to […]

The Language of Light

koru hand painted rock

I love the way of light; it’s ability to reflect the essence of nature in a single moment, lighting a pathway to a space or place, I see light in everything… Light expresses mood and feeling, light is a giver of life, it has the ability to bring out beauty and wonder, sadness and mystery. […]

Lifeline

If the ocean was to disappear, life as we know it would not exist. Water. Such an important part of life. And as my understanding of life’s intricate systems are revealed to me, my desire to care for the ocean and our waterways has become even stronger. This life form depends on that life form […]

Comfort is Risky

I was driving through a community today and it took me right back to when I was growing up. Everything seemed so familiar, the housing, the narrow road… I thought about the tight knit communities that to some degree shape us and have an affect on us in our later years, the experiences that are […]

Talk To Her

It’s the name of a movie I just finished watching. Two woman are in a coma, one is a bullfighter and the other is a dancer. The dancer has been in a coma for four years and has been cared for by a man who loves her. He talks to her everyday, he washes her, […]