by Steve Tanham
During a recent journey to visit our family in Australia, we were on the long second leg from Dubai to Australia. Two middle-aged women of Arabic origin were seated in the row ahead and had caused considerable disruption for both the crew and fellow passengers. For want of a better word, their behaviour lacked what we might call social graces, though there was a … Read More Love in the time of prejudice -#Silenti
by Steve Tanham
This is my entry for: The Bloggers Bash Blog Post Competition 2017 Whose theme is ‘Connections’ – to be interpreted as we wish. The Final Digit (Released under the Freedom of Governmental Policies Act) Play the tape… “Ladies and Gentlemen, Who’d have thought that the Black Room would have a ‘black box’? When the end of the world came there he was… swearing away … Read More The Final Digit
by Steve Tanham
As child, I wandered ways like these And marvelled at the grace and ease With which these tiny spears of Spring Could rise and shake off Winter’s cling. ❊ A wiser self smiles back at him Who knew not these were Alpine kin Which lived for cold and days like these That mirrored mountains’ solid freeze. ❊ But does this change the greeting bright … Read More The Fourteen Spears of Spring
by Steve Tanham
The Silent Eye We were in Castleton, hunting for props for the Feathered Seer. It was a cold, grey morning, but even so, the warm stone of the small Derbyshire town was inviting. We wandered through the streets, exploring hidden streets that we had not seen before and following the course of Peakshole Water, a tributary of the River Noe, that runs through the … Read More Doing what comes naturally
by Steve Tanham
The Silent Eye It seems a very long time ago now, before the launch of the Silent Eye, that I wrote “Coming Through”, about the way we are sometimes guided by unseen hands. It was an attempt to describe what drives the work forward and how we experience that. Not just within the School, but all of us, throughout our lives, will feel that … Read More A silent voice
by Steve Tanham
Wise crows, raven-kin Driven from your ancient trees What home will call you now? — Where cosy craft Of power’s secret circle Convinces gentle folk That cut and death and burn Deliver best the clearing tide. — Revealing light? — Barren gaps and ugly fires Of healthy wood consume Both eye and view in sadness The darker light made clear. — Be welcome, … Read More Wise crows, raven-kin
by Steve Tanham
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
“She’s going to blow!” The gentlemen may have found it amusing. I did not. We had often stopped at this particular place for a pot of tea mid-afternoon and it was always a pleasant pause beside the fire of the old coaching inn. It had been bad enough when they stopped serving pieces of fudge with…
by Steve Tanham
Is the human reflected in society? Do our civilisations echo how we are as individuals, with all our complex components, such as our physical health and our sense of self – our psychology? It’s a complex question. My personal belief is that the answer is yes, and at times of great stress and transition for mankind, that reflection, that mirroring, is amplified – often … Read More A Perfect Swarm
by Steve Tanham
The Silent Eye “Religion is a matter of diet. You must choose what suits your spiritual digestion, I suppose.”Naomi Jacob, ‘Four Generations’. Growing up, I loved the stories that Naomi Jacob wrote about the Gollantz family. I am not Jewish, though some of my forefathers were. Reading Jacob’s books gave me an insight into part of my own family’s culture and recent history. One … Read More Lenses
by Steve Tanham
The Silent Eye Image: http://www.lovethesepics.com He wasn’t feeling too good so I carried his breakfast through into the lounge where he was watching TV and sat down with him on the sofa for five minutes. He was watching a wildlife programme and, as the small polar bear weakened and failed through starvation, I watched through a veil of tears. My own son beside me, … Read More Five minutes of film
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