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April 24, 2022 + #Silenti, Lake District, nature, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose, Silent Eye School

Light in the Park

by Steve Tanham

It’s not a park in the usual sense of the word. Levens Park is the ancestral home of the Bagot Family who maintain a footpath along both sides of the often turbulent River Kent as it winds its last mile out to join the vast expanse of Morecambe Bay. The ‘park’ is the perfect place to walk the collie. A round trip from Sedgwick … Read More Light in the Park

April 19, 2022 + #Silenti, #StillLight, Consciousness, Photographic techniques, Photography

#StillLight : Night then Day

by Steve Tanham

A simple grouping, photographed, then post-processed to look like a painting. The spring beauty of night and day. ©Stephen Tanham 2022 Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being. http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog

April 17, 2022 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Lake District, nature, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose

Blossom in the Park

by Steve Tanham

We all love blossom, and the time of year with which it is associated. That visceral feeling of renewal is a deeply tangible thing. It’s difficult to photograph, in my experience. Ideally, you get yourself beneath the tree and point the camera upwards – becoming wrapped in the soft light beneath the floral canopy. No such luck with this one, taken at Grange-over-Sands, yesterday. … Read More Blossom in the Park

April 7, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Ancient Sacred Sites, Consciousness, Esoteric Meaning of Myth, Lake District, landscapes, myths and spirituality, Photographic techniques, Photography, Silent Eye Workshops

The preparation of Magical Landscapes (2)

by Steve Tanham

You begin with an idea; in this case an entire workshop held outdoors, in the vivid landscape of the English Lake District. It’s vast and wild… and you have no control over the weather, not even in May. The goal is for those attending to experience themselves in a new way. In these dramatic surroundings, and in the midst of warm companionship, we can … Read More The preparation of Magical Landscapes (2)

April 3, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Ancient Sacred Sites, Consciousness, Esoteric Meaning of Myth, Lake District, landscapes, myths and spirituality, Photographic techniques, Photography, Silent Eye Workshops

The preparation of Magical Landscapes (1)

by Steve Tanham

There’s no ‘But what is it’, today. The series will continue for a few weeks, restarting next Sunday. Three of us have been busy doing a ‘dry run’ of the plans for our ‘Journey of the Hero’ workshop 6-8 May, centred in Keswick. We’ve been crossing lakes, walking up hills and following rivers to mysterious stone structures… Oh, and a quick visit to a … Read More The preparation of Magical Landscapes (1)

March 29, 2022 + #Silenti, #StillLight, Photographic techniques, Photography

#StillLight : Ceramic Sunrise

by Steve Tanham

Once every two years we go to a local ceramics fair, held in the middle of the Cumbrian countryside. The majority of items are pricey ‘artisan’ pottery. We usually admire them and move on, but occasionally we’ve been moved by a piece and return before we leave to make a purchase. The other day, we were cleaning and partly rearranging the living room. My … Read More #StillLight : Ceramic Sunrise

March 27, 2022 + #ButWhatIsIt?, #Humour, #Silenti, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose

ButWhatIsIt? #5

by Steve Tanham

Badly out of pocket in Limoncello after the eagle-eyed spotters of last week’s ‘groyne’ image cut through my deviousness, I’ve upped the ante with this one… The cunning clue: you wouldn’t want to get caught the wrong side of it! ++++++++++++++++++++ Answer Time ++++++++++++++++++++++ There were no fully correct answers. Audrey Driscoll came the closest, but I’m going to be magnanimous with this one … Read More ButWhatIsIt? #5

March 20, 2022 + #ButWhatIsIt?, #Humour, #Silenti, Photographic techniques, Photography

But what is it!? #4

by Steve Tanham

Here’s #4, a very strange object! A new feature: the ‘cunning clue’ : ‘It may have been there a long time?’ The answer will be published below on Monday evening. This will give time for our blogging friends in far places to consider the image and cogitate! Please write your entries in the blog’s comments. Good luck! ————- Answer ———— I’m going to do … Read More But what is it!? #4

March 15, 2022 + #Poetry, #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Consciousness, landscapes, Memories, Mystical poetry, Photographic techniques, Photography

Rivers of the Sun

by Steve Tanham

And did we dare, upon these rugged Yorkshire hills. To dream we could, then frame in would, then do… Life mirrored in the human word, embracing those who spoke it With commitment and with love That, flowing into what was seen up high, in heather heaven Became, like sparkling stream in winter, a promise. -;–;–;- Then, eight circles later of the Sun, you left … Read More Rivers of the Sun

March 13, 2022 + #Humour, #Silenti, Photographic techniques, Photography

But what is it!? #3

by Steve Tanham

People said ‘more!’ after #2 – (the china cup and silver spoon), so here’s another… Now updated with the answer, see below… Good luck! Please write your entries in the blog’s comments. The blog will be updated with the answer by 11 pm on the day of the post. The placeholder, below will be replaced by another photo showing the context of the opening … Read More But what is it!? #3

March 6, 2022 + #Humour, #Silenti, Photographic techniques, Photography

But what is it!? #2

by Steve Tanham

#1 was quite popular, so here’s another… Update is below… This will answer the puzzle: The image was the handle of a coffee cup, with a silver spoon reflecting the border of the cafe in which we were taking a break from our walk In Maspalomas, Gran Canaria – hence the bright sunlight. Thanks to all who took place. Virtual bottles of Cognac, as … Read More But what is it!? #2

March 1, 2022 + #Silenti, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose

Dictators way

by Steve Tanham

Devoid of real feeling, the Dictator treads his lonely way along his chosen, barren path. All around him is life, in its shared love and simplicity, but he stays true to the vastness of his egoic channel, long baked by hate into clay that will not sustain growing things. Behind him, the mountains of ambition keep him focussed on the goal, which he thinks … Read More Dictators way