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January 23, 2024 + #Photography,, #Silenti, iPhone photography, landscapes, Photography, Places and Prose, Travel and people, Travel and Photography

A round of Roundhay

by Steve Tanham

(📩 300 words, a five-minute read) Roundhay Park in north Leeds. I had stepped in at short notice to drive over the Pennines to help ‘toddler- sit’ our grandson. He was under the weather; possibly teething, and had been sent home from nursery. Dad – my son – was abroad on business and unable to return at short notice. A well wrapped-up walk with … Read More A round of Roundhay

January 21, 2024 + #Photography,, #Silenti, #WillfulZen,, Consciousness, iPhone photography

#WillfulZen

by Steve Tanham

And, far overhead, top right, in fact, Marjory ordered a gin and tonic… ©Stephen Tanham 2024 All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax. Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher. He is the founding Director of the Silent Eye, an online school of the Soul that provides monthly lessons, assignments and personal mentoring. There are two blog streams: http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk (mystically-oriented … Read More #WillfulZen

January 18, 2024 + #Photography,, #Silenti, Consciousness, Lake District, Mindfulness

The touch of experience (1)

by Steve Tanham

(📩 740 words, a ten-minute read) To enter a process of mystical training is often considered an intellectual experience, with limited connection to everyday experience. In practice, the opposite is true. The everyday experience is the heart of the matter. There is no finer example of this than the admonition, given early, to ‘experience, fully, what is happening to you, now.’ At first hearing, … Read More The touch of experience (1)

January 14, 2024 + #Photography,, #Silenti, Consciousness, iPhone photography, Lake District, Mindfulness, nature, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose, Seasons of the year

The liquid depth of January

by Steve Tanham

(📩 330 words, a two minute read) I love to discover a scene that epitomises (for me) the main characteristic of each month. January is a particular challenge! I took this one dangling the iPhone precariously over the safety railings of the village’s old bridge. As can be seen, the River Kent is in full flood, though not dangerously so. In mid December, 2015, … Read More The liquid depth of January

December 14, 2023 + #Photography,, #Silenti, Ancient Sacred Sites, Christianity and modern mysticism, Consciousness, Photography

Metanoia and Light from Darkness

by Steve Tanham

This Sunday (17th December) sees the last of our Silent Eye Explorations zoom meetings for 2023. It’s been a fascinating year, and we mean to end it with a special event which will combine a guided mediation on the subject of ‘metanoia’ with a visualised, mental and emotional odyssey to two sacred places on the mystical and ancient Orkney islands. We’re going to supplement … Read More Metanoia and Light from Darkness

December 10, 2023 + #Photography,, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Consciousness, landscapes, nature

Green that thrives in winter

by Steve Tanham

I walk the collie through the local forest and marvel at the intensity of the green mosses and lichen growing on the limestone boulders and the forms of dead or dying trees felled by the savage winds we get in these parts – particularly between the start of November up to the new year. With the other side of my mind I curse the … Read More Green that thrives in winter

December 5, 2023 + #iphonephotography, #Phoetry, #Photography,, #Silenti, nature, Photographic techniques, Photography

Beyond the edge of colour

by Steve Tanham

There comes a time when even the most creative use of ‘pale colour’ results in a lesser image than its equivalent in black and white. When we get a shot for which no amount of digital rescue or fine-tuning will deliver success, it’s time to let the powers of monochrome have a go… Good results can often be achieved by taking the original to … Read More Beyond the edge of colour