#Silenti – Page 7 – Sun in Gemini

June 5, 2024 + #iphonephotography, #Photography,, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes, Places and Prose, Travel and people

Island of the Sun

For somewhere I’d never heard of a few months ago, Grado – l’Isola Del Sole- has made a big impact. This ‘island of the sun’ sits in the upper arc of the Adriatic Sea: the ocean that links eastern Italy with its neighbours, Croatia and Slovenia. Trieste, that ancient meeting place of east and west, lies some fifty km to the east, and can … Read More Island of the Sun

June 2, 2024 + #Humour, #iphonephotography, #Silenti

Encounter with a tanga

by Steve Tanham

I like to think I’m a man of the world … I’ve certainly not ‘done it all’, but I’ve lived my life, fully. And greatly enjoyed each challenge as it came, often learning in the process, especially from the disasters. But I’d never met a tanga, before. Well not in a personal way… I’d better explain. I’ve just turned 70. “Surely not!” I hear … Read More Encounter with a tanga

May 29, 2024 + #Humour, #Photography,, #Silenti, Travel, Travel and Photography

Postcards from Sirmione

by Steve Tanham

We have observed over the years that our best holidays are those where we have to ‘do a bit of work’ to engage with the destination landscape. Just getting on a cheap flight and staying in a sanitised resort is no longer satisfying, though a few days of sun at the end of a Cumbrian winter is much needed! Our best ever trip was … Read More Postcards from Sirmione

May 26, 2024 + #Silenti, Consciousness

The Last Piece

by Steve Tanham

The power of the jigsaw Can only come through When all the pieces Are correctly aligned. What seemed academic Is revealed as the key To a higher understanding… ———- ©Stephen Tanham 2024 All photos taken and processed on an iPhone 12 ProMax or created using NightCafe Studio AI. Stephen Tanham is a writer-photographer and mystical teacher. He is the founding Director of the Silent … Read More The Last Piece

May 22, 2024 + #Photography,, #Silenti, #TravelwithaMysticalEye

An Italian Adventure

by Steve Tanham

We’ve always loved Italy… Some of the friendliest people we’ve ever met, beautiful food and a general willingness to help you, when you’re staring at that upside-down map. So we’re off to Italy for a walking and touring break. But not by car. We’re letting the Italian trains take the strain. We have to get to Italy, first, so that will involve a plane … Read More An Italian Adventure

May 19, 2024 + #iphonephotography, #Silenti, Consciousness, iPhone photography, Nature and seasons

The Sphere of Life

by Steve Tanham

The world in a spherical haven of perpetual re-creation —————— ©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, which offers a monthly Zoom-based gathering of companions, each one on their own, unique journey to the deeper states of self. .

May 16, 2024 + #iphonephotography, #Silenti, AI Images, Consciousness, Evolution, Inquiry techniques, nature

Conversations with a Lizard

by Steve Tanham

I’m having a conversation with a lizard. Nothing to be alarmed about, the lizard is only in my head – quite literally, in fact. As Homo Sapiens developed over the long course of our evolution, the nature and function of the brain changed with us. At the top of our spine resides the first proper brain we possessed, named the Limbic. It is a … Read More Conversations with a Lizard

May 15, 2024 + #iphonephotography, #Silenti, Consciousness, nature

Aurora

by Steve Tanham

The strange object – bottom right in the photo – is the top of our folded sun parasol which lives next to our patio table, outside the house. The ‘shades of lilac’ object in the background began its life as one of the biggest explosions the Earth would have ever seen… And its effects took approximately three days to reach the sky over our … Read More Aurora

May 9, 2024 + #Silenti, Consciousness

A challenging belief

by Steve Tanham

Our use or not of the word ‘believe’ reveals much about our deepest opinions and concepts of meaning. I can say that I believe that the awful weather we’re having will shortly change to something more appropriate to the month of May. I can’t say I ‘know’ this to be true, but I’d be willing to defend my opinion. I can say I know … Read More A challenging belief

May 5, 2024 + #iphonephotography, #Photography,, #Silenti, Ancient Landscapes

Spring comes to Cartmel

by Steve Tanham

“We haven’t had a Sunday trip to Cartmel for a while…” It was true, aside from a short and very wet mid-winter visit, we hadn’t been to Cartmel for some time. There was a good chance that we’d find spring in full bloom, and feel that brightening of the late April light that so ‘warms the soul’, even if the temperature of the eternal … Read More Spring comes to Cartmel

May 2, 2024 + #Silenti, Consciousness, Evolution

The tantalising potential of instinctive energy

by Steve Tanham

We are ‘head people’. By that I mean that our lives are driven by our heads; by thinking, by brains. We are born vividly experiencing, but our life in society and in ‘convention’ gradually numbs us into an existence based largely on the thinking brain… We may choose to involve our bodies more with sports, walking or other very physical activities, but most of … Read More The tantalising potential of instinctive energy

April 28, 2024 + #Phoetry, #Photography,, #Silenti, iPhone photography

The Silhouette as Artist

by Steve Tanham

I was pleased with the composition; looking south into the sunset near Almwch (pronounced ‘am-lock’) on the Isle of Anglesey. Everything seemed harmonious until I noticed the faint silhouette of my wife, Bernie, somehow ‘bounced’ onto the white render of the hotel room’s garden wall. A few adjustments with light and texture and the figure took on the ‘role’ of the artist inside the … Read More The Silhouette as Artist