Communities that have emerged through devastating events, whether like the terror of Ash Wednesday bush fires in my community, or the terror of this week’s Boston bombs, will understand the power of humanity pulling together to heal. Our traditional … Read More
Dreaming is the most powerful way of engaging your mind with hope and aspiration. A dream taker is one who when confronted by a dreamer, realises their own self imposed limitations and seeks to squash the exposure of that. It … Read More
I’ve begun taking a pencil to bed. At the time when the day has dropped off me and my mind wanders away to leave me in peace, my heart draws my imagination close and the two of them conjure magic. … Read More
With raw agony my friend and client described the last hours of her child, a cavernous hole in her heart etched two years ago. She is exhausted from working, hard labour building this garden, her therapy. It’s a vast landscape … Read More
As I wandered in the peaceful footsteps of Leonardo da Vinci in his garden, I found myself learning about wandering in a way I never imagined. A path that rises and falls over natural contours is like life, full of … Read More
Drawn into the teardrop of a lawn by lily pads of slate, it is a sense of gently landing in a place of nurture. The cool lush lawn beneath your feet, delighted by a symphony of cheerful yellow and soft … Read More
From war ravaged homelands the children bring their familiar culture. Rocks were weapons, missiles in plentiful supply, propelled with anger towards injustice. In the absence of war in a new country, rocks present a dilemma representing the straddling of cultures … Read More
An artist chooses to believe in their work, as self belief is like fertiliser to the beauty the world needs. Those who fear, feel insecure and believe in others will choose to doubt themselves. Doubt is like poison to creativity. … Read More
Two small boys, buddies in class are sent out to ask me a question as i set out plants in their new Rainforest garden. ‘Miss, can we grow these seeds?’ I ask what they are from. It was fruit, the … Read More