Earth, the great elemental mother that steams through the cosmos.
Earth, the element with the mothering instinct. It houses all the other elements, it symbolises stability and it is our home. Earth is the place that shelters us and preserves our being. It is our provider, the food in our mouths, the ground beneath our feet and yet we abuse it, this great elemental mother that steams through the cosmos.
It is perhaps the most important of all the elements, because it is the host, bringing all the others together, while fulfilling its role as a great hotelier. It is the grass we walk upon, the rocks we climb, the beach between our toes. The Earth channels the air that flows around it with its endless supply of energy deep within. It supports the water that flows over it and supplies the material that feeds fire, enabling it to grow. It takes care of us and bears its wounds just like we do. It doesn’t asks for anything in return, but maybe it should.
This is the element I began Bronte’s story with. I am fascinated by the unpretentious flow of energy within the Earth, the energy that surrounds us and effects our daily lives in subtle ways. Ways we take for granted, like the deep terrain sounds that fall just outside our hearing range, but have the power to affect our senses. Like the weather that travels around the planet in currents that echo those of the subterranean territory below. I asked myself this, “What would a person, who wasn’t bound to a body, do? What would they tap into that we simply can’t, because of our physiology? What if we were more sensitive to the vibrations around us, would we use these as our energy source? These ponderings were what led me to create Bronte’s other worldly character – Bayer.
Take a look at just some of the inspiration I have worked from to help me formulate my ideas for The Hidden Saga. The picture board below is one of my best tools for creating an atmosphere that I can creatively draw upon to write my story. Please tell me what you think of my board and the photographs I took, in the reply section below. Don’t forget that if you like what you see, to shout about it and tell a friend to follow my work. I thank you for taking the time out to visit my page today and for looking at my work. Thank you for your support.
- Rugged Windermere Farm
- The Lake
- A Love Lost
- A Happy Beverage
- Make Hay
- Mill inspiration
- Dry Stone Wall 5
- Ingleborough
- St. Ives Moors In A Blizzard
- The Conversation
- Windermere Capture
- Boulders Pass
- Through The Trees
- Dry Stone Wall 3
- The Pier 1
- Rugged Mountains
- The Pier 7
- The Woods
- The Waterfall 3
- The Farm House
- The Christmas Pine 2
- Mill inspiration
- Tree Foliage 1
- Cave Creatures
- Canal Bridge 1
- Rugged Haworth
- Spider Webs
- Where The River Escapes 1
- Driving In The Arctic 1
- Tunnel History
- The Barn
- St. Ives
- A Leafy Oasis
- Windermere Farm
- Dry Stone Wall 4
- Rise
- Hidden Tranquility
- Snowy Mountains – Windermere
- Dappled Woodland Light
- The Field
- The Bottomless Pool 3
- The Bottomless Pool 4
- Writer’s Corner
- The Weir Through The Trees
- Daydreamer
- Canal Barge
- Cloud Shadows
- Windermere
- Poppies
- Through The Trees
- My Favourite Writing Place
- River Beach
- A Hidden River
- Nettles
- The Pathway
- The Path
- Canal Bridge 2
- Dry Stone Wall 2
- The Bottomless Pool 2
- The Tree Swing
- Snow Dance
- Writing With The Snow & The Sun
- The Snowy Carpet
- Swans
- Where The River Escapes
- Druids Lane
- The Waterfall 7
- The House In The Woods
- The Locks
- Supressed
- Stepping Stones
- Where The Story Comes Together
- Follow That Path
- The Thinking Place
- The Christmas Pine 1
- The Waterfall 6
- The Waterfall 8
- Where The Fairies Live
- River In The Trees
- Canal Barges
- River Shelter
- Through The Houses
- Fallen Trees
- Through The Trees
- The Lake District
- The Pool Of Wisdom
- The Bottomless Pool 1
- The Beck
- Tree Foliage
- The Grassy Bank
- The View
- A Bridge To Ponder On
- Rugged Moors
- Stony Bridge
- The Promised Land
- Cabin In The Woods
- My Favourite Writing Place
- Snow Through The Trees
- The Waterfall 2
- Step Around The River
- The Pier 5
- The Waterfall 9
- The Waterfall 4
- Tree Foliage 3
- The Weir
- Through The Trees
- Field Treeline
- Tree Roots
- The Waterfall 1
- The Darkened Treeline
- The History Of Hearts
- The Waterfall 5
- Driving In The Arctic 8
- The Mossy Weir
- Tree Foliage 2
- Mountain Lake
- River Step
- Snowy Trees
- Hidden Woodland Caves
- My Favourite Writing Place 2
- After The Blizzard
- A Snow Filled Valley
- Trees & Cold
- Mountain Backdrop
- Still Waters
- Dry Stone Wall & Mountain
- Dappled Waters
- The Mill
- The River Bridge
- Dry Stone Wall 1
- Ingleton Church
- I Can See You