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.
- The Waterfall 2
- The Pier 5
- Snow Through The Trees
- The Waterfall 3
- Windermere Farm
- The Lake
- Cabin In The Woods
- The Bottomless Pool 4
- Dry Stone Wall 1
- Rugged Moors
- Ingleborough
- River Step
- The Waterfall 5
- I Can See You
- Writer’s Corner
- The Woods
- Snowy Mountains – Windermere
- Writing With The Snow & The Sun
- Mountain Lake
- Dry Stone Wall 2
- The Grassy Bank
- Tunnel History
- Hidden Tranquility
- The Bottomless Pool 3
- The Pool Of Wisdom
- The Waterfall 4
- The Beck
- Make Hay
- Tree Foliage 1
- The Lake District
- Tree Foliage 2
- River Shelter
- Through The Houses
- The Mossy Weir
- Canal Bridge 1
- The Farm House
- The River Bridge
- Spider Webs
- The Pier 7
- The Waterfall 9
- St. Ives
- The Waterfall 1
- Dappled Waters
- Cloud Shadows
- The Conversation
- The History Of Hearts
- Mill inspiration
- The House In The Woods
- St. Ives Moors In A Blizzard
- The Promised Land
- Driving In The Arctic 1
- Fallen Trees
- Rugged Mountains
- Canal Barge
- Cave Creatures
- The Barn
- The Mill
- The Waterfall 7
- Tree Foliage
- Mountain Backdrop
- Canal Barges
- The Path
- Boulders Pass
- Tree Foliage 3
- Where The Story Comes Together
- The Field
- Rugged Windermere Farm
- Mill inspiration
- The Christmas Pine 2
- The Tree Swing
- Still Waters
- Trees & Cold
- The View
- The Weir
- Driving In The Arctic 8
- The Locks
- A Hidden River
- Swans
- Windermere
- Dry Stone Wall 5
- Where The Fairies Live
- The Christmas Pine 1
- Field Treeline
- Snow Dance
- The Bottomless Pool 2
- Stepping Stones
- My Favourite Writing Place
- After The Blizzard
- The Waterfall 6
- The Bottomless Pool 1
- The Waterfall 8
- Hidden Woodland Caves
- Step Around The River
- Dry Stone Wall 3
- Through The Trees
- A Bridge To Ponder On
- The Snowy Carpet
- Through The Trees
- Poppies
- Where The River Escapes
- Dry Stone Wall & Mountain
- Through The Trees
- A Love Lost
- Snowy Trees
- The Weir Through The Trees
- The Thinking Place
- Rugged Haworth
- Canal Bridge 2
- A Happy Beverage
- Through The Trees
- Follow That Path
- My Favourite Writing Place
- Where The River Escapes 1
- Rise
- The Darkened Treeline
- Tree Roots
- A Snow Filled Valley
- Nettles
- Druids Lane
- A Leafy Oasis
- My Favourite Writing Place 2
- Windermere Capture
- Dappled Woodland Light
- The Pier 1
- Supressed
- Ingleton Church
- Dry Stone Wall 4
- Stony Bridge
- River In The Trees
- River Beach
- The Pathway
- Daydreamer