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