The Best of 2016

When things get difficult in life I think of the image that came from the strange morning at the lake.  The image of the Kite and the Raven powerfully represents my own difficulties, but, it seems larger than that, extending to symbolise the battles we all face in life.  An ancient human struggle,  forces of darkness and light vying for position within, opposing yet complimentary, different perspectives of the same wisdom, locked in a process that is never really resolved either way.  It is my all time favourite image out of the tens of thousands I have captured.

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Why I take Photos

My interest in photography originates from my childhood, forty years ago, in the West Australian desert.  As a kid growing up on Kalli Station a remote sheep farming property, I developed a fascination for the natural world.  My spare time was spent out in the bush, wandering the creeks, granite outcrops and breakaways that surrounded our homestead with Jacko, my dog. We would walk for hours, looking for waterholes, aboriginal carvings, birds, animals, tracks and different plants.  Sometimes we would take the motorbike to a distant rock or breakaway that held the promise of wondrous finds. 

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The Best of 2015

Warning............This is a bit of a long and rambly post.....me looking back over the year and really just putting words to a whole lot of thoughts mostly for my own purposes.............you can skip straight to my favourite 2015 images at the bottom!!

Terry was determined to get better and against all odds he has done it!!  Over the course of the year he has got stronger and stronger.  He has had very few long term effects from his treatment, and is now back into the full swing of life, fixing things, building things and making things.  

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Reality

I have struggled throughout my life to find space where I feel authentic and where things are real. Within the mundane complexity of jobs, relationships, family, friends and daily life there are so many unsaid expectations and conflicting priorities that it is easy to lose perspective and clarity.

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Lake Towerrinning

On a recent trip to the South West we spend a few days camped on the shore of Lake Towerrinning near Boyup Brook.  It is a large freshwater lake with surprisingly clean deep water surrounded by farmland. Adjacent to the main lake is a smaller shallow salt lake filled with bleached tree skeletons, stinking black mud and a slightly sinister atmosphere.  

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Regard Life as a Dream

Lama Atisha Dipamkara lived from 982 to 1040 and is credited with re-vitalising the Buddhist traditions in Tibet and compiling wisdom from several different lineages together in his text Lamp to the Path of Enlightenment.  This text outlines the stages of the Buddhist path as originally taught by Buddha and effectively forms a road map for spiritual practice. 

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Stillness

Sometimes it seems to me as if loneliness and sadness pervades life on a daily basis.  We are so busy with our lives, rushing around, trying to fulfill perceived expectations and making endless exhausting attempts to feel good or stave off difficult emotions.

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