When I look back at the places which have meant the most to me, the landscapes whose inspiration is etched on my memory, it’s the wild places; in the wilderness, we stand face to face with ourselves.
This is a wonderful piece, David! It make me think of standing in Glen Coe, which I have returned to several times, and I keep standing humbled, grounded and in awe. It makes me feel wonderful ✨ Thank you for taking me there with your words. 💫
As a landscape artist I get nourishment from being outdoors in the countryside. I always thought I wanted to escape to the sea and there is a peace in the endless horizon but it is the hills of Derbyshire and Yorkshire that I want to paint and draw, the patchwork of nature and all her stories.
It's the Yorkshire Dales and Moors for me, David. Maybe because it was my father's home but there's something that pulls be back time and time and again and that feeling of being home when I arrive never dwindles.
Absolutely loved this post, David! I have to ponder a bit before I leave a comment as there are several landscapes that have my heart. I will twirl by after I’m back from my trip, but really enjoyed the photos and the musings. 🤗✨
Greetings again! Ah it took a bit longer to get back to this comment, but I'm here now, haha. First of all, all the landscapes in your photos bring a great deal of inspiration to me. I love to be near trees and bodies of water. I wish I lived closer to a landscape where I could lose myself in and collect all the inspiration for colors for my work, like your Alston Moor or Teesdale photo, but I'm quite lucky to live in a neighborhood where there's quite a lot of green, so I can get a dose of nature whenever I have to run errands.
The one landscape that I haven't experienced in real life yet are mountains. The views I saw in the Black Forest were amazing as well and here I could feel the power nature has, but also the comfort and grounding she brings. The one where I felt the most at home in was a bamboo forest in Japan. But I have an unexplainable connection to Japan in general, so it's easy to feel at home there. 😊
The high desert I live and never see anyone. where I can laugh and yell and pray and meditate. Where the desert itself holds me in its high altitude where a can drum my teachers from here to there
Someone mentioned to me that the reason we love those large expanses before us is because we can see so far. It gives us a sense of security and peace. Our instincts tell us no one is out there to get us.
And, yes, I love those places. Here in the U.S., those are the plains, the deserts, the Great Lakes.
This is a wonderful piece, David! It make me think of standing in Glen Coe, which I have returned to several times, and I keep standing humbled, grounded and in awe. It makes me feel wonderful ✨ Thank you for taking me there with your words. 💫
Thank you 🙏✨
As a landscape artist I get nourishment from being outdoors in the countryside. I always thought I wanted to escape to the sea and there is a peace in the endless horizon but it is the hills of Derbyshire and Yorkshire that I want to paint and draw, the patchwork of nature and all her stories.
Yes, it’s always the hills and the wild moors which inspire me ✨🌿
It's the Yorkshire Dales and Moors for me, David. Maybe because it was my father's home but there's something that pulls be back time and time and again and that feeling of being home when I arrive never dwindles.
I know exactly what you mean ✨🌿
Vast wildness shifts my perspective. I feel small, and so too do my worries. Did you know that awe is measured in goosebumps? Isn’t that beautiful!
That is so beautiful ✨ But you’re right, they offer us a much wider perspective, that somehow, we are a tiny piece in a much larger puzzle.
It is these landscapes that affect me most and wish I lived nearer to them. A lovely post, David.
Yes, one day, I’d love to just open the door onto them ✨🌿🍂
I have just booked a week in the Peaks - thank you for the prompt!
Oh lovely! ⛰️
Absolutely loved this post, David! I have to ponder a bit before I leave a comment as there are several landscapes that have my heart. I will twirl by after I’m back from my trip, but really enjoyed the photos and the musings. 🤗✨
Thank you 🙏✨
Greetings again! Ah it took a bit longer to get back to this comment, but I'm here now, haha. First of all, all the landscapes in your photos bring a great deal of inspiration to me. I love to be near trees and bodies of water. I wish I lived closer to a landscape where I could lose myself in and collect all the inspiration for colors for my work, like your Alston Moor or Teesdale photo, but I'm quite lucky to live in a neighborhood where there's quite a lot of green, so I can get a dose of nature whenever I have to run errands.
The one landscape that I haven't experienced in real life yet are mountains. The views I saw in the Black Forest were amazing as well and here I could feel the power nature has, but also the comfort and grounding she brings. The one where I felt the most at home in was a bamboo forest in Japan. But I have an unexplainable connection to Japan in general, so it's easy to feel at home there. 😊
So many wild and beautiful landscapes ready and waiting to be discovered 🌿✨
This sort of bleakness is similar to looking across the vast expanse of the sea, must be in the genes!
The high desert I live and never see anyone. where I can laugh and yell and pray and meditate. Where the desert itself holds me in its high altitude where a can drum my teachers from here to there
Someone mentioned to me that the reason we love those large expanses before us is because we can see so far. It gives us a sense of security and peace. Our instincts tell us no one is out there to get us.
And, yes, I love those places. Here in the U.S., those are the plains, the deserts, the Great Lakes.
I think that’s very true; you can see forever ✨