Category Archives: Film

Dark Fantasy…

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Stuart France

* First a formless mass of light, then the firmament of stars, then sun and moon, then sea and land, then reptiles, and birds, then beasts, and man, and then, contemplation… * If the ‘candlestick vision’ which opens the … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Art, Books, Film, Music, TOLL, Trickster | Tagged consciousness, fiction, magic, mystery, psychology, story, writing | 5 Comments

A walk in the gardens

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Several years ago, as it was a beautiful day, I decided it was time for a visit to the big house in the village to wander around the gardens for a while. As we are all now stuck indoors, I … Continue reading →

Posted in England, Film, Photography | Tagged chambord, chateau de maintenon, flowers, gardens, spirituality, Waddesdon manor | 21 Comments

A right royal visit…

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A few days after the Jewel in the Claw, a Silent Eye workshop back in 2018, I was lucky enough to have a visit from the queen. Not, I hasten to add, the one who currently wears the crown, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, England, Film, historic sites, Photography | Tagged art collection, Boucher, Dudley, Elizabeth I, Pompadour, Queen Victoria, Reynolds, Rothschild, Sevres, Waddesdon manor | 8 Comments

“A gift of laughter…”

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

As I’m on a research mission this weekend, and having spent much of the week in hospital waiting rooms, I have dredged up a couple of old ones to share.This one was written two years ago… Rafael Sabatini is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fiction, Film | Tagged adventure, Black Swan, Captain Blood, Errol Flynn, Hollywood, imagination, Photography, Rafael Sabatini, Silent movies, Stewart Granger, Tyrone Power, writing | 39 Comments

Stratford-Strange III… Stuart France

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* … “I suppose, Carbrook Hall ‘took the biscuit’ in that respect.” “Yes, it’s one thing to be ignored by a bar-tender at a bar but not to be seen at all!” “And all the while I was snapping away, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Don and Wen, Film, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged albion, esoteric, magic, mystery, Photography, psychology, story, symbolism, weekend workshop | 2 Comments

Stratford-Strange II… Stuart France

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …”My first ‘movie memory’ is from the film, The Matrix. Neo has swallowed the red pill and been unplugged from the system. Having spent some time acclimatising to the real world, he is finally allowed to re-enter the matrix … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Don and Wen, Film, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged albion, esoteric, magic, mystery, Photography, psychology, story, symbolism, weekend workshop | 5 Comments

Shades of the Golden Age…

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Sue Vincent

As a child, I loved the old movies of the swashbuckling variety. Even then, I knew the stories were not real and the history likely to be wildly innaccurate. Romance and adventure did not wait behind every tree. Magic, though, … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Dreams, Events, fantasy, fiction, Film, Friendship, imagination, Silent Eye weekend workshop | Tagged Derbyshire, Elizabethan, Jewel in the Claw, shakespeare, The Silent Eye | 11 Comments

Hinting at… Happiness? by Sarah Brentyn

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Sarah Brentyn: What does a Harvard University professor have to do with flash fiction? Nothing. And everything. Or, at least, something. I’ve thought for a long time now that good flash fiction packs a punch. It heightens emotional … Continue reading →

Posted in consciousness, fiction, Film, imagination, Life | Tagged amreading, amwriting, Daniel Gilbert, flash, flash ficiton, happiness, micro fiction, NPR, reader, reading, writer, writers, writing | 6 Comments

Guest author: Olga Núñez Miret – Apropos of nothing

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Thanks to Sue Vincent for asking me to be a guest and write something for her blog. Oh, Sue, you don’t know what you’ve done. Since you asked me, several weeks ago, and I told you I was taking a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fantasy, fiction, Film, Guest post, writing | Tagged drama, Films, inspiration, psychology, thriller | 18 Comments

Bassett Hall, A Jamie Dark story from Geoffrey West

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged: Jamie Dark , Psychic investigator and architect, a story from Geoffrey West. As the huge oak door swung inwards, I stumbled and fell flat on my face in the hallway. The lovely aroma of freshly applied paint and new … Continue reading →