Category Archives: Spirituality

Songs of a bard….

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Sue Vincent

I love the old stories, the legends and lays of ancient times when the world, from our vantage point, seemed both a more innocent and more magical place, where the impossible walked hand in hand with the improbable and where … Continue reading →

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A Pen and the Swords

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Sue – a photograph taken during her ‘Swords Phase’ *** February 6th, 2013… Some time around half past one this morning I dried my eyes and placed the final full stop at the end of the manuscript. The characters came … Continue reading →

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Temples Too…

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Stuart France

*** The space created by the temple, for augury, originally, appears to have been in order to better observe the flight of birds across the sky. To afford them focus and meaning. Their point of origin, the direction of travel, … Continue reading →

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Living Ones…

Posted on May 19, 2023 by Stuart France

‘Solar Bear’ – Sue Vincent 2009 *** … “Well,” says Wen, with a mischievous grin playing across her features, “I have some more shocking news for you.” “Really?” say I. Not really paying too much attention because most of that … Continue reading →

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Kirk to Kirk…

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Sue Vincent

We were greeted by the sight of yet another jackdaw, studiously ignoring the offended pigeon whose headstone it had invaded. There was so much in the body language of these two that any further attempt to understand their various languages … Continue reading →

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Hawk at Dusk

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** Since the birth of the Silent Eye, we have held regular workshops, including, for the past seven years, an annual residential weekend of ritual drama in Derbyshire. We have had a huge amount of fun with these weekends over … Continue reading →

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Hawk at Noon

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** The cult of celebrity seems to have run mad over the past few years. Anyone can have their fifteen minutes of fame and if they can be sufficiently outrageous, outraged or enraging, may find themselves with a career in … Continue reading →

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Labour pains…

Posted on January 21, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** The clock is ticking, time inexorably moves us closer to the launch event of the Silent Eye… in a little less than three weeks… We are flat out getting everything ready… and of course, this is precisely when I … Continue reading →

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Words matter

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Words matter to us. Those that are said, those that are not said. The precision of a phrase, the use of one word rather than another can make all the difference to how we feel about something or someone. Often … Continue reading →

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Living in Colour

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Sue Vincent

It is New Year’s Eve. Everywhere are posts about the year in review or hopes for the coming one. It’s sort of obligatory.  A mini rite of passage as the old year fades and the new comes to birth. So … Continue reading →

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