Category Archives: The Silent Eye

Acts of rebellion…

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Yesterday, I was looking through my photo files in search of a particular shot amongst the tens of thousands of files stored on my various drives. Most of those photographs document our journeys through the landscape, visits to sacred places … Continue reading →

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Shadow Play…

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Shadowing’ is our term for the phenomenon whereby a standing stone, or group of stones, recreates a distant landscape feature and thereby renders it immediately apparent or tangible. Most other megalithic writers on the subject have also, independently, recognised … Continue reading →

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The Big Picture (2) : a portrait of the arche ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Sue Vincent

If we’re going to set off in search of the spiritual – as seen in humanity’s ‘internal pictures’, we need to have a more modern definition of what the ‘spiritual’ actually is… Imagine we are reading a paragraph in an … Continue reading →

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Doors of Conception…

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Sue Vincent

“Excuse me…” I woke up and looked at the walking stick  insistently tapping my boot, then up at the black face in the sun, and shaded my eyes… “…Do you want to be human?” The voice was young, but also … Continue reading →

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The Big Picture (1) : life and the image ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We don’t live ‘in the world’… an outrageous thing to say, and yet it’s true. Well, if we don’t live in the world, where do we live? We don’t live in the world; we live in a picture of the … Continue reading →

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Armoury Show…

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* The prosperous town of Armore was built next to a forest. Late one night Old-Man-Log came out of the forest and sat down in the middle of the town’s market square. He opened up the palm of his right … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

The misty dawn blushed a soft, rosy pink, probably embarrassed by the number of clichés it was inviting. It had begun with a delicate glow, suffusing the rising mist with gold as I shivered on the doorstep, then painted the … Continue reading →

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Love story

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Sue Vincent

It has been a lazy day, lounging half asleep on the sofa, nursing a rotten cold. The mind wanders down odd paths at such times and  I have been thinking a lot about the whole idea of love. It is, … Continue reading →

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Lucky birds

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.” J.M. Barrie When I was a girl we often spent New Year’s Eve with my great grandparents. Unless a neighbour could be … Continue reading →

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Close to you…

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

I wander into the kitchen… the world is silent except for the little grunting noises Ani makes as I cuddle her good morning. I don’t speak dog fluently, but I have a feeling these short, low grunts are an expression … Continue reading →

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