by Geoffrey | Sep 19, 2023 | Cornwall, Spirituality, UK, United Kingdom, West Penwith
What is a Celtic landscape? The great atlantic ocean buffets the granite cliffs of the West Penwith coastline. The high craggy moors cut through the low scudding clouds. The twisted knotty woods conceal groves where healing wells and clouties draw...
by Geoffrey | Sep 14, 2023 | Art, Ganges, India, Shiva, Spirituality, Street art, Uttarkashi
“There is no such country, and this is the first and most essential fact about India that can be learned. India is a name, which we give to to a great region including a multitude of different countries. There is no general Indian term that corresponds to it....
by Geoffrey | Aug 21, 2023 | India, Kumbh Mela, Spirituality
About a decade ago I attended a magnificent religious festival at the city then called Allahabad. Approximately 100 million people attended from all over India and from around the world, gathering in a great temporary city on a sandy flood plain where...
by Geoffrey | Aug 20, 2023 | Ganges, Gita Press, India, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Morocco, Rishikesh, Transcendental Meditation
These are photographs taken at the decaying ashram of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi situated on a slight hill on the outskirts of Rishikesh several months ago. It is a large sprawling site, partially reclaimed by nature, though the combination of decay and...
by Geoff | Jul 31, 2023 | Cemetery, Christian, Delhi, Documentary, India, Paherganj, Spirituality, Syncretism
It is hard to believe that in the teeming city of New Delhi there exists a quiet spot where the union of two nationalities and religions is celebrated. Just outside of its large walls, the busy markets of Paher Ganj and Delhi continue. I had arrived...
by Geoff | Jul 25, 2023 | Art, Bristol, Street art, UK, Urban
More urban narrative from Bristol……. Share...
by Geoff | Jul 17, 2023 | Cloudscape, Cornwall, Documentary, Newlyn, Penzance, Promenade, UK, West Penwith
My 5 days in Cornwall has been spent under huge ever changing skies, where clouds roll across an aerial landscape without cessation. I walked from Penzance to Newlyn today along the promenade, and explored a little of Newlyn. The journey is an...
by Geoff | Jul 14, 2023 | Botallack, Cornish Mining, Cornwall, Geevor, Tin Mining, West Penwith
The Cornish tin mining industry maybe history now, but it’s landscape remains a resounding and echoing reminder of when Cornwall contributed immensely to the development of mining practice around the world. The pounding and smoking residue of beam...
by Geoff | Jul 4, 2023 | Chefchaouen, Chefchaouen, Kif, Morocco, Ouezzane
The green medina of Ouezzane contains an area of small workshops where artisans produce a range of products for the consumption of mostly local inhabitants. Around this artisanal area the haunting tapping of hammers, low drone of power tools and the...
by Geoff | Jul 4, 2023 | Art, Artist, Chefchaouen, Fes, Marabout, Medina, Morocco, Ouezzane, Sufi, Wazzan
This post describes a continued interest in the role and relevance of street art, on this occasion in Morocco. I have visited Morocco on at least 6 occasions over the last decade, and for an extended period of time rented a house in the medina in... 
