Silence & Sound

1. Unknown 2. Unknown 3. Unknown 4. Unknown* 5. Camille Seaman Photography 6. Sarah Lewis 

Loud. Through my chest. Rib, rib, lung. Heart. Play it louder. 

Dark, bright, flashing light. Legs, hands, wristbands. Play it louder. 

Waves, rolling, crashing, splashing. I sink to the bottom for a rest, almost crushed. Dangerous. Surface. 

Play it louder. 

*If you know the source for any of these images please let me know and I will add it. 

Jellyfish

1.  Unknown 2. Unknown 3. Portuguese Man O-War, by Simon de Glanville 4. Under the Sea, by Sabrina Lee 5. Jellyfish, by Sanne

Continuing my current obsession with the sea... I'm at once both enthralled and frightened by these creatures. I think they are stunning; diverse and breath taking, strange and unearthly. But I do not want to touch one and I certainly don't want one wrapped around my leg!

Hoard



1. Old Maps, Unknown 2. Books and Tea, Unknown 3. Books and Tins, Unknown 4. Phone Boxes, Unknown 5. Keys, Unknown

 I love salvaging, and reinventing old things, even if they have no particular use anymore. I like to imagine the stories they could tell, who had held them, what they had witnessed from their stationary positions. I also find the idea of taking some old and worn, and improving it, so much more satisfying than buying something brand new that will only depreciate. It seems that everyone has hopped on this trend recently, but trust me, I was born in love with these things.

P.S I've totally failed on the sources of these photos. They're all lost somewhere in the midst of Tumblr, so if you happen to know their origins please let me know!

Hoppipolla

This is one of those songs I heard ages and ages ago but never managed to get it's name. I think I heard it on a Planet Earth advert, or apparently it was used in the film Penelope which I've seen too. Anyway, last week I was in the car with Jamie and Will (oh hey, shout out) and they were listening to the soundtrack for We Bought A Zoo (is that worth seeing?) and this came on and I was all like "Oh my gosh, what is this songs name!?" So at last I have found it and now I'm listening to it on repeat. It's in Icelandic, and I'm obsessing about Iceland right now. Also, I love this video, if I ever have to be old I hope I'm this kind of old person! Seeing as it's raining a lot in England right now this song has cheered me up and made me want to jump in puddles with barefeet (which I will do on my way home from work later.) So, yes, this is definitely suitable inspiration to begin the week with.

Headgear

1. Antelope Antlers, Irene Suchoki 2. The Beast, Ian Plant 3. Julian Tries Photos  4. Unknown 5. Disrespectful, Klaus Wiese

There's just something about animals with antlers, horns, and tusks isn't there? Something magical, in a unicorn-esque way. These are the crowned kings of the animal kingdom.

For more antlered inspiration check out my Got Horns? board on Pinterest.

Phew, I made it through the post without using the word 'horny'! Oh, shoot.

Exmoor

1. http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk 2. The Beacon, James Hudson 3. Beautiful Exmoor, Helen Dixon 4. Lee Abbey Woods, Hannah Harding 5. Unknown

As I mentioned in my last post, I spent last week on the north coast of Devon, for Young Life Camp. I've always loved Exmoor, since first stepping foot there when I was eight years old, and I know it's beautiful, always. And it was again. Nothing's ever inspired me more than that place. I just want to tumble down those moors and hills forever. I just want the world to be like this.

Of Monsters and Men

This week a little video inspiration. Of Monsters and Men (great name, great name) are an Icelandic band I heard on the radio a few months ago, and was instantly hooked. Their album, My Head is an Animal (mine too!) is out at the end of the month. 

And how visually stunning is this video, created by WeWereMonkeys, follow the link through for a short journal on how they made it. 

This is like two bursts of inspiration, in one. 

The Stars Above

For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream. 

Vincent Van Gogh

1. Stars in Scorpius, NASA 2. Unknown 3. NGC 1333, a cloud in Pegasus, NASA 4. Spitzer's Orion NASA, JPL-Caltech, J. Stauffer  5. Stargazing, by Hannah Harding

The LORD wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.

Psalm 104: 2-3

I've been learning the stars and constellations for a couple of years now, I don't know a lot but I know more than you (unless you're a scientist or something, oh hey!) They fascinate me; the way if you lie on your back and stare up at them for long enough you lose sense of gravity and feel like you're falling through them. At first they're just like a mass of shining spots, but after a while they become familiar faces; Orion, Cassiopeia, Ursus Major, Pegasus, the Winter Triangle... are like old friends to me now, I love it when I see them in the sky. There's so many questions I have, and most of them are totally unanswerable, but stars remind me to consider new possibilities, and to keep looking up.

P.S We're currently having the biggest meteor shower of the year, so if you're out after dark keep your gaze fixed starward.

The Sea

1. Unknown 2. A Storm is Brewing by Trond Stromme 3.Humpback Whale Calf I, Bryant Austen 4. Aniva Lighthouse, Sakahlin by Unknown 5.Unknown

Thus far, I have only posted my own work on this blog, but that's about to change a little. Why? Because this is a blog, not a portfolio; my personal corner of the internet to be myself in. These posts will be quite simple, they're things that inspire me.

To begin, the sea. But not the blue waters and white sand people seek for holiday destinations. The sea that fascinates me is the dark waters, stormy and unpredictable, the tide that can't be tamed. The sea that writes its own stories of tragic romance and doomed adventure. Dangerously beautiful. And so full of life.