Creativity

Learn how to stay in the moment with photography

I’ve always been interested in photography and have collected and taken hundreds of images over the years; from wondrous scenes in nature to up close and personal portraits and candid images of day-to-day life. But, despite having attended various courses and upgraded from using my phone to a digital-SLR camera, I felt lost.  For so long I’d wanted to master the technical side

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Creative Nature Series

Preserving wonder: Flower pressing

“Did you ever know that a flower, once withered and freshened again, becomes an immortal flower, – that is, that it rises again?” Emily Dickinson The art of flower pressing has blossomed in recent years and is an ideal way to reconnect with nature, creativity and preserve the beauty and wonder of treasured blooms. A

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Mindfulness

Learn to slow down and find more wonder every day

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” – W.B. Yeats When was the last time you experienced a sense of wonder, of true awe?   Maybe at the sight of a magnificent sunrise or the blossoming of a tree in Spring?  In this fast-paced world, wonder is probably not an

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