Stuart Aken's Blog, page 82
March 12, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 12 Mar 21
‘My steps became extravagantly buoyant, like those of a high wire artist walking on a hidden trampoline.’ Robert Traver Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so …
March 11, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 11 Mar 21
‘It seems thus possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation.’ Michel de Certeau Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so …
The Floral Wall – A Collaboration
Originally posted on Rum and Robots:
A Collaboration between Joni and Stuart Aken, Photos by Stuart. Please visit Stuart’s website for his photography and publications ?- ?Poem by Joni Caggiano cracks in the old stone cry out to melike a whimpering fairy with golden eyessmooth the aging skin upon the river swept rockssweltering and charming…
A Collaboration between Joni and Stuart Aken, Photos by Stuart. Please visit Stuart’s website for his photography and publications ?- ?Poem by Joni Caggiano cracks in the old stone cry out to melike a whimpering fairy with golden eyessmooth the aging skin upon the river swept rockssweltering and charming…
March 10, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 10 Mar 21
‘All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.’ Friedrich Nietzsche Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so more people stuck indoors due to Covid-19 can enjoy …
Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 16, Climate.
The introduction to this series is here. This post looks at Climate. For most writers of future fiction, this is a no-brainer. We’ve made ourselves familiar with the science, understand the realities, know the world is utterly unprepared to deal with what is now correctly termed a ‘climate emergency’. We know governments, Big Business, led …
Continue reading Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 16, Climate.
Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 15, Climate.
The introduction to this series is here. This post looks at Climate. For most writers of future fiction, this is a no-brainer. We’ve made ourselves familiar with the science, understand the realities, know the world is utterly unprepared to deal with what is now correctly termed a ‘climate emergency’. We know governments, Big Business, led …
Continue reading Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 15, Climate.
March 9, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 09 Mar 21
‘Walking makes us take problems in our stride.’ Andy Hargreaves Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so more people stuck indoors due to Covid-19 can enjoy …
March 8, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 08 Mar 21
‘As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.’ John Locke Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so more people stuck …
March 7, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 07 Mar 21
‘Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world.’ Rebecca Solnit The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection …
March 6, 2021
The Defiant Spark, by Annie Percik: #BookReview.
346 PagesDark Fantasy Horror/Low Fantasy This work of intelligent imagination takes us on a journey with well-rounded characters into a world of mixed fantasy and science fiction. We’re not told when the story takes place, but that’s not an essential detail: we know we’re in the future, on a probable Earth, and that’s enough of …
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