festive lights

While the custom of decoration a Christmas tree is a relatively recent phenomenon, the celebration of Christmas is old. 

The festival at Christmas time was known in the most ancient Mysteries of all religions everywhere and has always been celebrated. It is not merely an outer sun festival, but one that leads man to a divination of the sources of existence. 

Signs & Symbols of the Christmas Festival

It was celebrated annually by the highest initiates in the Mysteries at the time of year - when the sun's force was weakest and bestowed the least warmth upon the earth. 

An ever-flowing river of love weaves through all generations. At times we may need to dive deep beneath to find it. Trust that when all else fades and is gone - love remains. 

2022 Feb 02

2022 is the Year of the Black Yang Water Tiger. Tiger year is quite the contrast after the plodding, nose-to-the-grindstone energy of the metal Ox of 2021.

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Tiger energy is dual in nature - the excitement, clash, dramatic highs paired against swan-dive lows. All set amidst periods of absolute stillness as the Tiger waits for its prey to drop their guard.

the language of flowers

Artists and art lovers are always fascinated by visuals with multiple meanings. Layering symbolism into an image can hold our attention for longer, engage our senses and brain, and leave us feeling more satisfied than an image with shallower appeal. Maybe that's why wonder | wander | women take so many pictures of flowers.

Summer in Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross, London

May Day celebrations

Engraved on the Haymarket Monument:

"THE DAY WILL COME WHEN OUR SILENCE WILL BE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE VOICES YOU ARE THROTTLING TODAY."

Flowering Hawthorn, a symbol of May Day

May Day or workers day, pagan or anglicized, cultural or commercialized, historical or statutory - May 1 has symbolic significance for many.