Six Layers (and Knowing When to Stop)
Since October, I’ve been working on a monthly process, painting a large canvas, then covering it over to begin again. It’s intentional. Each layer represents a feeling or experience, painted over by the next, like life, where so much sits beneath the surface.…
Falmouth: Wind, Water, and Space to Think
In March, I took myself off to Falmouth for a week. I’d never been before, and it felt somehow much further away than it really is. I went by train, which slowed everything down in a good way. No rushing, no driving, just watching the amazing landscape…
The self we think we are is a story; the self we truly are is pure awareness —Amoda Maa
#AuthenticExperience #Truth #PersonalGrowth #Illusion
Fear convinces us that control is the answer. But control is an illusion—grasping only tightens fear’s hold. The way through is not in figuring it out, but in surrendering to what is. —Amoda Maa #Fear #Control #Illusion #Surrender #PersonalGrowth
A photograph looking up at a clamour of rooks, perched in a tree, skeletalised by winter, and set against a pale blue sky. Taken by Magusian on 13/02/2026.
I was out for my morning meander when I heard a clamour of rooks, and looked up... an effervescence of nature...
#Nature #Healing #Rooks #Trees
The image shows the Six of Pentacles from the Druid Craft Tarot Deck by Philip Carr-Gomm, Stephanie Carr-Gomm, et al., and photographed on a reading cloth that features the World Tree, complete with a singing bird.
Inspiration from the Tarot:
"Giving and Receiving"
I give as relaxed presence,
I receive as truth.
Love flows both ways through me,
Neither grasped nor lost.
In this balanced exchange,
I remain whole,
And gently become.
#Balance #Love #Truth #PersonalGrowth #Tarot
Control is an illusion, agency is not.
Control attempts to shape what is outside you.
Agency shapes how you meet what is inside and outside you.
#PersonalGrowth #Wisdom #Truth #Control #Illusion #Agency
In an enchanted forest, illuminated by pastel blues, greens, yellows and reds, a giant hand reaches up to grasp the full moon as it hangs, suspended in the sky, just beyond the tallest branches. Photographed by Magusian.
I open in spacious awareness,
wide enough for mystery,
steady enough for fear.
I breathe: the unknown softens;
I expand & remain whole.
Love holds my centre.
Truth shapes clarity.
Agency lives in my next step.
I am the space that welcomes all I feel,
I am the one who chooses,
presence responding.
The image shows the Strength card from the Original Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith, and photographed on a reading cloth that features the World Tree, complete with a singing bird.
Strength as Inner Compassion
Held in my own quiet light,
I let the softest feelings rise.
No reason, no demand,
only warmth,
only presence.
I am the Strength that holds the trembling child,
and The Star that shines through the tears.
#InnerStrength #InnerCompassion #PersonalGrowth #Awareness
Poem Title: "Greeting the Ego", overlaid onto a monochrome shadow selfie of Magusian, wearing his characteristic hat, and standing next to the shadow of one of the Neolithic stones at Avebury, Wiltshire. Taken 5th April 2025.
When ego stirs, it is only the echo
of a child once left alone.
I meet it with presence.
I meet it with breath.
And in this silence,
The echo softens,
Not shattered, but seen.
Illusions dissolve,
In awareness,
In truth.
And I walk forward as wholeness,
Unafraid of the spaces
where nothing is known.
"Walking the Path of Remembering" - A monochrome shadow selfie of Magusian, on a Dorset beach, facing along the shoreline towards the distant cliffs and a horizon that can never be reached.
Reflections on #Liminality, the place where #Awareness hosts #Paradox as #Witness
In the stillness between, I rest.
Awareness holds all opposites in grace.
Darkness and light breathe as one.
Knowing and unknowing dance in truth.
I am the space between,
The living threshold of becoming.
#Meditation
The #Liminal #Spirit
With an open heart,
I see what is,
And recognise
Myself.
I am: the Spaciousness, the Liminal,
The space betwixt and between.
I am: the No–Thing–ness, between all things;
Because I am, the space
In which all things exist.
Awareness seeing,
Recognising, knowing;
Self as Truth. 道
An excellent creative project to follow & participate in
Especially if you're looking for something to add a little #inspirational light into the darker months
An #opportunity to #reflect, #integrate & #create so you're at your best when the New Year arrives
A #present you can enjoy before Christmas
Serendipity and the Art of Letting Go
This week’s word is serendipity - those happy accidents that seem to find you when you’re not looking. The word itself comes from an old Persian tale about three princes who kept stumbling upon discoveries by chance, guided by curiosity and awareness rather…
Not everything needs to be understood…..
Not everything needs to be understood. Some things are meant to be felt and experienced. My word of the week has been mystery. Etymology & history of “mystery” From Latin mysterium → from Greek mystērion (plural mystēria) = “a secret rite, a hidden truth…
My Word of the Week: Curiosity
As part of my Creative Hug, I have a word a week to inspire my art. This week, I’m doing everything with curiosity - in my drawings, my walks, daily life. I have enjoyed learning the etymology of "curiosity". Historically, curious took quite a journey. In medieval…
October dawn over Avebury stone circle with the mist rising over the stones. Photographer Ailsa Brims.
Another tick off my bucket list! Dawn at Avebury today. It couldn't have been more beautiful and special with the sky and the mist. Amazing experience.
#avebury #stonecircle #sunrise #octoberdawn @stoneclub.bsky.social
The full moon waits for dawn at the upper edge of a silhouetted beach tree located by Avebury Stone Circle, in Wiltshire, UK. Taken by Magusian, 9th October 2025
The #Moon waiting for dawn at #Avebury
"Before all knowing, I am the clear spring,
Pure, playful, fearless.
Love is my shelter, truth my companion;
Together they shape the Way.
The waters clear as the mud settles,
And I rise, flowing forward in trust."
"I rest in openness until knowing arises."
In my becoming,
I am no longer the one who “knows”,
I am, one who is,
and whose knowing arises from being.
—Magusian (24/07/2025)
Sounds like a fun journey of a project, and of course, the blank canvas is what's under all the layers... your original self... #Art #PersonalGrowth #SelfEnquiry
"Walking the Path of Remembering" - A monochrome shadow selfie of Magusian, on a Dorset beach, facing along the shoreline towards the distant cliffs and a horizon that can never be reached.
“I rest as the liminal witness — whole with existence, where stillness and chaos meet in the dance of being.” #InnerPeace #Meditation #Liminality
Authentic creativity brings us closer to who we are, so very much a call worth answering...
#writing #haiku #goodbyetillsoon
Love blooms in new soil
Though roots reach to old ground
Together we rise
"Walking the Path of Remembering" - A monochrome shadow selfie of Magusian, on a Dorset beach, facing along the shoreline towards the distant cliffs and a horizon that can never be reached.
I don't know where this quote comes from, but I see the words as being useful to reflect on: "Life is strange. You arrive with nothing, spend your whole life chasing everything, and still leave with nothing. Make sure your soul gains more than your hands." #Truth #Wisdom #PersonalGrowth #Nothing
A monochrome photograph of an old-fashioned street lamp and the bare branches of a tree as an inverted reflection, held on the surface of a puddle at the edge of a quiet roadway. Taken by Magusian 24/11/2019
#Wisdom Distilled in #Sadness and #Healing
"I walk with the Old Ways in my heart and the Flow in my step.
In the stillness of my own embrace, sadness softens,
and truth blends with imagination in the cauldron of my soul.
I am presence becoming wholeness;
I am the Way, and the Way moves with me."
Permission to be authentic... nicely put...
A view from beyond the bend of a river in the Norfolk Broads. On the inside of the bend, to the left, are moored a small cabin cruiser and a sailing boat. A wind pump or mill can be seen by an inlet, just beyond the bend and to the right. Dark clouds subdue the overall lighting, however the sun breaks through from above. Photograph by Magusian.
Chinese proverb: “When the winds of change blow, some build walls. Others build windmills.” Ask yourself: "What am I building?" and then answer honestly. Change is the only constant; we arise from the unknown and live a life filled with change —before entering the unknowable. #PersonalGrowth #Truth
A monochrome photograph of an old-fashioned street lamp and the bare branches of a tree as an inverted reflection, held on the surface of a puddle at the edge of a quiet roadway. Taken by Magusian 24/11/2019
Ask, "Who am I? Am I living, or am I performing?" Then act on the honest answers, or you'll carry the weight of knowing you didn’t. “In any given moment we have two options: step forward into growth or step back into safety.” —Maslow... Life is wasted by doing the wrong things for too long. #Truth
Tinted monochrome photograph of a lone tree, with branches bare of leaves. the tree is silhouetted against a cloud filled sky, through which the sun's light penetrates to illuminate the top section of the tree. Taken by Magusian.
"The future is being made out of the present, so the best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment. This is logical and clear," attributed to Thich Nhat Hanh #BeingPresent #Anxiety #PersonalGrowth #Truth #Wisdom