Kia ora tatou: Sometimes the stories around here are massive and mind-boggling, tributes to big money and breathtaking ineptitude, sometimes they are small stories about stubborn determination. Welcome to Africa. I was driving south from Port Alfred, heading to Port Elizabeth and thence to Tsitsikammer for the night, when I hit the motorway, about 20 [...]
Kia ora tatou: This evening this arrived from Jenny Couldrey, who was not only on the workshops, she did a fabulous job of organising it. Thanks, Jen! Back story Waikaremoana let me in when I became conscious and the Crystal Lake drew me very strongly, I made picture after picture in a short space of [...]
I am still reflecting upon the time we spent at Lake Waikaremoana during the Innerlight Workshop and in particular my own response to the place and what it revealed to me. Waikaremoana doesn’t come easily. It is a place of mystery and history. As you drive in, you sense there are stories in abundance, secrets [...]
Kia ora tatou: This morning I received this email from Eva Polak, who came to do the Waikaremoana workshop… I asked her permission to publish it and she agreed. My deepest thanks, Eva. Hi Tony I would like to share this with you. Perhaps I wasn’t too excited being at the lake and gave you [...]
In the clarity of wilderness light, my mind and my heart are soothed and uplifted by the serenity of creation. These are the landscapes of, and for, my spirit. -WILLIAM NEILL (From Landscape of The Spirit) What can I do in the morning? I can put on my coat; I can make a cup of [...]
