Recently I was blessed to discover Sona Jobarteh playing the Kora live with her band of equally talented musicians, I didn’t personally film until the very end of the concert because I wanted to be present. To give you an idea, I’ve taken this video that is much better quality…
Tag: out and about
Cathar Footsteps
When the first lockdown hit it became increasingly clear that Sète, the touristic fishing town I lived in at the time, wasn’t where I desired to be and a plan was hatched to move on as soon as possible. Between enforced limits on travel distances and nightly curfews, mask mandates…
Underwater Love
I want to be where the people aren’t, in that magical aquatic world that many are afraid of because they don’t try to understand it. From the second my fins hit the water I instantly feel appeased, regardless of what is happening on the surface of our world. Learning to…
Lost Levadas
Do you ever think about the places you find yourself in? Like on a daily basis, sure, but also when you go on holiday, or days out to new places when it’s sunny’n’that? If not, you’d probably be surprised to learn the history, like the real, sometimes hidden, most often…
Are You Afraid to be Alone?
In such an overstimulated society, we often search for constant distraction. Spending our time and energy on the consumption of things that are ultimately destroying us, and our home. We have lost the simple pleasure of feeling the wind in our hair and the sun on our skin. We are…
Heeding the Call
Updated 23 July 2022 – Original 17 January 2022 Out and about, between waves of salt and snow, I heeded the call to let it all go. Despite appearances, nothing comfortable, synthetic or artificial can ever actually fulfil us. For it is amongst all the apparently uncivilised, savage and wild…
Stay Home and Fuck Off
Interesting municipal art in Banyuls, France, outside the town hall… a homage to those dead of c0ckvid… who were not expecting it… the sign also goes on to say thank you to the healthcare staff who assisted during the pantdo0mic… It is interesting then, that those very same staff now…
Religious Astrology
Interesting mural on L’Église Notre Dame de l’Assomption in Belgentier, South of France. The mural depicts the passage of Louis XIV on his way to Cotignac Abbey. The catholic church was rebuilt in 1616 at the site of a previous 12th-century chapel.
Cathar Carcassonne
The Cité of Carcassonne was founded during the Gallo-Roman period, over its 2,500 years of history the town has changed hands from Visigoths to Saracens and Crusaders… Around the 11th century, Catharism developed in parts of Europe as a result of teachings from the trade routes of the Byzantine empire (Cathars were a Gnostic group…
Sixty-Five Feet Under
The first time I donned a wetsuit in my life was in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It was the morning of my first ever diving lesson to become a certified SSI Open Water Diver. I’d never tried scuba diving before and it had been…