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Kirstie McKinnon's avatar

Hi Sam, I love the closeup of your cloud painting, the attention on the small area where lines of light pour through the cracks, like water through dry earth. Wonderful. Thank you.

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Samantha Clark's avatar

Thank you Kirstie!

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Sophie Nicholls's avatar

Thank you, Sam. I'm truly so honoured to be included in your beautiful post.

This 'Cloud, seen from inside' is exquisite. And this Sexton poem!

Wishing you a beautiful break. Thank you for bringing light.

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Iain Davidson's avatar

I saw, or I should say heard, my first skylark this weekend, too. I was in the Peak District, and it stopped me in my tracks. Such a joyful sound. I tried to see her, but the sky was too bright, which brings us back to the light again.

I really like the cloud from inside painting. At the moment, I'm trying to think about how the world might look from the point of view of salt, so it's interesting to see a cloud's-eye-view.

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Samantha Clark's avatar

Oh wow I love this - to see the world from the point of view of salt - such an amazing shift, decentring us from the human to a substance that moves through all nature, including and exceeding our bodies. Going to be thinking about that for a while!

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Richard Blaisdell's avatar

A crystalized multiple image with one property to melt ice.

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Iain Davidson's avatar

Yes, it's taking a lot of thinking to get my head around it because salt is so omnipresent.

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Emily's avatar

Have a lovely break. Thanks for sharing this wide open view from Hoy. Your inside a cloud is fascinating.

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Samantha Clark's avatar

Thanks Emily! Rain today, stormy tomorrow but forecast is good for Friday, so I might get to sit on my favourite bench for a bit!

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Michael's avatar

The light,

the light.

The beautiful light!

The light,

the beautiful light!

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Samantha Clark's avatar

Winter light just easing into early spring, a light so fragile but so, so welcome.

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Michael's avatar

Jam transit hyems.

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