by maryjane claydon | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Reminder Birds. We Straddle Two Simultaneous Realities Reality One: Busy, concrete, straight lines and to do lists. Humming, whining, roaring, beeping and bleeping of modern life. Surrounded by media that endlessly repeats all that is going wrong in the world,...
by maryjane claydon | Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Nature’s secret agents Our ears can reach places that our other senses cannot. Penetrating into a dense bush, or through a wall, sensing life around a corner or behind us. Not long ago, the world was quiet of the noise of modern life. Only the...
by maryjane claydon | Mar 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Magic of Birdsong Every day, there is a bird watching you, singing Her song, with a message for you. Slip Through The Cracks As a young mum freaked out by the noise, rush, endless reiterations of bad news and what to consume next (as advised by the media), I sewed...
by maryjane claydon | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Real Magic. Scientifically Proven There was once a monk named Phoenix. One morning as he sat outside reading his prayer book, a bird began to sing in a tree nearby. The sound was so clear and pure that Phoenix was instantly drawn to it, drinking in the sound of the...
by maryjane claydon | Dec 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Map, The Compass and The Route. The Map is the World as we know it Massive wealth, extreme poverty. Enormous pollution, loss of soil. Lots of chemicals, lots of war. Millions of refugees, climate challenges. A constant stream of daily news of all that is going...
by maryjane claydon | Nov 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Longing for Nature in the middle of a city? Surrounded by concrete, metal and glass. Humming, roaring and rushing around you. Sounds and smells of a polluted world Do YOU feel disconnected from Nature in a concrete jungle? Anonymous buildings of no Heart. This hard...