After doing lots of Stonehenge research through reading and visiting the area around the stones, it was time to get out there and walk.

Walking links places in my mind and gives me the kind of awareness of the lie of the land and the different elements that make up the landscape described and referred to in all the books and documents. Walking gives me a chance to explore for myself, to find what excites me, what draws my attention, and lets me feel a part of that landscape, rather than an external observer or researcher.

It also seems to make a lot more sense to explore a landscape rich in prehistoric history, by wandering through trees and along pathways, rather than by reading or driving or looking online. My ancestors used their own bodies to dig with antlers, to walk along the avenue from River Avon to the Henge & Stones, and so to get a feeling for the different elements of this famous landscape and how they link together, it makes perfect sense to get out and put one foot in front of the other.

Walking, exploring, or wandering have always been key to my work. It gives you a different kind of awareness, a freedom that allows your own senses, body and mind to blur with the world around you, the power to step outside of the restrictions of everyday life and of a culturally inherited perception, and for a moment to just ‘be’.

Sounds romantic, but it works for me, helping me to re-connect my mind, body and my environment, and allow a sense of flow between them, a re-balancing that helps me to feel part of the world and supported by it.