Author Archives: Barrie Cooper

Earth, sea and sky, all in one moment, as the shutter opened and the photograph was taken. Held in a split second of thought and composing, and now being observed by you, with a different perspective! Each of the elements add their own offering to each of us. They speak to me of rest andContinue reading “Elements…”

A hill in Cleveland, going by the name of ‘Roseberry Topping’. Interesting name, which derives from Othenesberg; the old norse for Hill of Odin, with Toppin being the norse for hill. Fascinating…names and how they develop and change over time is intriguing. But enough of that…it is a wonderful hill! I could end the blogContinue reading “Names”

Probably neither an ending or a beginning. Just an endless horizon and the stillness of water. We thrive on boundaries as human beings. It gives us a sense of security, which most of the time is an illusion, which is fine, but it perhaps encourages us to look a little deeper and wider. We liveContinue reading “Ending & beginning….”

A place of rest for Cormorants, seemimgly floating aimlessly in an endless sea. Apart from the grasses rearing their heads in the forground! How perspectives can change in our own thinking, as we float across our own sea of uncertainty…. In the midst of all that we pass through we need to sense the presenceContinue reading “Floating”

Held aloft by the movement of the air, and the skill of the kestrel. One of those moments when it would have been very easy to have stayed and watched for a long time! Every part of its body was moving to catch the imperceptible tides of air that were able to keep it aloft.Continue reading “Lifted…”

Stark and lonely, this cross on a hill. Forlorn and aching for light in the darkness… hope within fear. Longing for, hoping for transformation. Perspective. Died he for me… amazing love, how can it be, that thou my God shouldst die for me….all humanity. Boundless and deep and wide and high is the Love ofContinue reading “On a hill…..”

I am a great ‘Loser of things.’! As Helen will testify! She has an uncanny ability to find things that I have ‘lost’! She finds things even in places that I have already looked! Sorry about all the exclamation marks, but I am utterly dumfounded! There’s another one…. She calls this ‘man looking’! Whatever itContinue reading “Looking and Seeing”

This installation can be found in the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. It is a very powerful installation with the lone figure, head bowed, reflected in the figure on the right. It is a place of profound remembrance which I found quite overwhelming. I’ve used the word, ‘illusion’ for today’s blog, beacuse I often haveContinue reading “Illusion”

My apologies for being absent. We have had a few days away. This was captured in a medieval church during our travels. I reflection will follow tomorrow. Blessings and peace, Barrie.

Three very wet pigeons on a wire. I love the word, ‘bedraggled’. The beginning and end of my blog for this morning?! It kind of sums up what we might feel sometimes. That sense of something being ‘done’ to us without any control on our part. When things happen in our lives which cause usContinue reading “Bedraggled!”