Uncategorized | searchingtosee

Flower Friday

Something a bit abstract for today. Happy weekend everyone! Emilyx © images and content Emily Hughes and searchingtosee, 2012

Heart flip Summer draws to an end. Start of a new school year. It feels like a good time for pause, reflection and assessment. A time for taking stock. I’ve been struggling a bit with my blog lately. Struggling to organise my thoughts into any kind of coherent output. Struggling to find focus. I have random notes and jotting everywhere; projects half-started, half-finished; ideas,…

Flower Friday

Summer is drawing to a close and I can already feel the chilled breath of Autumn in the air, so it had to be the sunflower today to remind me of holidays, balmy evenings, and the warmth of the sun’s rays on my skin. We came across fields and fields of sunflowers whilst driving through France, in various stages of their life-cycles from young,…

Contemplation

Contemplation, a photo by Rednaxela13 on Flickr. Back from holidays! Here’s a picture of me enjoying a peaceful moment thinking and writing (I know I look miserable – I wasn’t, just deep in thought!). Hope everyone is ok, looking forward to catching up. Emilyx

Sea sculptures

We spent a few days down in Devon on the coast, at my dad’s home. There was a folk festival going on, so it was bustling and lively. The weather was contrary; the sea feisty and capricious. My son and I snuck away from the busyness for a few moments to make sea sculptures on the beach. He found these shiny pebbles, wet and…

Free

Frenzy

Technicolours light up the stage, and the excitement rises. The crowd gushes in and becomes a swirl of glow bands; a jostle of cameras, phones and flailing body parts. We scream and shout and sing and cheer, moving to the beat, surging in time with the swell of the crowd. Sometimes, you just need to let go. Completely. Some of the fantastic, frenzy-inducing performances…

Flower Friday

Rapture

There are moments when being in a crowd is almost spiritual. Watching. Listening. Coming Together. Being. Transfixed. A shared sense of wonder. © Emily Hughes and searchingtosee, 2012

Evening lights

As the evening descends there is pause; a moment of interlude. People convene, rub their bellies and head for the comfort of food, cigarettes, a quiet pint or two before launching into the frenzy of the night-time festivities. The sun pools the last of its sweet golden liquor into the horizon beyond and the cheerful winking lights lead us towards the dazzling final act….