walking – Notes from Ben

Mountains

I’m missing the mountains. Which means it will be that much more wonderful when I get to walk in them again. Meanwhile, patience! Draw them. Close my eyes at night and walk down paths like this in my mind. We spend our summers out of Madrid, up in these great Pyrenean mountains and my wifeContinue reading “Mountains”

The Joy of Walking with Trees

What joy yesterday heading out with the camera on my phone to walk and walk and take pictures of trees! My wife loves the deep blue sky in the photo above, but I’m a sucker for black and white: What a delight to wander around looking at tree tops in the evening light… Free joy!Continue reading “The Joy of Walking with Trees”

Depth of Place

There’s something special about going to a certain landscape again, and again. In all seasons, in all weathers. Finding all its paths, all its secrets. This landscape, above and below, is up in Madrid’s Sierra, a spot I return to over and over. There’s a wildness to it that connects with something deep inside me.Continue reading “Depth of Place”

The Road to Panticosa…

We had the unbelievable luck of spending the summer in the Spanish Pyrenees in the region of Aragon, and photography came flooding back into my life. I would nervously send photos to friends and family knowing that they might think I was a provocative pain in the backside for sending them a continuous stream ofContinue reading “The Road to Panticosa…”

Walk

An interesting way to set out on a walk from A to B is to choose the path of greatest silence. In the city this is just as possible as it is in the suburbs or the countryside – choosing the backstreets instead of the main roads, detouring through the middle of parks – evenContinue reading “Walk”