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FLOW by Michela Griffith:

Small beauty noticed at the intersection of wood and water, nature and place, art and photography. Fluid images and evocative writing from NE Scotland for nature lovers, artists, photographers and water babies.

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Rooted: A Creative Connection to Place

At the beginning of the month we went away for two nights. Sorting out what I needed prompted me to think that not so long ago it took me...

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Sep 28, 20235 min read

100 Days of Nature: water art, mark making and monotypes

Art and learning through daily practice - one third of my experiences of doing #The100DayProject

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Mar 31, 20232 min read

Move closer: the power of words

Do you find it hard to write about your art? Perhaps the answer is to read more. This time I've found another piece of writing that...

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Sep 8, 20224 min read

why is creativity still important?

Years always seem to accelerate as they get into their stride. It’s another one where creativity feels like a luxury; there are so many...

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Jul 26, 20222 min read

evoking the river spirit

Small webs woven, dotted with dew, glisten in the river light and evoke water spirits: a new blog post about forthcoming series 'Ondine'

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Apr 25, 20223 min read

cross pollination: making new marks

Over the last week I’ve been attempting to start understanding how different strands of work, and different media, might relate to each...

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Mar 8, 20222 min read

the bleak midwinter

Musings on the cold, carols and colour; northern light and new directions of travel. How it feels is as important as how it looks.

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Feb 21, 20223 min read

finding the positive

On remainng positive, and creative, in the middle of a pandemic.

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Dec 31, 20202 min read

i want to break free

It suits the times; it is a representation of us, locked down and constrained within our own individual boxes, kept apart from friends and f

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May 29, 20202 min read

ever more blue

If the weather matched the times, clouds would shed copious tears. But instead the sun shines, and the sky is ever more blue.

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May 8, 20202 min read

going with the flow

Periodically, I've paused to reflect on the direction that my photography is taking me in

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Mar 29, 20201 min read

Wrapping Up and Resolving

In the end, there are no rules, only the boxes that we make for ourselves and the lines that we draw in the sand, only to trip over.

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Dec 20, 20182 min read

creative insights

FLOW by Michela Griffith:

Rooted: A Creative Connection to Place

100 Days of Nature: water art, mark making and monotypes

Move closer: the power of words

why is creativity still important?

evoking the river spirit

cross pollination: making new marks

the bleak midwinter

finding the positive

i want to break free

ever more blue

going with the flow

Wrapping Up and Resolving

michela griffith: the art of water