Widening Rings

The title of this blog comes from one of my favourite poems from Rainer Maria Rilke:

I live my life in widening rings

which spread over earth and sky.

I may not ever complete the last one,

but that is what I will try.

I circle around God's primordial tower,

and I circle ten thousand years long;

And I still don't know if I'm a falcon,

a storm, or an unfinished song.

Since I first read this poem, I've been fascinated with the idea of stretching out further and further into the world, absorbing more experiences with each circle that time brings. 

This blog is my attempt to stretch out a bit further. A place to collect my thoughts and let new ideas grow. A place for photos, music, poetry and anything else that captures my attention and allows me a new window to see the world through. I also hope to find the courage to post some of my own poems which I've been writing on and off for several years now.

For today though, the words of others fill my mind much more clearly than my own thoughts, and so, until I've got my head around how this blog actually works, I'll stick with Rilke:

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colours, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.

Sunset at Watergate Bay, Cornwall