Monday, October 12, 2009

Photos galore

Okay, let's start with Editors; kind of a mood-collage rather than fine detail close-ups (all these, you can click to enlarge):



Lots of good lights; great crowd; and yes you're right - the image on the bottom right is not the band, but some odd Riverdance-esque thing that we passed on the way back to the car.

And so to the outdoors of Annaghmakerrig - gorgeous house, beautiful grounds sloping down to an ever-changing lake. This morning a thick mist blanketed the estate, which later transformed into gorgeous sunshine-drenched green. I took a walk down to the boat house (residents here eagerly explained how it would be a perfect way to kill someone off, er... in a book that is), and I sat on the wobbly jetty and gazed out on the mirror-lake. Very peaceful.



And then back inside, pausing to top up on coffee before retreating to my cosy room.



There are times when you're working on something; it feels like the reins are let slip, and work becomes play. There's this tremendous energy of sheer creating that catches you up and you just type or scribble as fast as you can, knowing - trusting, I guess - that connections are being made and patterns are being formed, even if you can't yet make them out.

And that was my afternoon. Which for the book, is like a paradigm shift.

All in all, a treaty day.

2 comments:

TomRourke said...

The lake looks amazing....but go on , admit it, you have to be missing the crazy passers by staring in the window while you're working....even just a little???

;-)

Mike said...

Thanks for dedicating the photos to me! The pics of Editors are a lovely reminder of a great evening - thanks again for a brilliant pressie. And Annaghmakerrig looks just a bit magical in your photos - maybe a little bit jealous as I sit here in my windowless corner of the office ... Delighted it's going so well for you there, looking forward to seeing the fruits of the Paradigm Shift!