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About Inner Ventures

Evolutionary Counsellor facilitator and guide on a spiritual path. Craftsman in wood, creative writer, environmentalist & change agent. This blog is my way of promoting my skills, ideas, concerns for the planet, creative work, spiritual searches and philosophy of life in a public forum.

The Art of Making

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Inner Ventures

In 2011 the Crafts Council marked the Year of Craft. Novelist JEANETTE WINTERSON was invited to write about our special relationship with hand-made objects. I agree with so much of what she wrote and take pleasure in posting it on my … Continue reading →

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Every Man Needs a Shed

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Inner Ventures

I have spent a lifetime building and enjoying sheds. It all stems from my den-building childhood on a farm in the 1950s. Fond memories of secret tunnels in ditches where the weeds were over my head. Spaces under hedges, a … Continue reading →

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Rain Drops

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Inner Ventures

Rain drops drumming on the roof. Do they soothe or do they torment? Relentless unanswered questions: Safety or risk, bravery or fear, Overwhelm, abandonment, Blame or shame, love or hate? – Who am I? A curse of adaptation, or did … Continue reading →

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SUN & RAIN – easter 2013

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Inner Ventures

Days of winter wet, overcoat days and duck down nights. We wake to analyze the shuttered light, peering through the gloom, And listen for the telltale signs: rustling leaves? splattering rain? Our blanket moods grown heavy with the wait. But … Continue reading →

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The Path To The Sanctuary Of The Soul

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Inner Ventures

Layers of pink-edged cloud hang limpid in the silent dawn, waiting for the autumn sun to dissolve them into a blue expanse of sky. One cloud clings to the mountain as if wanting to stay earthbound, afraid of losing itself … Continue reading →

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Meeting yourself

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Inner Ventures

I just came across this beautiful poem on someone else’s blog. The poem: LOVE AFTER LOVE by Derek Walcott The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and … Continue reading →

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Step by Step – by Paul Swatridge

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Inner Ventures

Walking from Swyre to the sea with Guido 2011 Grey dawn, walking step by step on wet grass. Swish and sigh of soft breeze through tired leaves. Conscious breath, reciting His name, sensing the essence. Deep longing of the lover … Continue reading →

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poem by ryokan

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Inner Ventures

Without a jot of ambition left I let my nature flow where it will There are ten days of rice in my bag And, by the hearth, a bundle of firewood. Who prattles of illusion of Nirvana? Forgetting the equal … Continue reading →

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Beyond Patriarchy by Thomas Berry

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Inner Ventures

This article has been sourced from http://www.ecobuddhism.org/solutions/wde/bp Maya giving birth to the Buddha, holding the branch of a tree. The pre-patriarchal, “matricentric” period of Old Europe flourished from around 6500 B.C. until the Aryan invasions around 3500 BC. For the last … Continue reading →

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Furniture Making – July 2013

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Inner Ventures

Strong fingers grip the hand plane’s handle. Blade slick sharp glides with a swish. Shavings stream away like cut curls to the floor. Saw’s teeth marks fade from the rough plank. Satin smooth surface reveals lines of grain, called ‘figure’. … Continue reading →

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