ELECTED IN 2006
AN IDEA IS ONLY AN INSIGHT.
IT IS THE CONTAINER OF THE GERMINATION OF AN IDEA THAT GIVES FORM TO EMPTINESS AND MUSIC TO SILENCE.
Welsh is a beautiful and romantic language and imperative to my culture.Having spent my childhood on a farm, my feeling about the landscape is as much about the human condition as it is about the landscape itself.The fascination for me often lies in the double - edged intention to cling to the natural image whilst wrestling its moral secret from it. After re-reading the story of Blodeuwedd and having many inspirational talks with the late Professor Gwyn Thomas; many of these otherworld images flowered as a result of observing the emotions and forces within the story which are as potent today as they were in the Middle Ages.I continue to use metaphors to express many of these eternal themes of love, loss, transformation and celebration.The otherworldliness and magic found in The Tales of the Mabinogi and the 21st century research and development today share the same magic and ethereal otherworldliness of the eleventh century.
TRANSCENDING THE LITERAL MEANING IS THE CHALLENGE FOR ME.
