These days of self-isolation certainly inspire an element of retrospective contemplation. Especially when taking walks in a #beautifulcountryside, #astrangelyquietcountryside. The realisation being that this country side that completely engulfed, defined my childhood is now almost bereft of wildlife. As a kid I walked three miles to school and three miles home between hedgerows that were heaving with wildlife, across a forded river that was teaming with trout and stickleback, along the river valley that hosted clouds of multicoloured dragonflies, then through the woods with a cacophony of bird song. Then up past the tatty Cornish farms and back home. Mama Mia have we not slaughtered this planet in our pursuit of #materialwealth in our obsession with #materialpossessions Could these days offer us the possibility to review the choices we have made? The choices that have led to such a detachment from the devastation we #humanbeans have reaped upon the planet. Sorry to be morose but this is a reality, we are stampeding blindly brothers and sisters in what could be our spiritual university. A place of learning how best to work with each other and with #planetearths #flora and #fauna. An enigmatic and strangestrange contradiction in myself, being the designer and maker of super expensive luxury furniture aimed at the the wealthiest in our society. A small consolation is that we do at least try and ensure that all our timber is sourced from #managedforestry and that we use only #naturaloilfinishes No chemicals! Anyway lots of ❤️ to you all. https://www.instagram.com/p/B-6uwN7piEq/?igshid=1pl8pyigm85po
