There’s something magical about finding a sculpture when you’re not expecting one. That’s what I wanted for our garden—not grand...

Last week, a neighbour from our community asked me for garden/landscape recommendations - this query and my subsequent response after...

Le Penseur, Auguste Rodin, 1904 Designed in 1880, Le Penseur or The Thinker is one of the most famous sculptures in the world. Seated on...

Although I have travelled to Chile several times, I have not been able to visit Moai of Easter Island Easter Island and see the...

The tree on the rock From the moment I discovered the tree on the boulder, I was keen to figure out what species it was. In our current...

Ive been an avid reader since childhood and have always loved books. For me books have not simply been about their form (earlier paper...

Hexagonal patterned columns, Giants Causeway In the spring of 2014, I had the opportunity to travel to the Giants Causeway, a natural...

Every time I drive past Nandi Hills, I'm overwhelmed by the scale, solidity and seeming timelessness of these boulder strewn hills. Age...

Dragonfly on garden trail When designing or laying the stones for garden pathways, I've commonly seen linear or geometric patterns. I'm...

Check with any experienced photographer, they will most likely have a folder of reference images - each frame has something that caught...

Aren't you wondering what this post is about ? I first came across these terms in a book by Vanessa Gardner Nagel - she uses them to...

The Lion King, arguably the most well known animated film in the world, centres around a pride of lions ruling over the animal kingdom...

That Wanaka Tree Have you heard about the Wanaka Tree ? It is a solitary crooked willow tree at the south end of Lake Wanaka in New...

Many of the national parks in Rajasthan have remnants of forts and hunting lodges inside them. One always dreams of being able to spot a...

A friend recently told me of a group of sculptors who had (in my view) a rather unusual approach to their work. They would look at a...