MATTHEW NEEDHAM
My life as a city based photographer and teacher was diverted some time ago by a desire that led to me working therapeutically with horticulture, nature connection and Goethean observation of nature. I am currently interested in the patterning that life experience can embed in the human system and how we can find freedom and ease with this.
I have become drawn to wild places in nature, often in Winter when the rivers are full and roaring. Early morning and dusk often bring an evocative light, filled with quiet and mystery. What happens when I just sit and ask what’s here? Sometimes my attention is caught by the light, or I am moved to make an offering using natural materials I have gathered or brought with me. Sometimes I just have a nice cup of tea and sit there. Often I scramble back in the dark, soaked from rain or splashing in streams, feeling enlivened and enveloped by something that I cannot name.