I wonder how you grew up.
Were your parent strict or lenient? Did they believe in God, or in a better future, or in the power of the mind? Were they private or participants in public life? Introverted or extraverted?
Whatever your background, you will view this site differently. We all, from birth, assemble our pictures of what the world is like. We use words and pictures to teach, learn and discuss how closely our ‘constructed meaning’ matches the real world.
I earn my living from assembling words and images in ways that convey information and, perhaps, encourage action. You can find some of my constructions here.
Hugh Todd writes and designs in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia.
Earlier this year (late winter there) we went trekked around the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. Seventeen days out in the quiet countryside, where people still walk to get anywhere, surrounded by some of the highest peaks in the world.
If you have a big screen, 1400 pixels or more wide, you can click to see these photos up large. (Don’t try it otherwise. You’ll get trapped with a giant photo running off the edges of your screen.)
What else can I say?