These works are inspired by dreams and visions, which in turn have often been inspired by the photographs I have taken. In some cases they are inspired by the events or emotions I experienced when I was there, using the camera. There are other times however, when such visions have been born out of other events, such as a forewarning, the sixth sense going into overdrive. And in these cases I find it cathartic to sort through my back catalogue and choose images to make sense of it.

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Some of these works are a meditation on the human condition. Again, I may have been looking at an image and then I find I am musing on something that I find the image is telling me and a deeper meaning reveals itself. A few words get jotted down and then the next thing I know is that it has turned into an epic, as some of these works can be four or five pages long.

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I have learnt over time that it is essential I have a notebook with me. I keep one by my bedside as it is not unknown for me to wake up in the night with poetry rattling around in my brain. I have to jot it down then as it has just gone in the morning and I cannot remember it. During the day words will come to me and they go in the notebook as well. They often marry up with an image later.

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It seems as though the brain is still working even when you think you are not thinking about it! The important thing to do is to just let it flow, not question it, just write it down. The connections will come through later.

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