Being a painfully private person, I feel more at ease writing about wildlife than people. I suppose it's the anonymity of it. It's a vehicle I can sometimes use to allude to the human experience without betraying confidentiality. I also find that walking in wild places helps my thinking - probably a combination of feeling relaxed and enjoying improved blood circulation to my brain.
That said, it doesn't always work. Earlier this week I spotted a peregrine resting on a bolder at the tide line (Allonby Bay). I'm still waiting for the poem to lift....
I'd love to know what everyone else thinks. Feel free to add a comment.
Above is a wheatear (this one photographed by Rick Spencer). I was pleased to spot some of those at Allonby too, along with linnet, whitethroat, merlin and ringed plover. I'm also pretty sure I saw a few first year kittiwakes alongside the expected gulls.
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Like you, I find walking in wild places (especially of the coastal and insular kind) to be very inspiring.I need external space to clear/quieten my head and so get the internal space that's necessary for ideas to start coming through. But once I'm past the first draft stage, I can quite happily write in a busy, bustling café!
Mostly I'm inpsired by nature, also literature and film. I love collecting quotes and using them as a starting point, even if the end product bear no relation to the original quote...
At the moment I'm trying to keep an eye out for insppiration in unexpected places...
I saw a peregrine earlier this year, very dramatic bird. i haven't seen wheatears for a few years though...
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