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Friday, June 5th, 2009

William Blake’s poem The Fly is just such an amazing vision. Celebrating the fragility but vibrant energy that life provides us with – I see this energy in my children. As adults we always run the risk of starting to forget that life is, in essence, the gift of energy. The footage was shot in the valley of Hope Bagot in South Shropshire next to UtopiaXO studios on a beautiful hot sunny morning in May 09.

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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

A poem written for my children. A light note to complete the experience. A small hidden place, forgotten by the commercial race, where fresh winds do blow… it’s off to Hope Bagot we go! Footage created in the beautiful Hope Bagot Valley, nr Ludlow, South Shropshire. The location is on one of our favourite walks through the church yard on a beautiful May evening 09. The star of the show is my 4 year old daughter, Madeleine. If you’d like to do the walk yourself, pick up a walk guide from the church in Hope Bagot!

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Monday, June 1st, 2009

This piece celebrates the joyful experience of a couple in union under a blue sky. As the advice goes – make love not war! The complete piece is broken down into 2 parts. Part 1 (which the video extract is taken from) celebrates a couple looking up at a blue sky. Part 2 depicts both party celebrating each other! The video stars our very own Starchild – the voice of UtopiaXO.

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Monday, June 1st, 2009

This song celebrates the amazing patterns we can all find in nature. For example, the amazing crop circles which appear each summer in southern England. I’ve enjoyed walking through golden fields to find these perfect geometric structures. Video features Starchild, the voice of UtopiaXO in a beautiful private garden of a neighbour in the Valley of Hope Bagot, Nr Ludlow, South Shropshire. The seedling device is there to depict the patterns of life found in nature.

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Monday, June 1st, 2009

Part two of Amaze. Video concept inspired by the ‘quivering energy’ life possess. Huxley’s The Doors of Perception ariticulates this concept better than any other written piece. I’m trying to depict this concept through this piece. The sunlight is courtesy of a warm sunny morning in May 09 in a peaceful leafy lane, Hope Bagot, Nr Ludlow, South Shropshire.

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Inspired by a Keats who had a way of capturing the nature of innocence – and the innocence of nature. Video shot on a kind neighbours croquet lawn on a beautiful sunny May evening in the valley Hope Bagot, nr Ludlow, South Shropshire. Includes, Starchild, the voice of UtopiaXO.