• Painting with words

    Painting with words

    Silent word painting, a few colourful brushstrokes, then minds touch and smile.

  • Half turn

    Half turn

    I shall rise, and leave before the sun, returning once its light is done. ~ Many years have passed me by since last I ventured out this way to feel each moment of a day. ~ When evening comes, I shall rest, stars twinkling bright, as the owl leaves its nest.

  • Let there be a storm

    Let there be a storm

    Please, please, let there be a storm, let the fierce winds shake the trees and scream across the rocky heights, the mounting violence shape the seas with sloping greys and foaming whites, howling round the rooftops, flicking rain, spattering against the window pane. ~ And may the storm not peter in the night but rage…

  • Who matters?

    Who matters?

    You matter. Your feelings matter. They can not be measured with a tape. Your voice matters, and it is beautiful. Your soul matters. You can never know its silent shape. ~ We matter. We are lonely rocks in a never ending sea. Our hearts are lost, are found, are free, are full, we are trees…

  • A set of poetry coming up (from previous blog)

    Hi all. I am closing a previous blog I ran, which (while still available) is found at https://nickrowepoetry.rocks. In the lead up to that, I am going to be publishing a selection of poems originally posted there to this, my new blog. As a result there will be a short burst of poetry related posts…

  • Herm Cliff Part (AGI series)

    Herm Cliff Part (AGI series)

    The image is ‘AGI-2025-04-28-001-NR-///driveways.subgenre.waveform’ This was simply the below photo, prompted with ChatGPT to make the sea liquid silver. The sea still looks quite natural to me but the overall effect was quite nice. For further background on Augmented Granular Impressionism see

  • AGI-2025-04-27-001-NR-///driveways.subgenre.waveform

    AGI-2025-04-27-001-NR-///driveways.subgenre.waveform

    View across to Guernsey from Herm. Original photos (with Photos / Lightroom editing): and then following a bit of work in Lightroom: and the road surface in Herm and further processing: For further background on Augmented Granular Impressionism see

  • Herm haze at low tide

    Herm haze at low tide

    Cover image: AGI-2025-04-26-001-NR-///driveways.subgenre.waveform and a variation: Original photos (after a little work in Lightroom): For further background on Augmented Granular Impressionism see

  • Herm West Coast (AGI series)

    Herm West Coast (AGI series)

    This image is AGI-2025-04-25-004-NR-///driveways.subgenre.waveform Scene (and the sky sand) from today on Herm’s west coast. Lovely day in Herm and last day of week’s holiday on the island. Original images: … cropped from: For further background on Augmented Granular Impressionism see

  • Yachts moored in Herm Harbour (AGI series)

    Yachts moored in Herm Harbour (AGI series)

    The harbour scene was captured yesterday evening (2025-04-24) but the image composed today. This variation used lichen photographed in Herm this week. The above instead uses raindrops from Jersey as the sky texture. … and finally another Herm nature snapshot for texture. I tried a few variations of this, in this case ChatGPT decided to…