A photograph of a puddle, taken from above in low winter light; twigs and leaves from the hedgerow and rotting leaves suspended in the water. This image has become crucially important to my ongoing practice. It seems to combine for me many aspects of what Tim Ingold describes as the ‘Temporality of Landscape’. The bridle path to Hinton Blewitt through Hollowmarsh, where this image was taken, has existed for centuries, worn into the landscape through footfall and hooves and cart wheels; the puddle and the leaves the work of one season; the Oak and Ash trees bordering the lane hundreds of years old.
