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I logged onto Tumblr for the first time in years. How strange, it felt like an empty and vast space, familiar yet faded. I can still vividly remember the excitement coming from 2011, the multitudes of creative people forging their own identities through the use of the platform. Connection felt real, heck, it was real. It was authentic and an online phenomenon. It sounds like a sentimental memory now, but if you were there, in the beginning of your artistic journey, fresh out of school, it was special. Those of us who had grown up with the internet were finally seeing it reach a peak of utilization and still capturing creative freedom. I would spend many late nights writing or recording music or thinking, then sharing these with the world. I befriended people from Oslo and Maine and South Dakota and Tokyo and Berlin and it was amazing. We all felt part of something amazing.  By 2014 Tumblr failed to move forward and began its slow decay. Youtube, Instagram, Facebook all became monetized, social influencers started to fill the waves with unsatisfying noise, and the landscape changed once more. I am not sure if Tumblr of its peak was ever replaced in another form. I am yet to find an online space that had its level of connection and creative standard than 2011 Tumblr had. 

What am I trying to get at here? I don't know. Maybe the slow end of this platform is just a reflection of life. Maybe being able to make peace with change is important. But if you were there on those late nights at the turn of the decade, you will know how magic it was. It was beautiful. 

(Myself staring out into the night somewhere in the Alps).

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A short collection of moments from my hike across the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland last summer. Always magical.

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Autumn moments at Hampstead Heath.

November, 2018.

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Following the light.

Canterbury Cathedral, October, 2018.

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Moment of silence.

Canterbury Cathedral, October, 2018.

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I was sitting in contemplative silence after running 110 miles. The cathedral was covered in Gothic architecture and the afternoon light was making its presence felt through the stained glass windows. The first frosty front of autumn has come through Southern England, making the conditions outside uncomfortable. It was cold and I was tired. Slight noises would echo in the corners and a dull hum of voices came and went – a small school group, old friends, a mother and her daughter. Despite the distractions I was content to just sit and be still.

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The hue of the white started to engulfed all objects, tangled limbs reaching out, hedges fading. The weather turned cold and wet as the morning went on and the visibility was reduced to a foggy foot. I got lost for the first time, having zoned out before realising I was in the middle of a random farm. A lengthy detour across and I reached the trail again.

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For the first two days I enjoyed easy, sunny conditions through the Surry countryside. It was 40 miles of drama free running, experiencing the burnt orange hues of September and the un-seasonally warm autumn.

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Summer walk. Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland. August, 2018.

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Heading high.

Bernese Alps, Switzerland. August, 2018.

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Valley peace.

Bernese Alps, Switzerland. August, 2018.

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Active, Iceland. August, 2018.

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River Path, Iceland. August, 2018.

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A solo crossing.

 Meiringen to Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. August, 2018.

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The Laugavegur trail, Iceland. August, 2018.

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Vienna, Austria. June, 2018.

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Venice, Italy. June, 2018.