Welcome to 2019 one and all!
I am so happy to write those words.
What a privilege to be alive and well and still moving forward in my journey.
Each new day and each new step up the tall ladder of my dreams is a day well spent, and I regret not.
To celebrate the New Year, and also Diary of an Aesthete reaching its first 5000 subscribers, in over 150 countries, I have put together a little collage of pictures from my journey thus far, starting way back in 2014 with my first steps, all the way up to the present.
This really has been such an inspiring journey and I feel so blessed to have connected with such incredible individuals all round the globe, both on the road and through this blog.
Here’s to making dreams come true, to perfect imperfection, to life’s ecstasy, bliss, to chasing skies and taking the long way round…
“It is not the eyes that are blind, but the hearts.” – Qur’an.
Eternal love <3
Ad Infinitum.
Sunset, Verona
Italy.
This llama spat at everybody else but me… I never doubted him.
One skin…
life-modelling in Florence, Italy
Greece 2014
He Who Walks
With ‘Prophet George’ The Gambia
Mysore, India
eating my way through Rome…
Young Boy, Senegal, 2016
My Italian city… 2015
Lion pawprint, 2016, Senegal
White man of Erg Chigaga
India
Rescuing a baby squirrel in forests of Tafi Atome
Ghana 2017
Me and my precious boy
Fathala Wildlife Reserve
smile…
W. Bagley.
L’erba magica.
India
Charles, who led me up the mountain…
Ghana 2015
Ghana 2017
Madrid, Jewish quarter
Venice
Wild Cobra, India, 2015
Wli Jungle
2016. Wli Forests.
life-modelling in Florence, Italy
at the Missahoe Orphanage with my babies
Reflecting at Avebury, Womb of the Earth Chakra point.
Dragonfly, India
Ghana 2017
India
Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Croc, The Gambia
Avalon
Followed her down to the river to collect water…
Venice
The power of sea. Agii Apostoli, Greece. pc – Frederick Peters.
in the might of the Wli Waterfalls, Ghana Africa
India, Jungle Reatreat
in the might of the Wli waterfalls, Ghana, during monsoon season.
Vatican
at the Grande Mosquée Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco
Bathing in sacred crocodile pool, The Gambia.
Masai the Lioness
My friend from
Holy Red ‘Chalice’ Spring
Great Britain
pc – Pavel Colon. Seville, Spain.
Lompoul Desert, Senegal 2016
Florence, Italy, 2014.
Plaza de Espana, Sevilla
With my God Child, Ghana.
Ghana, with my boy. 2017
Bangalore, 2015.
Erg Chigaga
Greece 2014.
Pavel Colon, Seville.
bathing child with fevers from malaria in Africa
In hilltown Coorg, with nuns from Catholic Convent, India.
self portrait, jungle, Maharashtra, India.
Agonda, India
at an oasis, Sahara, 2017
London
Me and my boy, Ghana 2015
Ghana Africa
2017 Mount of Olives
Temple monkeys, Mysore. 2015
alone in Western Ghats Jungle, India
Lago d’Iseo
Sahara Camp
Deep in the jungle, Maharashtra, India.
Athens Central
Wild Vultures
Bracciano
Morocco
With my slum warriors in Ho, Ghana, 2015
Cape Sounion
Ho, Ghana
on a nomadic Berber camp, Morocco
Tagounite, Morocco
San Miniato, Florence
Bergamo.
Venice
in a Bedouin Tent in the Negev Desert, Israel
the Python and the Man, The Gambia,
Tuscany, Fiesole.
On a slum in Ho, Ghana
dancing with Bagbor Tribe around the fire
The Gambia, 2016
wli lower falls
Florence
Athens, Orthodox Priest
Seville
Jungle Retreat, Masinagudi
Before a Hindu wedding, Bangalore, India.
Trekking through Digya Jungle, Ghana.
He Who Walk, Bangalore, India.
The Gambia, 2016
Fez, Morocco, 2018.
Ghana
‘le grand meaulnes’… Brussels, Belgium
Ghana, 2017
J.F.P.Clayton
June Morocco 2018.
Aire de Sevilla
My Tuareg brother, Noureddine
Staring out into Rainforests, Western Ghats, India
Holy Water
Santo Spirito, Florence. Rose Greenfield
Ancient temple, Mysore.
Nov 2017 Ghana
Richmond Park, London
Abdou, my brother
Venice, Bridge of Sighs
England
people of the village who asked me to take their photo
barefoot at the base of a sacred banyan tree, Bangalore, India.
On Fathala Wildlife Reserve, 2016
Tagounite, Morocco
With a greek farmer, Agii Apostoli.
Ghent
Bangalore
Hunsur, India
River children, Adaklu.
Venice, Italy… back in 2013.
Mediterranean Waters, Greece
Slef portrait in Agonda, India.
Florence, Italy. 2016.
Avalon
Brussels, Grand Place.
Seville
Florence, Italy.
Ghana 2017
Sitting beneath ancient trees at Avebury, Womb of the Earth
Florence, 2015.
The Blue Pearl ~ Chefchaouen
With Ethel and Mary
In the desert, 2017
Sahara with Berber flag, 2017
Tuscany
Jerusalem 2017
Lompoul Desert, Senegal
on top of the Glastonbury Tor.
Sorisole, Italy
Lompoul Desert, 2016
Giant standing stone at Avebury.
Missahoe Orphanage, Ghana
Casablanca, Morocco
Chefchaouen, 2018
Bagbor dancers, 2016.
My good friend in Hunsur, India, after swimming in the lake together.
La Almundena, Madrid
with modern Bedouins, Israel
Wild bat colony in flight, Ghana
Autosave-File vom d-lab2/3 der AgfaPhoto GmbH
People of Tafi Atome
Ghana.
Burning sun, Agonda, Goa.
Il Davide. Mon amico.
A wild horse in the New Forest national park.
Holy Light, India.
J.F.P.Clayton.
Tuscany
India
Hunsur, India
Berber Boy, Sahara Desert, Morocco
Bridge of Sighs… apparently not for me!
Sacred Banyan Tree, Bangalore, India
Venice…
Lompoul Desert, 2016
Feeling the winds of freedom on the Evian Gulf, Greece, 2014
Bedouins, West Bank, 2017
Wild elephant, Maharashtra
Ghana, Africa
The Eye
wild zebra
bathing baby elephant, mudumalai national park, India, 2015
The Light, Indian Sky.
Casablanca, Morocco
Ghana
Sahara Sky
Bergamo, Italy.
Ponte Vecchio
Hindu Temple, Karnataka
Florence
Gambia
Morocco
San Pellegrino
Fez Medina.
India
Jungle, India
Monas
Erg Chigaga, Sahara, Morocco
She was the lady who sold flowers at the temple, Bangalore, India.
Children of remote village in Ghana
Tafi Atome, Ghana
Venice
Dalai the Lama. Rest friend…
Self-portrait, Agonda, India
Agii Apostoli, Kalamos
Deep in the jungle, Maharashtra, India.
Bangalore, India, 2015
Feeling Freedom of the World’s Greatest Desert
Jungle Prince… he outdid me.
Charcoal Tattoo, Ghana
– after being submerged in the Holy Chalice Spring, Glastonbury.
My very own turban being fitted by Tuareg, Erg Chigaga, Morocco.
Morocco
Oxford University, England
At home, Florence, in my birthday suit.
Rome
Running barefoot through the desert
Bracciano
Connecting with the riches of the past, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
At a Hindu wedding, Bangalore, 2015.
Self-portrait. Ghana.
Hindu Temple, Bangalore, India 2015.
India
Vatican City
In the desert, Senegal. 2016
Bangalore, India
With Muslim family, The Gambia.
Shaking hands.
Richmond Park
Crossing The Gambia river.
Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount
Grand Place Brussels
Senegal
With Desmond, my Ghana Starchild.
Lady of Rufisque, Senegal
Remote village, name and location unknown, Ghana
Venice
Senegal during Monsoon season.
Athena
Gambia
with the rangers… Digya National Park, Ghana, 2016.
Sunset Ghana, Kpando
Wild peacock
Ghana Nov 2017.
On the Farm, Hunsur
Bobor tribe dance which I partook in.
Digya National Park, Ghana.
Capitoline Hill, Roma
Touching The Light, Madrid, Spain.
On a slum in Ho, Ghana
Wli, Ghana.
Monasterio, Fiesole
a Dieu
Pavel Colon, Seville.
Venice, first time.
Accra, Ghana
Florence 2018.
Ghana
Greece, 2014
Sahara 2017
Seville
Missahoe Orphanage, Ghana
Self portrait.
San Lorenzo, Florence 2015.
Tuscany 2015.
Chef, Morocco, June 2018.
Rabat, Morocco 2018.
Mona monkey
Holy Light, Hunsur, India.
Ghana
in the Power of Wli Falls
Venice, 2014.
Florence
Como
Florence, Italy, 2016, Rose Greenfield
Plaza de Espana Seville – a great moment of liberty for me.
Venice
At Missahoe Children’s Home, Ghana, 2015
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My brother recommended I might like this blog. He was entirely right. This post truly made my day. You can not imagine simply how much time I had spent for this info! Thanks!
Thank you much!!
A pocket full of life!
It’s been quite a ride…
What glorious photos. You are such a beautiful man in all ways. And what a journey you’ve had friend. I’m so glad your health has allowed you to continue this amazing path of yours and to support you in sharing it with all you meet and all of us! I look forward to crossing paths someday and perhaps sharing the road for a bit 🙂
Many blessings for a joy filled 2019. May this be the year, and soon, that the shift into the light is finally and fully ushered onto this planet forever more.
Thank you!!
I have been very blessed indeed, and you bless me more-so. My health has held up and I’m so thankful for that fact. My soul has a fire that, if fuelled, cannot be overcome. I’ve felt this so many times. I just have to manage my fire; sometimes it burns a little too low. Creating things and connecting with people and places brings me to life, quite literally.
Life meanders much this year, already bringing me a host of unexpected treasures to look forward to… it’s so lovely to have already done so much ~ now I have nothing to prove, can sit back and wait for the stars to speak to me their truth and plans… I’m always ready for the call.
I have every confidence that we will cross paths, my friend. When the stars speak it so.
Love Jx
A beautiful kaleidoscope of photos. If we were to sit somewhere in the sky watching mother earth turn around slowly I guess we would have this view. It’s got everything, man, woman, the five elements, flora, fauna, edifices, everything brimming with a mystic quality, as it shall be if we see them with our five senses and our heart, putting aside our judgement. Beautiful inspiring work.
Thank you 🙂
That’s such a lovely image you have created in my mind. Thank you for understanding my vision so well.
Jx
You must be, in some not normal way, blessed. Your way has been amazing, to see all those places, to feel them…
Do you ever feel fear?
The photo collection is breathtaking. It has been very interesting to travel with you, in my armchair.
Have a great year 2019!
Perhaps, you’re right… I don’t profess to know. I know only that when I travel alone something very special happens in the air around me… I feel different, everything feels different. I even move differently… speak differently sometimes.
But, yes, I feel Fear all the time. It’s like every emotion ~ it passes. I don’t nurture that feeling. I discard it at the first chance… like I do with all useless things.
I think that is the only key really, I feel fear, I don’t pretend not to, and, yet, it doesn’t stop me. Once I am ‘there’, the other side of dreaming, the ‘reality’ part, then the magic takes over… and I enjoy the ride.
Wishing you all the best with the new year.
<3
You had wonderful journey. It had been pleasant to follow you throughout the year. I’m looking forward to your next stories..
It really has been!
Thank you for following this tale.
Jx
Thank you for your beautiful collection of visuals from your life’s adventure,
Deirdre
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My absolute pleasure.
Thanks for commenting.
Jx