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.
Venice, Bridge of Sighs
Burning sun, Agonda, Goa.
Senegal during Monsoon season.
Venice
Accra, Ghana
June Morocco 2018.
people of the village who asked me to take their photo
Morocco
Seville
San Pellegrino
Fez, Morocco, 2018.
India
Dragonfly, India
in the might of the Wli Waterfalls, Ghana Africa
Agonda, India
Self-portrait, Agonda, India
Wild elephant, Maharashtra
With Desmond, my Ghana Starchild.
Greece 2014
life-modelling in Florence, Italy
Jerusalem 2017
Sunset Ghana, Kpando
Abdou, my brother
With Ethel and Mary
England
Tuscany
Masai the Lioness
Morocco
People of Tafi Atome
Gambia
He Who Walk, Bangalore, India.
Senegal
With ‘Prophet George’ The Gambia
Dalai the Lama. Rest friend…
La Almundena, Madrid
‘le grand meaulnes’… Brussels, Belgium
Sacred Banyan Tree, Bangalore, India
Feeling Freedom of the World’s Greatest Desert
Florence, Italy, 2016, Rose Greenfield
Rome
The Light, Indian Sky.
In hilltown Coorg, with nuns from Catholic Convent, India.
J.F.P.Clayton
Bergamo.
bathing child with fevers from malaria in Africa
Lady of Rufisque, Senegal
Erg Chigaga
at the Grande Mosquée Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco
Ghana Africa
in a Bedouin Tent in the Negev Desert, Israel
Florence, Italy, 2014.
Richmond Park, London
at the Missahoe Orphanage with my babies
Venice
Agii Apostoli, Kalamos
life-modelling in Florence, Italy
My friend from
Pavel Colon, Seville.
Vatican City
Tagounite, Morocco
Followed her down to the river to collect water…
Mediterranean Waters, Greece
J.F.P.Clayton.
Ponte Vecchio
Ghana
Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco
Trekking through Digya Jungle, Ghana.
Tagounite, Morocco
Lompoul Desert, 2016
Vatican
Fez Medina.
Sahara 2017
Autosave-File vom d-lab2/3 der AgfaPhoto GmbH
Ghana 2017
alone in Western Ghats Jungle, India
Great Britain
2017 Mount of Olives
Chef, Morocco, June 2018.
Staring out into Rainforests, Western Ghats, India
On Fathala Wildlife Reserve, 2016
Jungle, India
With a greek farmer, Agii Apostoli.
pc – Pavel Colon. Seville, Spain.
Holy Red ‘Chalice’ Spring
Missahoe Orphanage, Ghana
On the Farm, Hunsur
Slef portrait in Agonda, India.
Seville
Ghana
Touching The Light, Madrid, Spain.
Capitoline Hill, Roma
San Miniato, Florence
Bergamo, Italy.
Ghana 2017
Fathala Wildlife Reserve
Sunset, Verona
Bangalore
with modern Bedouins, Israel
At home, Florence, in my birthday suit.
Hunsur, India
Florence
Pavel Colon, Seville.
eating my way through Rome…
Ghana, 2017
a Dieu
Bangalore, India, 2015
Children of remote village in Ghana
Venice, 2014.
Missahoe Orphanage, Ghana
Florence
Ghana.
smile…
Bangalore, India
Bracciano
Connecting with the riches of the past, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Reflecting at Avebury, Womb of the Earth Chakra point.
My very own turban being fitted by Tuareg, Erg Chigaga, Morocco.
Lago d’Iseo
Bangalore, 2015.
Bagbor dancers, 2016.
Athens Central
Florence
On a slum in Ho, Ghana
Rabat, Morocco 2018.
Lompoul Desert, Senegal 2016
Temple monkeys, Mysore. 2015
Santo Spirito, Florence. Rose Greenfield
Seville
A wild horse in the New Forest national park.
Monas
In the desert, Senegal. 2016
Bracciano
Monasterio, Fiesole
Charcoal Tattoo, Ghana
In the desert, 2017
Sahara Sky
Jungle Prince… he outdid me.
India, Jungle Reatreat
Feeling the winds of freedom on the Evian Gulf, Greece, 2014
Wild Vultures
Young Boy, Senegal, 2016
Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount
barefoot at the base of a sacred banyan tree, Bangalore, India.
Ghana, Africa
Tuscany, Fiesole.
Shaking hands.
India
At a Hindu wedding, Bangalore, 2015.
San Lorenzo, Florence 2015.
Florence, 2015.
Lompoul Desert, Senegal
Athens, Orthodox Priest
Giant standing stone at Avebury.
Lion pawprint, 2016, Senegal
The Gambia, 2016
The power of sea. Agii Apostoli, Greece. pc – Frederick Peters.
With Muslim family, The Gambia.
Greece, 2014
Me and my precious boy
Nov 2017 Ghana
dancing with Bagbor Tribe around the fire
Hunsur, India
Self-portrait. Ghana.
Greece 2014.
Self portrait.
Venice…
Ghana
Venice
Italy.
Deep in the jungle, Maharashtra, India.
Ghana 2017
wli lower falls
self portrait, jungle, Maharashtra, India.
Athena
India
Florence, Italy.
Aire de Sevilla
in the might of the Wli waterfalls, Ghana, during monsoon season.
2016. Wli Forests.
on a nomadic Berber camp, Morocco
Cape Sounion
Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Ho, Ghana
with the rangers… Digya National Park, Ghana, 2016.
the Python and the Man, The Gambia,
Tuscany 2015.
Bedouins, West Bank, 2017
Sorisole, Italy
Casablanca, Morocco
Lompoul Desert, 2016
Rescuing a baby squirrel in forests of Tafi Atome
India
Deep in the jungle, Maharashtra, India.
Wli Jungle
Hindu Temple, Karnataka
Wli, Ghana.
Plaza de Espana Seville – a great moment of liberty for me.
Erg Chigaga, Sahara, Morocco
Hindu Temple, Bangalore, India 2015.
He Who Walks
This llama spat at everybody else but me… I never doubted him.
Venice
On a slum in Ho, Ghana
Venice, Italy… back in 2013.
White man of Erg Chigaga
With my slum warriors in Ho, Ghana, 2015
At Missahoe Children’s Home, Ghana, 2015
Ghana 2017
Digya National Park, Ghana.
Holy Water
Charles, who led me up the mountain…
W. Bagley.
Plaza de Espana, Sevilla
With my God Child, Ghana.
Ghana, with my boy. 2017
Sahara with Berber flag, 2017
L’erba magica.
on top of the Glastonbury Tor.
Bathing in sacred crocodile pool, The Gambia.
Chefchaouen, 2018
in the Power of Wli Falls
Ancient temple, Mysore.
Sitting beneath ancient trees at Avebury, Womb of the Earth
India
Brussels, Grand Place.
My Italian city… 2015
Grand Place Brussels
India
Ghent
Venice, first time.
Bobor tribe dance which I partook in.
My Tuareg brother, Noureddine
Il Davide. Mon amico.
Bridge of Sighs… apparently not for me!
Gambia
Me and my boy, Ghana 2015
Berber Boy, Sahara Desert, Morocco
My good friend in Hunsur, India, after swimming in the lake together.
Florence, Italy. 2016.
Holy Light, Hunsur, India.
Ghana 2015
Mysore, India
at an oasis, Sahara, 2017
Florence 2018.
Venice
Avalon
River children, Adaklu.
Jungle Retreat, Masinagudi
Croc, The Gambia
Sahara Camp
Wild peacock
Running barefoot through the desert
– after being submerged in the Holy Chalice Spring, Glastonbury.
Remote village, name and location unknown, Ghana
Madrid, Jewish quarter
Mona monkey
The Eye
bathing baby elephant, mudumalai national park, India, 2015
Crossing The Gambia river.
Wild bat colony in flight, Ghana
Tuscany
Ghana
Venice
Richmond Park
Avalon
The Gambia, 2016
Oxford University, England
Holy Light, India.
wild zebra
The Blue Pearl ~ Chefchaouen
Ghana Nov 2017.
Como
One skin…
She was the lady who sold flowers at the temple, Bangalore, India.
Before a Hindu wedding, Bangalore, India.
Tafi Atome, Ghana
Wild Cobra, India, 2015
London
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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