by Andrew Machon | May, 2023 | A Guiding Hand, Andrew Machon
In taking this photograph of the Northern Lights I had to scramble in the dark across rocks to get a good shot. Though at first the rocks were an unwanted and challenging obstacle, in the resulting photograph they take their place and are an essential aspect of the...
by Andrew Machon | May, 2023 | A Guiding Hand, Andrew Machon
In the moment I took this photograph, the Northern Lights appeared to adopt an unusual shape in the sky, not unlike that of a jigsaw piece. This left me contemplating what if life were a jigsaw? What would be the ‘picture on the box’ and if and how do we piece...
by Andrew Machon | May, 2023 | A Guiding Hand, Andrew Machon
Let’s start with a question: If, and how well, do you know the perfectionist in you? For many years I have worked as a coach enabling others to deepen knowledge of themselves and to make vital developmental choices fostering growth whilst developing a growing sense of...
by Andrew Machon | April, 2023 | A Guiding Hand, Andrew Machon
How much of our lives do we live on the surface? Presenting only a fraction of who we really are to the world outside and those we meet? When we become busy and feel the pressures of the world, we commonly experience the emotions of anxiety, fear, and frustration and...
by Andrew Machon | April, 2023 | A Guiding Hand, Andrew Machon
When I took this photograph the Northern Lights were strong and powerful and were being brought to earth, or earthed as if there was some huge lightening conductor. I recall musing about power as I took this image and then the phrase of words came that I am now...
