“___”

Pinky the Sea Quad – DT + the Warlocks

forever mine.

To leave this space for another place;
this boy of old, that expression of truth;
of ones open heart;
to know I, that man is you.

An end a start, this beginning one ends;
forever running round these bends;
thy comfort in all these shadows;
in love with the endless sunshine;
to know this moment is,

forever mine.

Transparentsea…

Join Dave Rastovich on the Transparent Sea Voyage, as they express the surfing worlds desire to surf with cetaceans, in an ocean that is clean, clear and protected.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT:
www.transparentseavoyage.com
www.surfersforcetaceans.com
http://www.seashepherd.org

“___” premier/party…

“___” Premier/Party
Friday 25th September, 7pm.

@ Sea Cell
4/1 Acacia St
Byron Arts Estate

Don’t come.

The Story of Stuff…

I am humbled by what I have just watched. That there is so much we are not doing… so much I am not doing.

The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.  www.storyofstuff.com

Reflections…

www.driftsurfing.eu

2 Weeks… A Beginning Word

photo : tom milledge : milkid.blogspot.com

Wow. These words I have written, echoed over a 2 Week period, and as I look back now, I feel disconnected from this person.

So much has changed since this defining moment, of an experience that shook me to the core, allowing me to face my dark side, a part of myself I shunned away behind layers I had created through external influences, and most of all through the pressures I placed upon myself.

I am now not the boy I left behind, but a man, accountable for all that makes me… me.

I didn’t choose the destination; it chose me. Tasmania being a place I have called home since I was 4 years old (moving to Byron Bay when I was 15). The mystique and isolation of the South West was a place I looked at in awe, a 12-year-old boy curious about what shone within. Now, I have walked out a different person, having seen myself from behind this mask, through nature the ultimate reflection of self.

I shook my Byron Bay world to its foundations; stripping away all that I had, to embrace change and ignite this new self… a shedding of skin one might say. Life’s greatest mystery is within us.

The greatest challenge now is in living by what one learns; I am facing up to what I stand for, for the insecurities I hide, for the doubts that riddle me, for the hurts I heal. I am accountable for it all, as this makes me who I am.

To me, life is a balance of this society and simplicity, a constant shift of redefining and questioning ourselves within this ever-changing canvas that is life… to live the life we choose to live, to embrace this change as the only constant.

I thank you all for being a part of this journey, as this experience wasn’t just my own…

It was yours.

“In the coldest wind it blows,
In the darkest ocean it flows,
To the blue sun sky above,
To the voice within my love,
That in nature lives the divine,
And within the divine lives you.”

A film is coming x

2 Weeks… Ying and the Yang

My head is heavy, a body yearning for a lifelong rest among many others. Horizontal, staring skyward protected by the barren trees. Another bout of physical and emotional strain, a mirror of nature’s adversity show, memories flicker within blackened moments of an eye blink.

These days are darker, moodier, and colder. I am restless beyond belief, tired of the battle I have had with myself, but elated with the triumphs. I am the accountable; I own all these reflections of I.

A day of transient, distant thoughts, a day of many days, dimming clouds dimming. Shivers, cold, the wind stronger towards the turn of dusk to night. Alone. I feel.

Change.

The force picks me up, carried by legs that have nothing left to give to a nearby headland, drawn to this place to face the darkness with my own, on my own.

A body ignites, rejuvenated from the union of man & the wild country. I stand on the edge of the world; the wind engulfs me as I grip the rocks with a straddle of life. I could see the daggers far below as a skin crawls with fear… the darkness was nothing compared to the joy I felt. Edging closer, I feel alive, I feel wild, I feel everything and nothing at once.

The blackened sky, the dubious clouds, the messiah opening its heart as I did in return. A radiant orange & pink skyscape shone through from the gods, the light amongst the darkness. My mouth opened. No words, no hoots, no breath. Silence. I was floating; tears, anger, happiness, sadness, joy, it all drifted out into the heavens of gold.

I could have died in that moment.
Time? My time had come.

Free DVD?

I have 175 On Credit and 47 Bay of the Dead DVD’s left.

I can’t watch them all myself (and don’t want to).

So if you want one, email me (johnny@skuff.tv) and I’ll send/give you one.

Lovely.