There are four main themes to
Gabriel Stillwater’s photography and poetry -
he called them ‘shoeboxes’:
DISCOVERY - poem: Breathless things
Discovering new love is wonderment in the glow of innocence.
Anything is possible: all is potential, a story waiting to be told.
LOSS - poem: It all slips away
Sadly, not all stories have a happy ending. Love may be lost. Then recollections of joy nestle next to sorrow and regret, coalescing into bittersweet memories.
SEARCH - poem: She could navigate by the stars
Loss gives way to a time of searching - for understanding, for something to fill the emptiness that Love leaves behind.
ACCEPTANCE - poem: What does Time spell?
Nothing in life is permanent; the only constant is change. This applies to love … and to loss. Understanding this truth brings the peace of acceptance.
His life’s work was to weave these together into a unified narrative, which he referred to as ‘Time-Songs’. Click on the button below to see how this works: