The series of photographs accompanied by a poem and titled “A Cotswolds Winter” from the UK-based artist, Geoff Maxted, is silence externalized.
Maxted’s collection is an exploration of winter’s dreary beauty, when the world seems to be set in rigor mortis. The time of hibernation can offer an opportunity to rediscover the trodden paths of our lives and of our neighborhood.
Quaint, rural landscapes immersed in fog offer the viewers a refuge where they can almost visualize themselves with a cup of morning coffee.
A Cotswolds Winter
Geoff Maxted
Morning light feeds melancholy moods;
The woods mist heavy, the last falling leaves
Reveal a new form of beauty that Nature
Cedes to me on muddy, puddled paths
through stark trees, dark against the sky.
There’s poetry in Winter, consecrating thought
on ephemeral things; the splash of rain
On a waterproof coat, a constant companion
felt and forgotten, my mind chasing elusive
solutions to life’s petty unsettling problems.
Familiar landscapes known to me, found
Under thunderous skies, become mysterious
And foreboding, gathering dark dreams
As a brooding pall falls all around me.
Read our “Camouflage” issue in full
RAWGUE.’s 4th issue delved into the grey, moody, and cold atmosphere of winter. Yet it did not sink into the depths of madness or depression. Instead, it embraced this season of hibernation, allowing 31 artists from all over the world to present their timid work beneath a veil of quiet beauty.
We’re a team of writers using our craft to spotlight art in its most honest form. RAWGUE. started as a bi-monthly editorial experiment where each issue’s theme is dictated by the submitted work, thus removing editorial bias from the equation and preserving a more raw approach. We focus on all forms of poetry: written, photographed, painted, drawn, and filmed.
