You cannot find peace by avoiding life' is a journey through the seasons and the debilitating pain of relinquishing the biggest love of my life, and its intrinsic relationship with the loss of my mother.  It's a story of facing truths; drawing on parallels in nature, the course of things, and how time, place and people can salve deep wounds.

Originally a written piece submitted to my local community magazine, which was ushered into life in December 2023, by a neighbour who suggested I write something for the Spring 2024 edition.  Recreated in March 2024, through spoken word and a series of filmed images and field recordings, collected locally, with a choral section accompaniment, taken from a musical piece, 'music for photons'.   An early and somewhat naive piece that I composed in 2021 in tribute to that love.  A light in my darkest times.

The title of the piece is based on a false quote attributed to Virgina Woolf.  The line is often cited as Woolf's but is, in fact, a line from the film about Woolf's life, The Hours.  Yet whilst there is a falseness in its origin, there is truth in its meaning.

Featured on Caught by the River May 2024.