by Peter van der Walt | Jul 21, 2022 | Photos
Right in the centre of the picture – an opening in earth, a vast doorway to a cave. What’s inside? Pirates, treasures, an old castle, ghosts, a secret military base or supervillain lair, the nest of some monster, a portal to another dimension, a...
by Peter van der Walt | May 5, 2022 | Photos
Something about overcast, spooky, cloudy, foggy, misty, rainy weather inspires me. It helps me to create and to write, it makes me more productive. I like the weather. A boy at the store the other day looked outside and said: It’s Grim out there. I said:...
by Peter van der Walt | Jun 7, 2021 | Photos
I like sunny days as much as the next guy. But a big part of choosing England had to do with the weather. Yup. Believe it or not, I actually prefer the misty, the foggy, the rainy, the cloudy. And I was treated to a day just like that this weekend. Many creative types...
by Peter van der Walt | Apr 26, 2021 | Photos
The Romantic writers tended to glorify nature, often waxing lyrically about how inspiring nature was to them. The environment in sympathy with characters, setting as character, all those sorts of things. Now I don’t think anyone thus far mistook me for a romantic –...
