Kel Portman

@KelArrowsmith
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Artist, lecturer, curator, co-founder of walking arts collective Walking the Land, independent researcher 
Cards, books & prints available http://artworks.eu.com/wordpress/project/books-and-publications

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 3471 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | cattle's white breath lingers in frost cold air | paths slippery with a dusting of snow

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///secrets.messaging.relaxing

holding back secrets
while constantly messaging
far from relaxing

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 8732 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | photographs can prompt inaccurate recollections | meandering between fields and woods on overgrown paths

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///arrive.ounce.collect

some late to arrive
show not an ounce of regret
bit still collect praise

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 9947 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | shadows are no longer cast | frozen leaves fallen on frost-brittle ground

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///sounds.shock.shuttling

still sounds of morning
broken by the shock of crows
and shuttling blackbirds

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 43 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | two trees slowly transform | bird song resonates in frost-clear air

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///estate.apple.sands

this quiet estate
where apple trees were once grown
lost in sands of time

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 4297 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | brook meanders at its own pace | moss covered branches carpet the woodland floor

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///searching.layered.thumb

searching for meanings
in this multi-layered wood
using rule of thumb

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 2174 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | the new year arrives punctually | spheres of old-man's-beard drapes the hedgerow | sheep congregate

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///author.irritate.dating

sometimes the author
brings ideas that irritate
speed-dating the past

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A years end walk of 1327 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | on a crisp, clear and still morning, frost lingers in pockets | brittle ground crunches underfoot

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///legal.bought.encounter

though hardly legal
action bought precious time and
another encounter

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 56 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | festoons of mistletoe hang on lifeless branches | as new trees grow, an old one falls

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///kings.minds.cycles

near here, where kings fought
minds fixed on victory but
checked by fate's cycles

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 3287 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | two encounters made on paths heading north | crows call under an inauspicious sky

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///pines.copper.tones

breeze blown pines slow sway
copper leaves still hang on beech
under sky's steel tones

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether

A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 7 paces | in the space between time passing and time arriving | outside, a cold north wind blows | a robin appears

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///reeling.registry.discloses

reeling from late news
my registry of sadness
discloses such grief

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether