Lisa G Hunter

2019 Explorations 2: Eco-Dying

Pen and Paper: The Sensuality of Journaling

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Over the last eighteen months, I’ve made a subtle shift from Writer to Writer and Photographer. In my writing, I’ve always enjoyed rich imagery and metaphor. Much of my poetry is sparked from images that intrigue me and in prose, I try to make moments ‘visible’ to the reader.

Climbing Sundew buds about to open in Spring.

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Climbing Sundew plant showing the sticky hairs on the insect-trapping leaves.

I love this mini-ecosystem of Scented Sundew among a combination of mosses and tiny plants.

Tall Sundew featuring the insect trapping leaves.

Wild Flowers

Insectivorous Sundews

I find the sculptural beauty of the Sundew family of plants a constant draw in late Winter and Spring when they are at their peak. The combination of clear green leaves, red sticky hairs and poppy-like buds, bursting into classically simple flowers are irresistible when I have the camera. These insectivorous plants are also challenging to photograph […]