‘Time to reflect’: writer in residence carves out inspiration at Brimham Rocks

Natalie Anastasia Davies will produce poetry inspired by the site and its ancient stones. Natalie Anastasia Davies to immerse herself in dramatic North Yorkshire landscape for the next few months As the sun beats down on Brimham Rocks, Natalie Anastasia Davies is surveying the landscape; the ancient stones scattered across the 50-acre site look as if they would be more at home in a fantasy epic than in North Yorkshire . The 33-year-old poet is the National Trust site’s first writer in residence and over the next few months will immerse herself here, observing the dramatic landscape change as the months pass. She will watch the plants transform, the leaves on the trees turn from verdant greens to crisp browns, and hear the sounds of the animals change with the seasons. Davies will use all of this to produce poetry inspired by this site and its ancient stones and, she said, “really encapsulate the space in poetry and in words”. In the time she has spent with the rocks so far, Davies added, they have inspired her to think about “the things that build over time in our lives, and the migrations in our lives”. “These rocks were essentially probably formed from a mountain range in Scotland,” she said. “So it’s really got me thinking about changes, migrations, and how the picture changes, and builds across our lives. “There are [also] simple ideas like just how much more peaceful we feel in nature,” she added. “When we’re living such busy lives and nothing stops, it’s the moments when you have time to reflect that it really occurs to you what you want in life, what you want to do with your life.” Davies will also be leading workshops for amateur nature writers and local schoolchildren, helping them to draw their own creative inspiration from the rocks. Staff at Brimham Rocks realised that through the arts, visitors could experience ‘more than just a nice day out’. She would encourage participants to “really soak it in, and explore it and start to think, ‘What does this represent for me? What metaphors […]

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