What do you see; a dark picture, a path in/out of the woods, a ray of sunshine,…

What do you feel: nothing, excited, scared, dreaming to enter, keen to get out

What do you hear: snow crunching under your feet, a bird in the distance, leaves rustling in the breeze, nothing…

What do you think: this is just a picture, I wonder what these bushes are…

I don’t know about you, but I love images. My husband would tell you how I am click mad with a camera, especially since we have joined the digital age. And worst of all I find it almost impossible to thin the pictures down (even the poor, blurred ones), because each in its own way tells something special.

Some could argue I am not a particularly good photographer and it is true I do not have the patience to wait for the perfect setting, lighting… I know the reason is just simply because I find images often express a mood and help reflection way beyond what words can capture; they evoke a mood, a sensation, a sound even.

That is why I use images in coach-mentoring, training. I am always surprised by the depth of reflection they generate and the increased awareness and thinking they provoke. 

Images can often reach parts words cannot