Look Again

13/10/2026

When a shared vision becomes reality…

About six months ago, Look Again imagined what a meaningful photography for wellbeing community-based partnership project in Newtown, Wales, might look like: an arts organisation, statutory services and a health-related organisation coming together to respond creatively to a local need through a mindful photography project.

We now have the joy of seeing that vision become reality. And we're absolutely thrilled!

Our Director Ruth Davey is working with an incredible team - Kate Tucker from Mindfulness Wales / Meddylgarwch Cymru, Kate Morgan-Clare from Oriel Davies, and Donna Jenkins from Powys Together - Powys Ynghyd - to deliver Look Again: See Differently. Connect. Create., an eight-week mindful photography course and exhibition for young people aged 16–25 in Newtown and the surrounding area.

At a time when many young people are navigating grief, anxiety, overwhelm and uncertainty, the project will offer a supportive, creative space to slow down, connect with others and nature, see things differently, and build resilience and hope.

We’re working closely with local referral partners, including Group of Colleges in Newtown, Rekindle, the local NHS CAMHS team, alongside other organisations supporting young people.

It’s been wonderful to see the commitment, generosity and shared purpose that everyone is bringing to this project. Please do spread the word if you support young people in the Newtown area.

Huge gratitude to our funders and supporters: the Ashley Family Foundation, Community Foundation Wales, and Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council.

For us, this project is about what becomes possible when people and organisations build meaningful relationships, bring their different strengths together, and respond to a community’s needs with creativity and care.

Video: a summary of the 'how' and 'what' of the 8-week mindful photography course and exhibition, created by Kate Morgan-Clare outside the Oriel Davies Gallery last week.

01/10/2026

It was a wonderful day… thank you Watching The Leaves Mindfulness and Mindfulness Wales / Meddylgarwch Cymru. And really looking forward to sharing more about mindful photography partnership project in Newtown soon. 🙏🏻🦋

Pictures from the Mindful Photography Workshop at our Celebration of Mindfulness on 12th September. You can see the interest and enthusiasm of all the adults there! Our next development is a Mindful Photography Project with young people in Newtown, Mid Wales, in partnership with Look Again Mindful Photography, Powys County Council and Oriel Davies Gallery. Watch this space for more information as this project develops.
https://mindfulness-wales.org/

15/09/2026

It was also a real privilege to launch Look Again: See Differently, Connect and Create at Newtown College in Mid-Wales last week - a new community partnership project offering a funded 8-week creative mindful photography course to young people aged 16–25.

The project has emerged at a difficult time for the Newtown community, following the heartbreaking loss of a number of young people in the area. The project aims to support those who are navigating grief, anxiety, isolation, overwhelm, and uncertainty.

This project isn't about photography for photography's sake. It's about creating a safe, welcoming and creative space to slow down, breathe, connect and see things differently.

Through photography, time outdoors, nature connection, conversation, and reflection, we'll explore ways of noticing the world around us, seeing ourselves and our experiences from different perspectives, building resilience and creating more hopeful ways of imagining the future.

The project will be based at the Oriel Davies Gallery, with photography walks and activities around the Dolerw Park, the river and town. The course itself will run from November to January, culminating in a public exhibition February to March.

For me, one of the most exciting things about this project is the partnership itself - working with Mindfulness Wales / Meddylgarwch Cymru, Powys County Council's Powys Together - Powys Ynghyd, Oriel Davies, and local organisations supporting young people, alongside the generous support of the Ashley Family Foundation and Community Foundation Wales.

I love building relationships, listening, learning and creating something together in response to a very real local need. I've really felt the warmth, commitment and shared sense of purpose between the people involved.

I'm really looking forward to seeing what emerges and hope this is just the beginning of what we can create together.

And...

If you're a creative practitioner, coach, therapist or community development worker interested in learning how to use the Look Again approach in your own work, our next 8-week 'Working with Mindful Photography' professional training starts on 8 October. There are only a couple of places. Get in touch asap for more info.

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20/08/2026

A gentle reminder that the next Look Again 'Working with Mindful Photography' online training cohort for professional practitioners starts on 8 October, with a 25% early-bird discount until 1 September. 📷🌿

Bringing together photography, mindfulness and nature connection, the Look Again approach offers an accessible, experiential way to support wellbeing, resilience, connection and reflection - and to bring these practices into your work with individuals, groups and communities.

I’ve been running this training twice a year for the past five years. Now, with some exciting changes happening in my life, there may be a bit of a pause before I run it again.

So, if you’ve been thinking about doing the training for a while, this might be a good moment to take another look. 😉

'Working with Mindful Photography' is about more than creating mindful photographs. It’s professional training in how photography can become a doorway to seeing, being and doing differently.

Over eight weeks, you’ll learn how to:
📷 use mindful photography to support mental health, wellbeing and resilience
🌿 facilitate practices safely and inclusively
💡 integrate the approach into your existing professional practice
👥 design and deliver your own sessions, workshops or courses
🌍 adapt the approach for different people, contexts and communities

The training is evidence-informed, won the training category of the Innovations in Mindfulness Award 2024, and more than 250 professional practitioners in 35 countries have now completed it.

October 2026 online live cohort:
8 October – 3 December (No session on 12 November)
Thursdays, 1–5pm UK time

The training includes eight live experiential sessions, learning materials, facilitation practice, reflective and creative practice, an online community space and a complimentary one-to-one session with me.

People from all backgrounds and experience welcome. All you need is a phone or camera and an open mind.

25% early-bird discount until 1 September, with trust-based pricing tiers (Solidarity, Standard and Supporter) and payment plans available.

👉 Find out more and enrol:https://www.look-again.org/working-with-mindful-photography

And if you’re curious yet not sure whether it’s right for you, feel free to message me with questions or to arrange a zoom chat.

📷 1: Delivering a mindful photography workshop to professional practitioners in June
📷 2: Photos I use in different ways in mindful photography workshops and training. It’s not about great photos - it’s about learning to look and see…
📷 3: Different perspectives when slowing down to walk in nature. Where does nature begin and end? Everything can be seen differently…

I’d love to look again with you this autumn. 🌱

29/07/2026

Over the past seven months I've been a little quieter than usual. I've been living and travelling in my van around the England-Wales borderlands, giving myself the space to slow down, reflect and ask some important questions about how I want the next chapter of my life and work to look.

Although so much has changed over the past months, one thing has remained constant: When we slow down, pay attention and look again, new possibilities emerge.

I'm delighted to finally share in my newsletter where that journey has been leading...

Here is a summary:

🦋 Relocation to the beautiful borderlands of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Powys.

🦋 Funding for a new mindful photography partnership project supporting young people in Wales.

🦋 An invitation to exhibit and speak to ‘Finding Peace on the Road” at the Images of Peace International Symposium in Poland.

🦋 Next online professional training 'Working with Mindful Photography' training begins 8 October. Early Bird places until 1 September.

Photos: Sneak preview of the photos shared in the newsletter.

Here is a link to the newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/35w2ktkr

If you'd like to receive future newsletters, please subscribe here: https://www.look-again.org/

If you'd like to have a friendly conversation about any of this or imagine new opportunities together, I'd love to hear from you. 🦋

Slow down. Look. Look Again. See Differently.

16/06/2026

What does a hopeful future look like?

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of facilitating four Look Again: Creating Hopeful Futures with Imagination, Mindful Photography, and Nature Connection workshops as part of the in Bath.

Working with both professional practitioners and families with children, we explored four simple questions:

✨ What future do you see if nothing changes?
✨ What future would you like to see?
✨ How can we begin to create that future?
✨ What action will you take?

Using mindful photography, imagination, and connection with nature, participants created visual stories of the futures they hope for and reflected on the small steps they can take to help make them happen.

The workshop offered a glimpse into a deeper two-day training opportunity of learning to look again, see differently, connect with nature, engage our imagination, and use photography to explore and communicate the futures we would like to create, both individually and collectively.

🦋 Do get in touch if you'd like to know more about workshops for your community, workplace, organisation or school.

03/06/2026

As I recorded this short video last week, I was sitting in the shade beside an old tree in the small village of Lentwardine, near Ludlow in Shropshire. It was over 30 degrees, and I had taken refuge in the quiet grounds of a beautiful church — surrounded by oak, yew and pine trees, birdsong, distant traffic, and moments of stillness.

Leaning back against the trunk of the tree, I found myself reflecting on the essence of Look Again’s upcoming ‘Creating Hopeful Futures with Mindful Photography’ training programme, beginning on 25 June.

At the heart of this work are some simple yet profound questions:

✨ What is the future?
✨ What does the future look like if nothing changes?
✨ What images come to mind when you think about the future — for yourself, your family, your community, your workplace, our wider society, and our planet?
✨ How do those images make you feel?
✨ What kind of future would you like to see?
✨ What kind of future do you want to help create?

For many of us, the future can feel uncertain, overwhelming, or difficult to imagine. Yet alongside this, there is also a deep longing for futures that are more caring, connected, compassionate and life-giving.

Through mindful photography, visual storytelling and reflective practices, this training explores how imagination, attention and image-making can help us actively shape more hopeful futures — rather than simply accepting the futures that may unfold if nothing changes.

The programme includes five interconnected modules:

🌱 Looking again at the future if nothing changes
🌱 Imagining caring and connected futures
🌱 Seeing for future generations
🌱 Creating hopeful future stories through photography and visual practice
🌱 Practical applications for personal, community and organisational settings

This work is designed to be accessible, inclusive and adaptable — whether you are supporting yourself, your community, your organisation, or the people you work alongside.

To introduce the training, I’m offering a FREE webinar on Monday 8 June:

🕰 12:30–1:30pm (UK time)
🕰 5:00–6:00pm (UK time)

During the webinar I’ll guide a gentle mindful photography practice to support us in meeting uncertainty with greater calm, courage and connection.

The session will also offer practical tools and give a deeper sense of how this work can support more hopeful, nurturing futures for ourselves, our communities and workplaces.

To join the FREE webinar or to find out more about the training, see info in comment below.

I look forward to welcoming you.

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12/05/2026

Celebrating and sharing beauty on life’s journey…

At this time when there’s a lot of uncertainty, change, and potential anxiety…

Grounding as I walk in Mortimer Forest, near Ludlow, Shropshire, in the England-Wales borderlands.

What can you see of beauty right here right now?

01/04/2026

Over the past two years, I’ve been learning to trust a path that hasn’t always been clear.

Through woodland walks, time in wild places, and quiet noticing, something has been slowly unfolding — shaping how I live, how I create, and how I guide others through Look Again.

Again and again, I’m reminded that in times of change and uncertainty, we don’t always need answers straight away. What can help is learning how to stay with where we are — and to notice small moments of steadiness and hope along the way.

The work I offer is rooted in paying attention. To place, to feeling, to the small signals that show us where we are, and where we might be heading.

I’ve written a personal reflection in my latest blog post, 'My Unfolding Path', sharing some of these moments — and how they’ve gently revealed something bigger over time.

If you’re moving through change, or simply longing for more space and a sense of hope, I hope it offers a feeling of companionship.

To read the blog - see link in comments.

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01/04/2026

Over the past two years
I’ve been learning to trust a path I couldn’t always see.

Woodland walks.
Wild places.
Quiet noticing.

In times of change and uncertainty,
this practice has become a way of staying grounded —
of finding small, steady moments of hope
in what is already here.

A colour.
A shift in light.
A sense of connection.

Small moments
that slowly reveal something bigger.

This is the story behind the work I offer through Look Again —
a practice of paying attention
to place,
to feeling,
to what’s quietly calling us forward.

I’ve shared a new blog post: My Unfolding Path.

If you’re navigating change
or longing for more space and hope,
I hope it offers gentle companionship.

Read via the link in bio.