Illuminated Poems Set in Landscapes Worldwide
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”
Sossusvlei, Namibia · Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep.”
Cabo Polonio, Uruguay · Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
Chiloé, Chile · Shakespeare, The Tempest
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.”
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam · Shakespeare, As You Like It
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“Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita.”
Supramonte, Sardinia, Italy · Dante, Inferno
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“We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
Eldhraun, Iceland · Seneca, Letters from a Stoic
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“Don't explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
Milos, Greece · Epictetus, Discourses
“How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?”
Sete Cidades, Azores, Portugal · Epictetus, Discourses
“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”
Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii · Epictetus, Discourses
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Matilda selects lines from the great poets of history and sets them as illuminated texts within landscapes.
She holds a First Class Honours MA in Italian and History of Art from the University of Edinburgh, and lives and works between Ibiza, Greece and Mexico.