Intenttobe

29/10/2026

What is forest bathing? 🌲

Shinrin-yoku began in Japan in 1982, in a country that is over two-thirds forest, as a simple idea: bring people back to the trees.

It isn't a hike. There's no destination, no distance, no pace to keep. It's slowing down enough to begin to notice: the light through the leaves, the sound of the wind, the ground beneath your feet, the smell after rain.

Our first full film walks through it one sense at a time, with hand-drawn notebook pages along the way.

You don't need a forest like this. A park, a single tree, can be enough to begin.

▶ Watch the full film on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RyTMfhyGfy4?si=kgfKk7_bAz_j7qGV

What is forest bathing? Shinrin-yoku is the Japanese practice of si...

27/10/2026

On a hilltop just outside Exeter stands an oak that's been growing for around 400 years. 🌳

It first unfurled its leaves when Shakespeare had only recently left the world. Since then it has stood through plague and fire, harsh winters, storms and droughts, through the arrival of railways, motor cars and computers. And it's still here. Still growing. Still reaching for the light.

My new film, Mighty Oak, is out now on YouTube. It's a slow, quiet piece about time, patience and the strength of ancient trees. Best watched with the sound up and somewhere you can breathe for three minutes.

Planted by no one, cared for by time.

▶️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/wuBmkT1gvWA?si=_fEJXugyN6eGH9zR

Standing beneath this oak, it’s difficult not to feel small. Not be...

19/10/2026

When did you last give yourself twenty-five minutes of nothing?

My first Stay-a-while film is out now: a mossy forest on a still, sunlit autumn morning in Fernworthy Forest, Dartmoor. No narration, just soft light, deep green moss and the quiet sounds of the forest babbling brook.

Put it on tonight while you read or wind down for sleep, and save it for the next busy day.

The film is linked in the first comment.

01/03/2026

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

27/02/2026

The forest grew darker and darker, and soon they could no longer see the path.

25/02/2026

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.