On what returns ...


There is a moment, just before a journey begins, when everything grows quiet.


This is a story about a woman, a ballerina who stood at the edge of the sea long enough to notice what was returning to her, and a horse who arrived not to lead her away, but to remind her of something she had always known...


Some stories arrive into our lives quietly and some come rushing in all at once.


The story of Cheval Blanc arrived unexpectedly and yet it took years to unfold.


Ideas came rushing in and for the first time in a long time, creativity poured out as though to say hello to an old friend. Cheval Blanc is a story for both adults and children about a woman standing still long enough to notice what was returning to her, a white horse. Not imagined, but remembered. Not summoned, but found.


What followed was not a plan, but a decision to go. Across water, across memory, and into the shifting space between what was lived and what is still becoming.


Cheval Blanc unfolds through image, writing, and feeling. It moves between places, real and imagined, guided less by certainty and more by trust. Each step revealing something that was never entirely lost, only waiting to be seen again.


At its heart, it is a story of returning.

A ballerina in a flowing dress sits gracefully on a wooden chair at the misty ocean shore during sunset.
Person in white dress sits contemplatively on rocky beach as waves roll in at sunset.
A person in a white dress lies gracefully in shallow ocean waves as water washes over them at sunset.
Person in a white dress stands at a coastal viewpoint as wind blows their hair dramatically against a moody sky.
A series of six black and white photographs showing a person walking along a misty beach with a sailboat in the distance.
A dramatic black and white seascape with waves crashing against a lighthouse silhouetted against a stormy sky.
A silhouetted figure stands on a sailing vessel against a moody blue sky and ocean horizon.
A serene sunset silhouette scene of people fishing from a pier over calm ocean waters.
A series of six images showing a meteor or shooting star streaking across a dark night sky over a mountain landscape.

“What is meant for you will find you
the moment you are still enough to notice.”