Much of my work, particularly the 'sensory landscapes', is an attempt to reconcile internal and external modes of experience. In the cyclical nature of environment, where the individual is not only forming but formed by, it is hard to distinguish where one ends and the other begins. It is ambiguous territory. To be in nature is, for many, to be out of ones element. Just in the last 15 years, urban areas have now surpassed rural ones. Returning to nature, therefore, can be a significant event in which unexpected emotions and thoughts rise to the surface in the absence of the incessant information and diversion typical of day-to-day life in the city. It is in the silence of the woods that we are forced to face ourselves as we are finally truly alone.