My book is a photographic/poetic depiction of flora, fauna and natural landscapes of Albany Western Australia. Albany is a popular tourist destination due to its intrinsic beauty and the diversity of activities it provides.
An artisically presented photographic plus poetry and prose hard backed book. It is designed to educate both for tourism and for ecological reasons.
The beauty that abounds in the region which it depicts is fragile and unique. For these reasons we need to be aware of the existence of such treasures and hopefully engendour a need to preserve them.
Excerpt
Nuytsia Florabunda. A mistletoes story.
Your evolution swirls in the mists of time.
You the thief of the elixir of life.
A subterranean subterfuge your secret
Not even the humble vegetable is safe.
You come at a time of celebration,
You the aberrant Queen of creation
To steal the thunder,
Of those less colourful than you.
David Hightower’s lyrically expansive meditation on the whims of fate and the unpredictability of the human condition fill the pages of THE HANGING MAN DREAMS with thrilling music and mesmerizing imagery. Hightower’s richly infused voice echoes the e
