Kel Arrowsmith
kelarrowsmith.bsky.social
Kel Arrowsmith
@kelarrowsmith.bsky.social
Artist, curator, educator, independent researcher, walker
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 25 paces | in the wake of 'The Pearl' | The Noose shines at low tide | swans effortlessly glide

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///digests.almost.personal

daily news digests
become almost too much for
my personal health
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 4286 paces | fireweed's burgundy brushstrokes | newly spouted winter wheat | still, Autumn airs

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether
September 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 5487 paces | between 3 randomly chosen places | hawthorn and sloe berries weigh heavily | brook low and still

#walking #walkingartist #what3wordsphoto #stroud @walctogether
September 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A new, daily work in progress

Riverscapes 2
When familiar hills become strangers

@walctogether #walkingartist #walking #riversevern #afonhafren
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A new, daily work in progress
Riverscapes 1
As the journey began, unthinkingly and step by step I became the walk

@walctogether #walkingartist #walking #riversevern #afonhafren
September 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A new, daily work in progress
A walk of 276 paces | 3 encounters: the gaze of concrete nymphs; high stacked plastic; lovely combinations

using a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///comments.rant.infringe

those earthy comments
turned to a mindless rant which
could infringe freedoms
August 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A new, daily work in progress
A 4523 pace walk | walking where tanks were tested | walking where Cuda was revered | walking where a Duke of Burgundy rested

@what3words #haiku performed.pushy.dusted

flights of crows performed
perhaps somewhat pushy but
now done and dusted

#walking @walctogether
August 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 485 paces | between 3 crossing points | geese fuss | Sunday morning coffee drinkers chatter

@what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///futile.meanest.pick

of all futile acts
this, the meanest one of all
is the one to pick
#walkingartist #florina
June 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 6352 paces | viewing two cultures | crow like, black-robed priests scuttle | tankers wait at anchor

@what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///waxing.ignoring.ship

waxing interest?
but you’re just ignoring facts
just, ship your bias

#walkingartist
June 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 4672 paces | visiting the tombs of kings | grave goods resonate with power | cicadas rasping

a @what3words location as the basis of a #haiku
///alive.tourist.avoiding

alive to history
one tourist looked on sagely
avoiding comments

#walkingartist #aigia
June 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 5327 paces | mirrors of history | icons stare | swallows wheel and turn above hot streets

a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///sudden.remark.outlined

it was quite sudden
the unwarranted remark
outlined their failings

#walking #thessaloniki
June 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Summer Solstice morning | a few minutes before Sunrise | bivvy bagging on the banks of The Severn | woken by oyster catchers
#happysolstice #walkingartist
June 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 4365 paces | blackbird and wren make mid morning calls | light trickles through leaves | recently fallen ash

@what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///clearly.neckline.crows

clearly visible
the neckline of distant hills
above crows chatter

#walking
June 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A new, daily work in progress | a walk of 3167 paces | unused doorways | brambles, the only visitors | spraypaint messages

using a @what3words location as the basis of a haiku
///swanky.hotels.ideals
it’s far from swanky
no good hotels are found, but
we all have ideals

#walking #walkingartist
June 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM