Soulscaping is an imaginal and creative process Louis has refined over two decades to not only create art work but to define and master his own life experience, he has managed to work with leadership teams and groups to help them define theirs too. What this allows people to do is to see the world through the eyes of an artist; to create your life experience as an artist would approach a blank canvas. A daily, weekly practice to help define those life experiences that you really want to unfold in your life. 
The first step is to look at a piece of work that lights something up in you. The second step is to actually imagine you are in the painting, the figure in the painting below is you, let go of all the distractions of life for a moment and consider what it means to be walking across this reflective surface, what it means to have the veils of your mind apart, and to have a moment of clarity. Replay the moments you have when you look at your favourite art work and just allow your attention to settle on a part of the painting that really captures your imagination, it might be a single point of light, it might be the figure... If you have any worry in your life, any fear notice that too, using your imagination see if you can push that worry and fear into one of the darker areas of the work, se if you can delicately push it to one side of the other. Realising that worrying is a form of creativity, worrying is having a image in your mind and putting energy int it, which is precisely what hope it, only hope is an image you want to see, what could you do with this energy if you flipped it, what experience could that be? could you be strong, resilient, what word would you use to describe that turning of worry into creativity. How does this play out in front of you now, it isn't so dark after all and the light quickly emerges from the darkness. Notice what happens after every step that you take that you emit light!
The image below is one of Louis most recent pieces of work, the intention behind it, is that you have a realisation, what it means to have this fresh start. 

Louis Parsons research- sustainable intelligence which is nature!

Unttled video from three years ago. 

breaking down the concepts of art and life. how we operate in this world and how to enhance the experience. our feelings etc what if we are all branches and no roots? what happens to a tree with all branches and no roots. how many businesses and structures are around today that are failing and crumbling because they have no roots no core beliefs and- its all about the commercial income and creating a managerial politically correct system which is paranoid about everything through health and safety. (being afraid of feeling pain.) what is a tree conversely with out branches, what if you are all roots and just all about belief but can not take that out into the world and share it, enlighten others with your ideas then its just as useless. There needs to be a balance for the fruit to grow and to ripen. the tree will branch out any direction it can underground and overground. This tree is not in a vacuum though, it is grounded to a living organic system full of other organic beings also and the tree relies on that whole system to fruit at the right time
The intelligence of nature is to adapt. 
Ultimately this is about learning how to create according to your own image, not anyone else's image. Harmonising with the soul and finding the balance in your life.  

the world is craving the creativity the complexion, the love and the connection more than every...
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Louis Parsons Research-

What truly inspires you?

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My community is full of unsustainable processes.
Talk about the exhaustion and the addiction to wanting the new thing, make things bigger, expand everything, (take make and break society). In the fields below analyse the physical and metaphysical impacts on humans. 
. Industry- exhaustion of the lands materials and spaces. - positives and negatives. - statistics. - photographers.
. internet/social media/electricity. - positives and negatives. - statistics. - photographers. 
. night life/addictions/habbits. - positives and negatives. - statistics. - photographers. 
. photography/proccesses. - positives and negative. - work.  

Right because we are at such a ripe age with information flying into our senses, university students have a lot to deal with, to articulate, to get right within a certain amount of time otherwise you will fall into the spiral of everyones thoughts caught up in the world of chaos, disorder and unsustained consciousness a place which we can all see and argue we don't want to go. The chaotic mess of social media is a perfect example, from day to day it is used, overused; people dedicate their lives to icons and status in society and with no doubt the creators of these systems knew what they are tapping into? its control if your on the lower end of it. But on the other side of the coin this modern day miracle; the internet, allows any information about anything to be published on a web of information in thin air and it can be accessed by anyone anywhere at anytime. bringing the world closer metaphorically this also creates the contrary, there is so much shit out there that people get hooked into and stuck in a vicious spiral of chaos that is hard to wake people up to. In a society in which we have no fears but whats in our heads. In the East they fear what they see, in the West they fear what they don't see. This is probably because we genuinely don't have anything to be scared of apart for natural death. 

So where is all of my work leading? In my essays on art and photography I discussed that artists are the ones in the social climate that sustain, alter, expand and criticise the current or historical ideology that we use to communicate/ interact with one another, politically, socially, artistically and as a whole race. "Trusting your intuition, experience and theory helps you find your way. Artists find their way through making works of art. Painting Sculpting, etc. is their way of thinking on life and reality. The experience of art will enhance your intuition and acknowledgement of life and reality as it is”. Fre Ilgen, 
Im going to trust my intuition and read good books, (geneology of morals) (Tao) etc etc... Painting has inspired me recently and I have made a break through in my visual thinking by reading into the works of Kandinksy, picabia, pollock etc etc. To me it seems that these great artists painted to articulate, figure out and to make physical their ideas, greats because of great ideas. Painting is a way of visualising your thoughts, allowing them flow and to order them in such a way makes sense to you. if you can make your thoughts physical then you can basically solve what you need to work out. This way of working and thought process is quite simple in and of itself, but on a whole this ideology is a very sustainable way of staying on top of your life and thoughts, in theory you can work out almost anything that challenges you as long as you have the knowledge into those areas of interest. 

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Louis Parsons has devoted his life and artwork to exploring the mystery and beauty of human potential.
This devotion led him to pioneer a new form of art called SoulScaping, which celebrates the unique essence of an individual, partnership or family. These paintings are an exceptional kind of self-portraiture, capturing the inner dimensions of a person rather than the physical.  Commissions have included celebrities, world class surfing athletes and leading edge philosophers including Karren Brady, Tom Curren and Ken Wilber.
“Astonishing abstract paintings that sing the infinite songs of Spirit manifesting on the radiant cusp of form and formlessness. The painting technique is sophisticated, replete with complex weaves of staining the canvas, thin washes, thicker brushwork, and impassioned impasto, such that the worked materials are a symphony in their own right.” Michael Schwarz – Integral Art Gallery
His work is part of Relational Art, a concept that came out of the Young British Art movement, led by Damien Hurst and Tracey Emin, and characterised by its desire to express a sense of emotional freedom. Louis has also been deeply inspired by Mark Rothko, particularly his sublime use of colour, by J.M.W. Turner, whose impressionistic style was ahead of its time, and by Rodin, who created such fantastic figures.
In his corporate work Louis uses a technique called VisionScaping, where he works with high-level executives to unleash the creative energy within them and their company. Essentially, he helps leaders to see and grasp their own future. His extraordinary ability to evoke the best in a leader and their organisation makes Louis and his work sought after worldwide.
His VisionScape work has been commissioned by corporations such as Microsoft, BMW and Visa, as well as successful private entrepreneurs. Louis is the founder of and lead instructor at VisionScape Academy, which trains and accredits facilitators of VisionScape workshops. These workshops enable leaders to tangibly experience and release their inner creativity.
In addition to being a master painter, Louis is experienced with Insights Coaching. This helps him work closely with people to explore and capture the essence of what is most important about their vision, goals, and creative potential. Louis is an excellent motivational and leadership speaker on themes of creativity, engagement and fulfilment at work. He has worked with leadership teams at Mars, Bank Of America, eBay, Hilton and GlaxoSmithKline.
Louis’ art commissions can be found all over the world. For the last six years he has been the Guest Artist for The Four Seasons, Kuda Huraa, Maldives. One of his favourite achievements is having one of his artwork pieces auctioned for charity, raised £120,000.
When he isn’t painting, Louis loves to surf and scuba dive, seeking inspiration from all the colour and vibrancy under the waves. He lives in Cheltenham at the foot of the Cotswold Hills with his beautiful wife and family.

Source- https://www.louisparsons.com/louis-parsons/

Captions Included. 

Using adobe bridge and photoshop and camera raw, I managed to edit down from 150 usable images from inside the racecourse, with the subjects i wanted and a few context images from outside the ground and on the edge of the property from every angle. Bringing the highlights out slightly to make the flash a bit more obvious and just create more contrast than originally made by the camera or the scene/ lighting. I decided I want to use the shots where, people are interested and seem occupied by something beyond the camera or making an exchange of money or bets in the centre grounds. with the frame full and a lot going on to represent the nature of the event and they days I was there specifically. I will use a few context shots at the start and end of the edit to create a build up in the middle of the energy felt in that scene. In the middle of it all was shouting and money being exchanged hand in hand all the time and alcohol being drunk in the gallons. 

Over 500 images in chronological order taken over the weekend at Cheltenham Racecourse. Martin parr style. 

Managed to get in with no ticket and photographed hundreds of people in their face and managed to get context shots and acquired some work with the Helipad company in march 2018 who organise all the helicopter flights in and out of the events... pretty damn perfect day for me and I had fun doing it. Parr is clever, confidence is a big thing in getting good wrk done... walking around with a digital camera I actually felt like digital is a good medium for once aha, I can just hold the shutter and fire 6 frames in a second ahah compared to film this is so god damn fast, auto focus and big files is exactly what I need for this shoot. I managed to shoot over 500 images over two shoots, I went there on friday and the saturday, each day getting access to the whole place, and just free roam taking images of this scene. 

The people who attend this event are very well off, people who drive Audi sports, Bentleys, Mercs  and G wagons. Food stools were about £9 for a fking pizza slice and £5 for a couple of chips from a kebab van, what a great place to be rich... Lets remember this event is set up really for people who gamble, gambling is an addiction and I definitely saw many addicts whilst shooting, bloody throwing 50s and 20s at each other whilst betting and waiting for horses to race. T'was a funny atmosphere. Anyway I managed to experience this whole scene and series of events that took place through out the weekend, for Free, most importantly learning not to gamble whilst 15 pints down with loads of mates at a posh venue where you are expected to splash out lol. I obtained the knowledge from being a spectating photographer, who jumped between lives and families on the days, getting in their personal space and sharing a glimpse of each other briefly. 

Whilst researching a lot of martin parr, Dougie wallis and various street photographers, bruce guilden as examples, I was getting very into the in your face, fill in flash and vibrant colours style these photographers offered. Parr is especially interesting, he takes the images no one would dare to, getting close to people eating and drinking and throwing things and running about busy areas, I admire this guys confidence and knowledge of the scenes he places himself. Looking at his work from Cheltenham was quite a funny experience. 

Seeing this work, I thought Oh shit the races are on soon and im in cheltenham haha. So from the flash techniques I had learnt in first year with fill in flash and digital equipment, I could easily photograph just like Parr, one of the greats at this type of scene. So I got a lovely full frame canon and a 17-40 L, and programmed the internal flash so it compensated -2 stops of power, low power flash in bright sun always gives a lovely effect. 

So I decided to go the to the racecourse which ran for 3 days from Friday till Sunday, walking through the park with boots and a digital camera, a few memory cards and one battery. Prepared for a bit of a scruff, I had a copy of the law which basically says I have every right to create work in public... when it comes to private property, its slightly different. I have a good knowledge of the law and comply when it comes down to being confronted but no ones destroys my work.

Entering with no ticket and no press pass or authority to photograph.

I feel I took a bit more of a responsibility when it came to photographing this event than Parr would have done. I had no ticket and no say so to photograph on the private property so I have to be very careful where I go and how I expose myself when taking very obvious images. This is soo adrenalin fuelled and the thrill to search for rich people doing interesting things at a well known event was just a photographers paradise, So I immersed myself in this style and gave it my best fking shot.

Being in an age with instant access to the internet there is an infinite time of videos and movies, vines, documentaries, tutorials and lectures on anything you can imagine... It becomes apparent people have done pretty much everything when it comes to experimenting with camera angles and directing techniques,  locations and props, you name it somewhere you can find an example. From Edgar Wright to Paul Greengrass to Chris Evans, Comedy, action and self documentary of lifestyles. I love the cinematic angles used in a lot of car and top gear films, they are filmed very smoothly and have amazing sound quality... obviously the film production has had a bit of money spent for these videos. Chris Evans is great when it comes to describing the feel of the environment and saying the right things at the tight time, with a bit of humour which I think is needed in any video where you are speaking directly to the camera or audience, it keeps you engaged and excited for the next few minutes, with the good angles and overlapping of audio over many different videos adding to the overall experience. 
My idea:
I want to Film someone speaking to the camera talking about their life or their work they make, make it funny and split the whole thing up into a lot of cut scenes and good audio all the way through, with a cohesive concept running thought it too. I'm currently photographing motion enterprise but I cant fit the time in to video whilst focusing on and putting so much time into the book on them which is on film, It will be very difficult to do both in one shoot and achieve quality images and videos ill be happy with, I meet up with them once every month on average and when I see them we have a lot to talk about and have a few hours each time. 
I'm also currently working with Louis Parsons who is a painter, currently collaborating with me and another student on some mad work, using fractals and abstraction, various techniques and business ideas we can make a big scene with a new type of abstraction or symphonicism with our findings of art and photography... which creates a clear link between the objective world and subjective, which anyone can make sense of... but this is an idea in progress and has just started out. Louis is up for documentary's of him and us together working on the art and discussing ideas, but we need weeks and weeks of thinking of these ideas and concepts with the knowledge of philosophers and artists and photographers as well as doing uni work and constantly reading and researching things. This is too slow and too big to rush as a uni project, and I will keep this in the background at all times, documenting and making stories anyway because I love capturing this journey. 

My work with the group is ongoing and I do not wish to finish the project until, I have really documented every aspect of the group, the studio recordings, chilling at their houses, going to events and traveling. Maybe do some videos fro them and get a bit more creative and feel even more part of the group… who knows where it will lead but all I can say is that this a big body of work in my early photography career and I'm going to make it absolutely worth a book. This group has given me a sense of security in Cheltenham, knowing the big boys I know that they would have my back in a dodgy situation. I am currently shooting them twice a month or so, it is getting more frequent but because there is nine of them in the group and they all work and have family etc. They do not meet that often but when they do they put the work in and make something worth the wait.
These boy have shown me a very deep insight into the underground world of hip hop, what its like to be a family, to rely on one another to get by, the nature of their work is simply speaking their minds to an audience and jesus christ do they have some very impacting knowledge that will blow your mind. ​

The crew was founded in 2012 by Kadenza, Sketch, Farai and Catchy P.
releasing their debut album "Perpetual Motion" in 2014.

Spit Milligan, G. Hindsight, Stromboli, NoMo & Thug Jesus joined the crew over the next few years.
Since then we have been performing at shows and festivals across the UK.
Including Boom Bap Hip Hop Festival, Nozstock, Balter Festival, Willow Fair, Y Not Festival, Lakefest and more.

As a crew, ME has supported Life MC & DJ Nappa, The Four owls, Jam Baxter, Lee Scott, Dr Syntax, Stig Of The Dump, Rag & Bone Man, Trellion, Sniff, Black Josh, Sumgi, NLP, Cracker Jon, 2late, Sparkz, DJ Fingerfood, DJ Madnice.


Currently the group are finishing our second 2nd album "Continual Motion" due to be released early 2018.
Catchy P is about to release his Solo EP "The Catch EP" which features the rest of ME.
Farai is working on a solo album.
​Kadenza has started to record his solo EP.
And spit milligan about to start recording a Solo EP.

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Being on the inside of Motion Enterprise has really touched my heart. Pushing myself and being pulled into every aspect of the underground world of hip hop. The more events I attend, the more we communicate and the deeper understanding we have of each others work. Connecting on a level in which is just pure interest and passion. I think the most important thing when it comes to understanding a group of people is to listen to each one of their views and morals by speaking to them but also by immersing yourself in their work... being there and smelling the paint on the walls, hearing the pitch of the music echo in your head and the feeling of being part of it all and adding to it; to their work they are creating. This group have found an avenue to really focus their soul, to paint the world with colour and fill the air with music, it is truly beautiful and these people will give you something to remember, A way of life, A morality and a vision of what you can be... the energy of the whole cosmos focused down to your eyes, hands and vocal cords. 

This is the final design of my book, with off the writing about them and a nice introduction from me which I feel really highlights the elements they represent in this world. I think the final edit flows very nicely, all the images are chronological in terms of documentary but are also paired or next in a seriers of images that are similar lighting and aesthetic just to help take the viewer through more of a transition... a journey through this group.  

Got myself my first book.... there we go, properly done after endless fking hours looking at my images and re-ordering them and editing. you can buy the hardback here. 

I did not use the 'Professional' software to create my book because sincerely the amount of time creating a book using professional software would be too great! I decided to use a FREE online software called Blurb Bookify. which is easy to use and encompasses professional editing and some layouts which are pretty fluid... So I used this to edit my images and to see what they would look like in the layout that I preplanned, one on each the right of each page for example.