Sydney Smith

 

Traveling through the portfolio of Sydney Smith you see instantly his delicate observations, his eye for light, his love of the outside, and in particular water and swimming. 

Then you find his beautiful book 'I talk like a River' written by Jordan Scott which holds the magic of all of these things, and especially liquid light. 

'I talk like a river' is released in September, but I am sure you can pre-order a copy, it is based on Jordan Scott's memory of a river trip when he was young and his father saying, “See how that water moves?” "That’s how you speak.” Jordan struggled with his speech but this statement released him and has become the foundations of his life as a poet and writer. 

"This book is for everyone who has a hard time expressing themselves, who has a hard time speaking.’ The stutter acts as an extreme example of the kind of lack of fluency that we all share, difficulties with expression in social spaces, and accepting that which is perceived as different." Jordan Scott