By James Battersby

Emerald Isle Tales

James Battersby has lived on the north coast of Ireland all his life. He has been drawing and painting artworks since the age of five. The idea of poetry began to develop with him when he was seventeen and remains a part of his life to this day, resulting in two self-published poetry books. He enjoys writing and recording songs but does not like to play them live to anyone. He is a firm believer in the unseen world and recently has embraced the idea of Chakras, despite being very skeptical years ago about this topic. He has his core beliefs and it takes him quite a while to embrace new ideas but at times he will embrace them if it can stand alongside his core beliefs without contradiction. Often these secondary ideas may compliment and even make for a greater understanding of the core beliefs, and when he does embrace a new idea he will become a bit obsessed by the possibilities that it holds, often driving people insane.

All his life he has been searching for a meaning to life, not only his own, but the existence of all living things. This search has led to much self-inflicted isolation, loss of friends, rejection by loved ones and other things that come with spiritual self-discovery. At age ten he started to become an introvert and when the other children were out playing sports together, he would stay hidden away in a room and practice drawing. Thousands of sketches later and his art skills improved a great deal. At 27, he is now determined to change this around and to embrace the many positive things the world has to offer. He believes that as human beings, most of us have the capacity to reverse the negative/damaging aspects of our life and change for the better. Things need to either be awakened within us or repaired. He has a strong belief that the earth by its very nature can send healing energy through our bare feet and that the feet in most humans have lost their potential because the majority of humans including himself wear shoes most of the time. The feet are damaged in most, and the crown chakra is often weak or completely blocked in many humans too which leads him to wonder about how it relates to Athiesm and other ailments. James is well aware that many would like to crucify him for his often-obscure unconventional beliefs, which anger people of all faiths.

He is currently illustrating a tarot deck by Chanel Bayless and would like to give all design credits to her and its entire concept. James Battersby is just the artist.

James has been a member of Enchanted Folk since September 2007

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