In  making contact with nature we activate centres where we create notions about nature in our store of mental perceptions.  They often come unbidden to live in our thoughts and emotions, with intangible qualities very real to us.  It is not unusual to have such a relationship with the earth, with the actions of water, wind, and fire. It has been said that we could be sensing the vitality of the invisible beings that inform the elements of place?

We adjust these notions to make the inner scene compelling, creating an inner magnificent landscape as in a final 'painting'.  But its communication could be by using words or musical notes to make a composition with colour contrast, transitions, and perspective.  A personal experience can prompt the selection of  literary or artistic techniques to manoeuvre the notional elements into the right composition for its final expression as a poem, painting or essay.  In this respect there is a dearth of poetry, music and painting expressing notions about Skomer, which probably reflects the difficulty of transcribing notions into material communications, rather than the failure of the island experience to generate such responses.