There is a rich and ancient visual language of landscape that can give personal meaning to natural scenes which allows us to look beyond that sociological relationship with woodland space and allows us to explore a more psychological aspect. This language draws on the romantic European landscape tradition, but also traditional Chinese and Japanese shan-shui landscape painting where the symbolism of the natural elements leads to the building of narratives, in which the imaginary traveller encounters streams, rivers, bridges, reflections and obstacles that represent the challenges encountered on the journey through life.