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‘When you’re sailing, you’re definitely in balance with nature: the sea and the sails and the wind and the elements, you’re part of that mechanism where you’ve got a rudder, a tiller, and you can adjust your human condition to keep the balance right. The spire with the rod going upwards, counterbalanced by a stone, is able to move about without blowing over, like the sails of a ship. A bicycle’s a good example of equilibrium as well and a glider, once you’ve got it up in the air, is in equilibrium, beautifully. A rowing boat with rowers: equilibrium again. And birds are very much the patron saints of equilibrium.’ Wyllie wrote extensively about the concept of equilibrium, a more harmonious relationship between people and the planet, calling for a more natural way of living, free of the constrictions of big money, the hype, the conceit and all that stuff.