Love this Turner print - a mezzotint. Very atmospheric. Stonehenge (1924).
Someone said this morning that in our lifetimes we've moved not to another age but another era - which started at the turn of the 21st century.
Wednesday 14 August 2019
Thursday 18 July 2019
Notes on pilgrimage July 2019
Gerard Hughes (In Search of the Way) on the uninhabited Scottish island. Most people would not have the resources to cope - not just physically, but mainly mentally.
p123 "The pilgrim must travel light, otherwise he cannot continue on his way."
p 124 "Unless you lose your life, you cannot find it."
Both of Hughes' sisters committed suicide: he seems tough. There is no talk of depression.
He said that his family didn't go on seaside holidays but visited the relics of saints.
p108 "Our whole life and character is contained in any incident, no matter how trivial it seems."
- George Borrow, like many other long distance walkers, was a depressive
Other books:
In Praise of Walking/Thomas Clark
The Path to Rome/Hilaire Belloc
p123 "The pilgrim must travel light, otherwise he cannot continue on his way."
p 124 "Unless you lose your life, you cannot find it."
Both of Hughes' sisters committed suicide: he seems tough. There is no talk of depression.
He said that his family didn't go on seaside holidays but visited the relics of saints.
p108 "Our whole life and character is contained in any incident, no matter how trivial it seems."
- George Borrow, like many other long distance walkers, was a depressive
Other books:
In Praise of Walking/Thomas Clark
The Path to Rome/Hilaire Belloc
Saturday 6 July 2019
A day trip to Durham and fish and chips by the sea
A 500-mile round trip from King's Cross but worth it...
A wedding at the church in Kelloe - then fish and chips on the beach at Seaham where there is a huge metal statue of a World War One soldier on the front. Traditionally people picked up coal on the beach at Seaham. Still the odd bit to be found....
Sunday 9 June 2019
Hawthorn grove
A small wood of hawthorns on the hill above Belstone on the edge of Dartmoor. How does it come to be there?
Hawthorns the place for trysts. As in Tristan and Isolde: the plotters meet beneath one.
Tuesday 4 June 2019
Pilgrimage and St Anne D'Auray, Brittany
A wet day. Lovely roses.
Thousands and thousands of names on the War Memorial, so poignant in the rain.
Monday 8 April 2019
Annie Walke triptych at Truro Cathedral
Has no idea this lovely triptych by Annie Walke was in Truro Cathedral. Often think of her husband Bernard Walke (ill-fated vicar of St Hilary) and his fabulous autobiography. Annie Walke has some works at St Hilary but not as splendid as this.
Monday 1 April 2019
Sketchbooks
Have to say - Turner's sketchbooks at Tate Britain are sensational. Imagine creating something like this in a notebook...
And chez moi stunning flowers from friends from America who visited yesterday....
Tuesday 12 March 2019
Hidden signals
You can (just) see the cross on this granite stone at Crelly in Crowan. But I would never have noticed it without the help of an Ordnance Survey map.
Tuesday 5 March 2019
A random day
A painting for a birthday card.
Cherry blossom rescued from a tree trimmer - and the Cornish flag flying over Hammersmith on St Piran's Day.
Sunday 3 March 2019
Bradwell
Bradwell in Essex. One of (if not the oldest) churches in England. It was worth it. What a peaceful place.
It was so windy but inside completely calm. High windows. The tide was out and the salt marsh mud flats stretched for miles. It reminded me (a bit) of Escomb church in County Durham.
It was so windy but inside completely calm. High windows. The tide was out and the salt marsh mud flats stretched for miles. It reminded me (a bit) of Escomb church in County Durham.
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