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Wordsworth and The Other
On my journey back from Nottingham yesterday, I listened to a podcast of In Our Time about William Wordsworth's The
Sculpture
I am not, at least as far as I’m aware, a sculptor, but I think that what I’m striving to
Landscape DNA: The Simultaneity of Stories-So-Far
The Past is Time without a ticking clock. A place where paths and roads are measured in years. The Present
A Backdrop to Eternity
Below is a typical, early 20th century studio portrait. The subject - a boy - sits on a prop. Behind
The Marquis of Hastings
Prior to my residency in Australia, I've been researching my four-times great uncle Stephen Hedges (1811-1885) who was transported there
Lead Walk – Photos
The following photographs were taken during a walk I made along the route as described in the previous entry Lead
The Keening Landscape
I sometimes think of these images as pieces of theatre. There's the stage on which a man stands wearing his
Glimmerings: The War Poets, Paths and Folds
One of the nicest compliments I received during Friday's private view was '...these remind me of Siegfried Sassoon...'. The works
Trees Triptych
A triptych comprising photographs taken at Shotover on Sunday.
Roads by Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
I love roads: The goddesses that dwell Far along invisible Are my favourite gods.Roads go on While we forget, and
The Road to New South Wales
On Monday 28th January 1828, a sawyer by the name of Richard Burgess was travelling from Abingdon to Oxford with
Heavy Water Sleep (Poem)
I wouldn't really call this a poem, but poem is the best word I can think of to describe what
Completed Map
Today, on a walk around Oxford, I completed my first text map which I began in Ampney Crucis about a
Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 8 & 9
Original VersionVersion 1Version 2
The Gate
The project I am working on for the Travel and Trauma (Dark Tourism) conference (11-12th April) is now - in
Proxies
Following on from my last entry I've been wondering whether an empathetic link between ourselves and those who fought and
Goethean Observation: Compost Heap
The compost heap is some eight feet in circumference and about three feet high at its highest point. It comprises
Moments
Following on from the completion of my text map (which I'm thinking of as a map of an individual rather
Belzec Video: Snow 3
What interests me about the video footage from the archaeological dig at Belzec (1999) is the sense of colour and
Mondrian’s Trees
This weekend, I was drawing with my children. Eliot was drawing in his usual style... ...and as I watched, I
Writing Shadows
On Tuesday I made my way to Shotover to work on a piece I've been thinking about for quite some
Day 7
I decided to do a walk today, one which I would record in single words or very short phrases. I
Heavy Water Sleep: Pages 10 & 11
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Reading Roads
IntroductionIn Wales in 2008 I walked a path along which my great grandfather had walked every day from his home
Somewhere Between Writing and Trees II
More work using the iPad Pro and pencil.
Silence as Other
The past is silent. To know the past, one must know silence. The theme of silence has come up a
‘Missded’ 2 – Tokens
Having completed the stitching for ‘”Missded’ 2″, I’ve now cut it up to create the ‘tokens’ shown below.
Cutting and Stitching
A busy day today working on a piece tentatively titled 'Hammock' and another which has yet to acquire even a
A Humument
In January this year, I used words from two seemingly unrelated books to create an installation in Shotover Country Park
Beneath the floor
I've always found it amazing, when, on a programme like Time Team, an apparently empty field is shown to have