Tag: Ian Hamilton Finlay
It cannot be ‘captured’, it can only be
e x p e r i e n c e (d)
me
Within and without art and science, I am just me.
Hame
So you think you know what it is to be Scottish? Well, read ‘Hame’ by Annalena MacAfee. It is a lovely book. This is my “Review”:
Have you any one word poems?
If you have written any one word poems and would like to share them, please get in touch and I will add them to this page (with full credit) Rules as … Continue reading Have you any one word poems?
Outrage is not ‘part-time’ Punk
Sparta.
For all little Spartans
A page for one word poems (with titles as long as you so wish). This page is dedicated to all ‘Little Spartans’ I strive beyond the talk of … Continue reading For all little Spartans
A little Spartan
I am more little than Spartan. I retreat from Market forces, Ego and Ivory Towers. I do not attack, but vulnerably question. Neither science nor art can divide Little Sparta.
ASTROV
This film is an ‘attack’ on biomedical determinism. This film voices others. Roy Porter Sylvia Plath Matt Haig Ian Hamilton Finlay Anthony Doerr Anton Chekhov Tomasi di Lampedusa Albert Camus … Continue reading ASTROV
The Rebel Antiquary
I write and make films in my study or sanctum sanctorum. This is the comfy domain of ‘The Antiquary’. This film is inspired by others and by their wonder. It … Continue reading The Rebel Antiquary
Kailyards
My Gordon family came from remote and lost parts of Aberdeenshire. For some reason I keep returning to the now ruinous homesteads of my forebears where only wild kailyards continue … Continue reading Kailyards
‘Sometimes my wee best seems just not good enough’
In a letter to his friend Stephen Bann, the artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay once concluded “Sometimes my wee best seems just not good enough”. This is a feeling … Continue reading ‘Sometimes my wee best seems just not good enough’