Playfair brought light
The architect William Henry Playfair brought light to specimens in jars. More than two hundred years later so did Kathleen Jamie in her book FINDINGS. I was born in Edinburgh … Continue reading Playfair brought light
Tag: light
Playfair
In the Scotsman of last week I read that the University of Edinburgh has made it’s archive open to all [as a work in progress]: I have found mysel’ wonderfully … Continue reading Playfair
In the middle of the Yew
My fascination with Yew trees has neither a beginning nor an end.
‘The scientific attitude’
This is an old review of an old book. I find that I am not well enough versed to understand the full context and that I struggle with some of … Continue reading ‘The scientific attitude’
a window
The reflection in a small, circular, side-window of Edinkillie Parish Church [photo taken Sunday 2nd August 2020]
Wordless feeling
Let us see what we hear, and listen to light. Imagine the feeling! It would be wordless.
When Ian explained this to me
I recently read ‘S I G H T L I N E S’ by Kathleen Jamie. It is as wonderful as her ‘F I N D I N G S’. … Continue reading When Ian explained this to me
the light always comes back
This island, which takes its name from one of the saints bearing the Irish name Finan, is situated about 200m from both the N and S banks of Loch Shiel. … Continue reading the light always comes back
1998
‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W. G. Sebald was considered by critics to be “one of the most remarkable books of the year”
herring and silk: loss, light
I was very fortunate to have been commissioned by Alexander McCall Smith to make short films of two of the songs from ‘These are our Hands’. One of those films … Continue reading herring and silk: loss, light
apples on the sill of the window
A quote from ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W G Sebald. This is for Mrs Picken.
Quite beyond my reach
Quotes about gates (one of my fascinations) from ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W G Sebald