Between poetry and painting
Visited yesterday with Sian: Modern Two, Ian Hamilton Finlay:
being and becoming in the world
Visited yesterday with Sian: Modern Two, Ian Hamilton Finlay:
Long Horizons: To play this short film please click here.
To play ‘Modern Two’ please click here or on the image above. This short film is for Ian Hamilton Finlay, who I met at Little Sparta in 1991. This year … Continue reading Modern Two
Long ago, at Dunsyre, I met Ian Hamilton Finlay. I was young then and to me he seemed old. IHF has been a lasting inspiration for me. In all that … Continue reading IHF
Last Friday, I was invited to be part of a poetry evening with a wide range of poets. All the poems read were from the recently published anthology ‘We are … Continue reading We are the Change-Makers
Little Sparta featured in yesterday’s Herald. If you get a chance to visit you will be wowed! Long ago I met Ian Hamilton Finlay at Little Sparta. Alas, I lacked … Continue reading Hands in the soil, head in the stars
Poets [Little Spartans or otherwise] need not follow rules. The philosopher [following nobody] was heckled by specialists for asking everyday questions. The world makes equals of us all. As time … Continue reading The world makes equals of us all
Yesterday morning, Mossgrove garden: