Skip to content

being and becoming in the world

About me
being and becoming
in the world
Mind The Gap
where time passes (listen)

Search for:

Search for:

Tag: lost villages

By Hole Ousia Posted on February 17, 2021March 6, 2023

PATNA within us

Four years ago, almost to the day, I visited this mausoleum. I was exploring a forgotten past. Unfinished. Beautiful. Everything.: To play this short film please click here or on … Continue reading PATNA within us

Categories: Architecture, Family history, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 12 February 2021, 1784, 1851, 1954, a modern ruin, abandoned, Aberdeen University, Antiquary, Architecture, Architecture and the after-life, artist, Ayrshire, Bridge of Allan, Burnfoothill, Carstairs mausoleum, Carstairs State Hospital, civilisation, CRUILIELMUS FULLERTON, Curriculum vitae, CV, distinction, Doon Valley, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr William Fullerton, Dunaskin, filmmaker, Fullerton, gardener, Grief is the thing with feathers, Hale Bopp, Half the world, Here is where we meet, Holdsworth, Hole Ousia, I remember you, Ian Collins, In AD 1784 William Fullerton of Carstairs arranged for this to be erected for his and his own, India, John Berger, Landscape Architect, Lethanhill, Long live the Hill, lost village, lost villages, Mausoleum, Max Poorter, Max Porter, MBChB, memory, Mid-Air, Mining, MLA, MLA distinction, Modern Ruin, Nature, NHS, no longer at the end of a tree-lined avenue, now the mausoleum is isolated and lost in a large field, Omphalos, Omphalos films, PATNA within us, Pattern language, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, philosopher, pig iron, poet, polymath, poverty, psychiatrist, Raymond Tallis, rebel antiquary, Richard hawley, ruin, ruins, Scotland, Scottish Chapter Prize, SIBI ET SUIS EXTRUI CURAVIT CRUILIELMUS FULLERTON DE CARESTAIRS AD 1784., Social maverick, St Peter's Seminary, stories, teddy bear, The Antiquary, The Black Mirror, The Hill, the PATNA within us, The Rebel Antiquary, Tranströmer suspects that as an artist he is merely a way for the 'memory' to get out into the world, unfinished beautiful everything, University of Edinburgh, viallge, Vivendo Discimus, wealth, world

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 14, 2020February 28, 2023

Boghead

As an NHS doctor I worked in West Lothian for more than five years. I became very fond of the place and the people: where I found everydayness and kindness … Continue reading Boghead

Categories: Architecture, gardens, Philosophy, Scotland, Stigma, This is Not yesterdayTags: Antiquary, As an NHS doctor I worked in West Lothian for more than five years, Bathgate, Boghead, Boghead House, Bonspiel, Carsebreck, coal mining, Curliana, curling, dawn chorus, Dementia, Demolished, Dovecot, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr Peter J Gordon, Gaberlunzie, he garden has now become beautifully wild, Hirundo rustica, Hole Ousia, insane, insanity, It seems likely that Peter jumped from Victoria Bridge. What a sad end for this family of gardeners., Jim Easton, lost villages, Mining, ornithologist, Peter Gordon, Puddin, rebel antiquary, ruin, ruins, Scotland, Social maverick, swallows, The Antiquary, The celebrated gaberlunzie, The Rebel Antiquary, Thomas Durham Weir, Those September swallows, Twitcher, walled garden, West Lothian folk used to talk about their past - and I enjoyed listening to their memories, where I found everydayness and kindness together

Recent Posts

1-202-555-1212

peter@holeousia.com

Pages

About me
being and becoming
in the world
Mind The Gap
where time passes (listen)

Powered by WordPress.com.

Loading Comments...

Write a Comment...

Email (Required)

Name (Required)

Website