I have never claimed to be a revolutionary
To play this short film please click here or on the image above, Music credit: ‘On Your Own Again’ by Scott Walker
Tag: Peter Gordon
Midsocket
Between 1997 and 1990, as a medical student, I lived at 44 Midstocket Road, Aberdeen. My Uncle John had helped me with the mortgage.
Hillhead Halls
Hillhead Halls, Aberdeen, 1985-1987: a rain-faded note.
‘Twixt Dee and Don
I came across this etching in an old copy of Bon Accord, dated 2 July 1903. Aiberdeen was such a happy home for Peter and Sian!
Glenburn
With Big Ted I visited yet another ruin! We passed Glenburn on the way, the past and the future, at once together. I met Sian at Glenburn [Woodend hospital], in … Continue reading Glenburn
H O R I Z O N S
I visit lost places to disappear like a dot on the horizon. always a marginal figure From Dryden to Aldbar, the merest dot in the distance. In my creativity I … Continue reading H O R I Z O N S
I cannot feel without feeling time
Do you remember how you felt that Friday afternoon as school summer holidays began!
The hands of an artist
Making notes ahead of an adventure – hands left polka-dot, felt pen, coloured. Off on a wee adventure – where my only faith is in the idea. Kirnie Law, that … Continue reading The hands of an artist