AYE – chalk graffiti [in sign language]
Based on this Trove image: View of chalk street art on side of tenement building, 2017 [Trove] – Dr Alex G C Hale, Archaeologist, Historic Environment Scotland
being and becoming in the world
Based on this Trove image: View of chalk street art on side of tenement building, 2017 [Trove] – Dr Alex G C Hale, Archaeologist, Historic Environment Scotland
To play this ‘televisual poem’ please click here or on the image below: Credits: ‘I don’t know‘ performed live by Lisa Hannigan [2009]; Mossgrove butterflies; Mossgrove Japanese anemones [2026]; Big … Continue reading To live and feel
I do not do reviews of books, films, or any form of art. You may ask why? Well, it is because in celebrating the wonder of creativity, I do not … Continue reading ideas came first
Long ago, I was reading an article by Andrew Greig in which he suggested that everybody should read ‘Drawn from Life‘ by Michel de Montaigne. This book is now on … Continue reading ‘Il ne faut pas attacher le savoir à l’âme, il l’y faut incorporer’
Bannockburn House garden, this Wednesday: Thank you Eric [Eric Redmond]
I have just read ‘The Artist,‘ a novel by Lucy Steeds. One of the questions this novel asks is: ‘Can you live as a shadow?‘. Before the novel begins, Lucy … Continue reading The Artist
The rebel antiquary.
Many years ago, when I was much younger, I made a series of short films on the Cabrach, Aberdeenshire. Having explored the Cabrach on foot, I then explored the archives. … Continue reading Let us go now