SPASM
I travelled the ‘Destitution Road’ to visit you: To play this short film please click here. This film is for Robert Savage Reid, who died in January 1861, in Dundonnell … Continue reading SPASM
Tag: Ross-shire
MOTOR
To play MOTOR [in the language of Angels] please click here. This film is for Ann, fellow artist and adventurer. Music credit: In Cold Blood by alt-J Filmed in Ross-shire … Continue reading MOTOR
Destitution Road
Destitution Road Heading North – there is always a further North. Wandering, further and further from home, in nameless, numberless time. Destitution Road. Inverness Courier, 25 October 1849: Ordnance Survey … Continue reading Destitution Road
Spasm of the heart
Dundonnell You died aged sixteen: a ‘spasm’ of the heart. Your bones in a circular place inside an ancient beech plantation. Here, adding to the melody of bird song, I … Continue reading Spasm of the heart
Where, wave after wave
Slaggan Bay Big Ted was fed up with all the maps and notes – that I keep gathering. So, I promised him Slaggan Bay where, wave after wave would find … Continue reading Where, wave after wave
On a bend of the river Oykel
AITEANDORUIS On a bend of the river Oykel, with the best view of the Kyle of Sutherland! You stood on the high watermark of ‘ordinary’ Spring tides. Aiteandoruis – ‘the … Continue reading On a bend of the river Oykel
words and places
This short film shares some of a recent brief adventure North. I travelled north to visit Cecilia, who 90 years ago died in Upper Tullochgrue, Rothiemurchus. The story is deeply … Continue reading words and places
Spasm of the heart
I was determined to visit Dundonnell, Ross-shire, to pay respect to Robert Savage Reid, who died aged 16 as a result of “spasm of the heart“. His absent father, Francis … Continue reading Spasm of the heart