‘There’s this shadow beside him in the painting’
Apart from the closinq quote – which is from Peter Pan – the passages below are all from MAYFLIES by Andrew O’Hagan:
Tag: shadows
incredible shapes
A passage from The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd
Omphalos films
[The above quote “Shapes, sounds, the energies and acuteness of life,” is from The Quarry Wood by Nan Shepherd]
Very old tonight
As a wee boy I was taken by my Granny to a theatre in Edinburgh to see a production of ‘Peter Pan’. Since then I have been fascinated with shadows. … Continue reading Very old tonight
Another way of telling
This is a quote by John Berger from ‘Understanding a photograph’. I like to think that Berger would have appreciated my approach to making films.
tree shadows
Low winter sunlight casts tree shadows onto the gable of our house.
Have I told you?
I can be forgetful.
Two shadows in conversation
This is a short film about my visit to meet with Henry Home (Lord Kames) on the 1st January 2019. Henry Home was a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. … Continue reading Two shadows in conversation