Polarization
The Swedish poet, Tomas Tranströmer, in a Transatlantic letter to his friend Robert Bly, expressed concern about a human failing to always polarise everything: Tomas Tranströmer’s poem seems just as … Continue reading Polarization
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The temple of health and the temple of books were neighbours
The title of this post is taken from a piece of writing by the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. I was reminded of it in reading a recent perspective of Dr Margaret McCartney: … Continue reading The temple of health and the temple of books were neighbours
Who taught you all that?
I was taught to “Defeat Depression”. I was taught that I was “objective”. The following are passages from Tomas Tranströmer and Albert Camus:
What story might you create: Skeldon House Lodge
I have always been drawn to gates and openings. I am sure that I am not alone in feeling the thrill of the landscape’s invite: the approach, the anticipation of … Continue reading What story might you create: Skeldon House Lodge
It was the singing
One of my favourite poems is ‘Two Girls Singing’ by Iain Crichton Smith: I have wondered if Julian Barnes had read this poem before writing ‘Metroland’? Here the poet Tomas Tranströmer … Continue reading It was the singing
Driving the wrong way through history
This film is about Charles Brand Ltd, Dundee. This company demolished, or partly demolished, much of the ‘built history’ that still survived in Scotland in the 1950s and 1960s. Not … Continue reading Driving the wrong way through history
Every person
This is from a poem by Tomas Tranströmer.