Full of Energy
Patrick Geddes, a long dead gardener, geographer and philosopher has been a guide for me in approaching the world. This film is for Patrick Geddes. Music credit: ‘Cosmic Love’ by … Continue reading Full of Energy
Tag: Vivendo Discimus
The Ormiston Yew
I visited the Ormiston Yew on Monday 7th September 2020:
In the middle of the Yew
My fascination with Yew trees has neither a beginning nor an end.
‘Stories we tell ourselves’
Tomorrow I am going to the bookshop to buy the latest book by Richard Holloway: Stories we tell ourselves. Richard Holloway is a regular face at the Edinburgh Festivals and … Continue reading ‘Stories we tell ourselves’
The Observer Magazine
A few images, some with editing, from the Observer Magazine of Sunday 9th August 2020:
Can be
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE can be both evidence and medicine if it includes: s u b j e c t i v i t y – there is no view from … Continue reading Can be
‘BUCKIE is coming out of its buckie’
Having visited 20 Main Street, Buckpool: I came across a building that caught my eye. On first sight it looked like a chapel. On further investigation I found that it … Continue reading ‘BUCKIE is coming out of its buckie’
Odds and Ends [a large selection of wallpapers]
This film is about diversity: how it is displayed and how it is ‘understood’. Some time ago I came across this long since abandoned Drapers Shop on the Buildings at … Continue reading Odds and Ends [a large selection of wallpapers]
the texture of time
This film represents a little of my visit to Edinburgh on the 6th July 2020. This film is for my mum. This film is also for Alexander McCall Smith and … Continue reading the texture of time
S Y M B O L I C
‘Real science’, it is said, should be based on what science considers credible. This is one of the ‘Rules of Science’, and is necessary if we are to quantify understanding. … Continue reading S Y M B O L I C
‘Hill of the Resurrection’
On the south bank of the sea loch that is Loch Fyne, above Newton Bay, is a small summit known in Gaelic as: Tradition (little more than oral recall) has … Continue reading ‘Hill of the Resurrection’