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Through fence and over field, to beyond the hem of trees.

Posted on 24/12/2012 by

through fence and over field – to beyond the hem of trees. ♦ Thanks to all who have taken time to read any of the postings this year. It has been much appreciated and a delight to interact with so … Continue reading →

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Soundtracks of 2012

Our soundtracks of 2012 have been characterised by works of substance: – the long take and the inner journey – sounds captured at the threshold of perception – sounds that affect the body – sounds to dwell in – sounds … Continue reading →

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On Samhain

Posted on 31/10/2012 by

The moon gazed on my midnight labours, while, with unrelaxed and breathless eagerness, I pursued nature to her hiding-places. Mary Shelley at the cusp of light and darkness through veil of in-world and out-world they arrive. ~~~ And if in … Continue reading →

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Berlin dérive – Tiergarten

Posted on 25/04/2012 by

Not to find one’s way around a city does not mean much. But to lose one’s way in a city, as one loses one’s way in a forest, requires some schooling. Walter Benjamin awaken, to the spooling thread of a … Continue reading →

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Of Walking in Ice – Werner Herzog, Kenneth White and Liminal Pilgrimage

Posted on 29/03/2012 by

If I actually make it, no one will know what this journey means. I’m following a direct imaginary line. Werner Herzog’s Of Walking in Ice is arguably one of the great texts of existential walking and pilgrimage.  A short diary, … Continue reading →

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Observation

Posted on 29/03/2012 by

Slightly incongruous to be re-reading Werner Herzog’s Of Walking in Ice whilst we all wallow in the sunshine this week.  A bit like walking around with an ice-cube in my pocket as Edinburgh metamorphoses into an outdoor theatre and city … Continue reading →

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D e e p – T y p o g r a p h y – Lines of Travel

Posted on 14/03/2012 by

e d g e l a n d s é e d r v i t r s a a v g i p i l g r i m a g e Now Playing:  Marilyn Crispell – Gaia

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D e e p – T y p o g r a p h y

Posted on 14/03/2012 by

d e e   y p t o   g a p r h y With apologies to Deep Topographers Nick Papadimitriou and John Rodgers! Anyone unfamiliar with their podcasts of ‘wayward topographical rambles’ is highly recommended to check them … Continue reading →

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Rosyth Edgelands Dérive

Posted on 09/03/2012 by

We are in dangerous territory, walking westward out of the town of Rosyth, along the A985, one of ‘Britain’s killer roads’.  This arterial incision into the connective tissue of the Rosyth edgelands is to fully engage with the disruptive polarities … Continue reading →

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Sounds of Spaces and Places – Week ending 26th February 2012 CE

Posted on 26/02/2012 by

I hint of filigree, a thread of presence folds into darkness. Like draped silk, a whisper of air folds into silence. there…/…not there. II Sounds like Ed Blackwell, and Max Roach are gi’en it laldy in the park’s municipal bin. … Continue reading →

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