Month: March 2024

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The significance of place

Do places become significant because of what happens there, or do things happen in places because those places have significance?

A photo of my desk with iPad, keyboards, pen, pencil and lots of notes on paper - plus coffee.

The weekend is a time I set aside for work on the longest piece of writing I have yet undertaken. It will become a book, and the papers and notes on my desk are all connected with research and planning the plotting, along with notes and text to be included.

The book is much more concerned with asking and considering questions than finding definitive answers.

The narrative tells a story of a journey through time and geography and Thin Places. “Thin places” is a term used in some cultures, particularly Celtic culture, to refer to special or significant liminal spaces. The question exercising my thoughts at this stage is:

Do places become significant because of what happens there, or do things happen in places because those places have significance?

I’m interested in your thoughts on this one….

If you have any thoughts, including experiences about the importance of place, please leave your comments below.

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You are never alone in the forest

My next linocut print will be based on Silver Birch trees. Today I started with some sketches in a sketchbook and then made a couple of versions in Procreate. The trees often look as if they have eyes so I came up with the title, after that I thought whether to add some eyes into the dark areas.

The next stage will be to draw onto Lino, carve and then print which will hopefully be completed over the coming week.

I’m really looking forward to seeing how the prints will work out.