Monthly Archives: October 2021

Ambivalent Auras – Comment

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Brian

I sent copies of Ambivalent Auras to the General Manager at Anglesey Abbey and the Director of the Museum of Classical Archaeology. I’ve received kind comments from the former (below) and await a response from the latter. Dear Brian, Thank … Continue reading →

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Reading Women 5

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Brian

Britta spoke this week on ‘the explosion of epistolary activity in the 17th Century’; and its appearance in Dutch painting as ‘a new and unique sub-genre’. People, most often anonymous women, are depicted receiving, reading, writing and dispatching letters. They … Continue reading →

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Traces of Erewhon 5

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Brian

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Wandlebury

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Brian

Unseasonal late September weather: half hidden highland cattle shelter from the sun in a sea of bleached grass.

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Coffee Stop

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Brian

Bridges coffee shop, Tuesday 19th November; I’m on my way to the ‘Reading Women’ class. Outside with a black americano and an almond croissant; it’s mild for mid-November, but a brisk wind rattles the awning overhead. I dip into Women … Continue reading →

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Reading Women 4

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Brian

Yesterday’s U3AC session looked at The Blessed Reader, images of the Virgin Mary, principally the Annunciation. The pictures included: the Simone Martini altarpiece, 1333, in Byzantine style; the Fra Angelico fresco from San Marco, Florence, c. 1435; a Veneziano predella … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Tree

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Brian

Arbutus unedo is a small tree native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe. Its fruit resembles the strawberry, hence the common name strawberry tree. The fruit is edible, but considered unpalatable, thus unedo. When used it’s mostly in jam, marmalade, yogurt and alcoholic beverages, such as … Continue reading →

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Traces of Erewhon 4

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Brian

An experiment with printing and scanning.

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Traces of Erewhon 3

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Brian

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Reading Women 3

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Brian

Women predominate in paintings of people reading. This reflects reading as a gendered activity: women read more than men, though whether this has always been consistently the case is unclear. The choice of women as subjects historically is not surprising … Continue reading →

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Reading Women 2

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Brian

I mentioned that I had signed up for a U3Ac course, ‘Reading women: Questioning image and meaning(s)’ in my post on 8th September. The first class was held yesterday and looks as it will give me things to write about … Continue reading →

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Booze in the Pews

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Brian

A church has decided to change its name from St Michael’s to St Mick’s in an attempt at attract younger people to the congregation. Perhaps we will soon see St Andy’s, St Maggie’s and St Matt’s. All Saints, St Ives, … Continue reading →

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Fen Landscape – Cottenham

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Brian

Fen drain, North Fen, Cottenham. Perhaps we should think of them as veins, not drains.

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Blue Rope Shredded

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Brian

Hanging rope, not barrier rope. Shredded rope, not binding rope. A swinging rope, a play rope. A rope of adventure, a rope of temptation. A rope that’s not just a rope, not a rope at all really. A suspended blue … Continue reading →