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Why Myth? IV… Stuart France

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Gilgamesh is among the greatest things that can ever happen to a person.’ – Rainer Maria Rilke. Those of you with an eagle eye will have realised that next year’s Silent Eye, Spring Workshop has a mythological theme. It … Continue reading →

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Sleeping Giant…

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

…After watching the, again, somewhat recalcitrant sun-up, we decide to head back for breakfast via the cluster of, albeit haphazardly, positioned stones which we have come to call ‘the recumbents’. This is something of a risk, as we do not … Continue reading →

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The Makers of Fine Sticks ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Sue Vincent

If you belonged to a species that regularly threw itself off a cliff, you’d expect that species – or that tribe – to die out pretty quickly… Let’s imagine that there was an annual contest of head-beating with sticks, and … Continue reading →

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Why Myth? III ~ Stuart France

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …We do not pretend to be expert in Australian Aboriginal myth. We have probably in our whole life-time to date read only a handful of their stories. We have though spent some time in Australia crossing the country bottom … Continue reading →

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Why Myth? II ~ Stuart France

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…So, what is the significant act?’ ‘All the acts in the story are significant.’ ‘What is the story about?’ ‘It is about a Dust-Devil.’ ‘For the human body there are really only five significant acts: the first is breathing. … Continue reading →

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Father Bear… Stuart France

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Pentre Ifan * Which translates, ‘Ivan’s Village’ but was also formerly known as, ‘Arthur’s Quoit’. Another ‘quoit’, and only a few miles away from the last one. This seems, if anything, a little unimaginative. Or, alternatively, it could signal a … Continue reading →

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Baby Bear… Stuart France

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Carreg Coetan Arthur * Otherwise, ‘Arthur’s Quoit.’ Of which there are a goodly number dotted about our Blessed Isles. Which makes me wonder… It is hard not to regard this Arthur as a giant too. And indeed the folk record … Continue reading →

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Mother Bear… Stuart France

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Carreg Samson * With a total disregard for tradition we tackled our ‘just right bowl of porridge’ first . It is strange to say, perhaps, but this particular conglomeration of, once covered but now exposed, structured stone did not, initially, … Continue reading →

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Why Myth? ~ Stuart France

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* ‘…history became legend, legend became myth…’ What a pleasant conceit, to suppose that this process produces myth. Whilst undoubtedly true for many legends the process can also work the other way. Many legends for example have produced history. Pre-eminently … Continue reading →

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Green grow the rushes O’ II…

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* …If Tee’s study was the hub of intelligence, then Miss Hunnyfludd’s office, which comprised no more than a hastily compromised ante-chamber to its plush superior, was the heart… Thomas Welch was currently making himself at home in the heart … Continue reading →