Tag: East Lothian
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52and39/39 Rise, Fall and Wonder
We watched the chimneys at the decommissioned Cockenzie Power Station being demolished on Saturday. They touched, then fell together. Years ago, a friend had two huge pieces of art in transit. Each was on chunky canvas, about two metres square. I loved them before I even knew what I was looking at. One featured a…
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52and39/29 You’ve Been Framed
I’ve been thinking a lot about framing, about context and how things can simultaneously be different things to different people, depending on how experiences are framed. Sometimes Edinburgh feels like The Truman Show. Boat times on Eigg were like that too. Ritual and repetition are framed scenes in touristy places, I guess. A good view nearly always…