Tag: light
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Picture It
It’s my son’s nineteenth birthday today. We sat on the sofa last night as he opened presents, one of which was a book of routes up Scottish mountains, and he said he’d recently stood in Glasgow bus station and felt the west coast wind rush at him, willing him to get on the waiting bus…
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52and40/11 Dissolving Disasters
My friend had been wondering what to inscribe on a piece of pottery. She found her answer through Google: ‘Better to light a candle than curse the darkness’ Beautiful, isn’t it? The kids and I have talked lots recently about ideas around either being part of a problem or part of a solution. It almost sounds…
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52and40/4 Goldilocks Desk
The season so far’s been kind in Edinburgh. Underfoot the ground’s mercifully dry and the sun seems brighter for longer than in recent years. I’ve moved my desk to a window so I can soak up as much light as possible while I work. It’s made such a difference to feel connected with outdoors and in; from clouds,…
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52and40/1 The Importance of Good Lighting
Autumn has arrived and keeps inviting summer back onto the stage for another bow and enthusiastic applause. My thoughts are turning to putting the garden to bed for winter and revving up for draft 2 of my big writing project; editing workshops await (yay!) We moseyed with friends in Glasgow at the weekend,…
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52and39/47 Sky Takes The Soul
We chased the light yesterday, finding it first in Helena Emman’s incredible work from Skye in The Line Gallery at Linlithgow, then leaving it at the Forth. We stood at Port Edgar, freezing, looking up and out at a world of massive Lego sets, listening to the ba-doom, ba-doom of traffic crossing the joints on the road…
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52and39/24 Don’t touch that dial
The dial’s changed to summer, with intermittent cross-broadcasting bouts of cold spring and wet autumn filtering in. It’s still Scotland, after all. Wet pavements and foot-ways have changed from dark, splashy marl slabs or muddy, oozing foot puzzles to muted, boney hues. Shoes come home clean and dry. Jackets sometimes stay on the hook. Everything’s easier. …