by Geoff | Jul 4, 2023 | Art, Artist, Chefchaouen, Fes, Marabout, Medina, Morocco, Ouezzane, Sufi, Wazzan
This post describes a continued interest in the role and relevance of street art, on this occasion in Morocco. I have visited Morocco on at least 6 occasions over the last decade, and for an extended period of time rented a house in the medina in...
by Geoff | Jul 1, 2023 | Glastonbury, Somerset, Travelling Community, Zig Zag Building
The Zig Zag building in Glastonbury had another Open Day today. ‘Built in 1934 and known as the Bauhaus by the Morland factory family who used it for manufacturing sheepskin slippers, gloves and coats. Left derelict between 1980 and 2013, it is now hosting...
by Geoff | Jan 27, 2023 | Dorset, Great Stone Project 2022, Quarries, Stone, Stone Circles, UK
Great Stone Project 2022 I have flirted with Portland for several years, journeying down most years to stay at the Portland Bird Observatory, and walking around its coastline and exploring some of its quarries without really committing to photographing the...
by Geoff | Dec 17, 2022 | FujiGFX50r, Somerset, Somerset Levels, UK, Weston Zoyland
A conscientious artist often revisits locations or themes for further exploration or development. I am guilty of revisiting cemeteries, cities, countries, landscapes and wildernesses in the hope I will be able to see something differently. ...
by Geoff | Dec 17, 2022 | John Fowles, Lyme Regis, UK
The ghost of the novellist John Fowles continues to haunt Lyme Regis. He lived in a large house overlooking the Undercliffe, the wild terrain which was formed following the regular landslips which occur in the porous cliffs travelling west towards...