Your lens has no shutter
The architects of the Observatory were inspired by “the geometric works of American artist Sol LeWitt and Antonello da Messina’s painting ‘St Jerome in His Study’. I’ve been looking at […]
The sharpest of edges
I am looking at this piece of agate, but thinking about flint (which is not so dissimilar in many ways, both are crystalline forms of silica). Flint is a feature […]
On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam
In an earlier post I wrote: “Josepth Amato in his book Dust makes the point that in the West our obsession with the very small over the past century – germs, cells, […]
Finding my voice
This afternoon was the opening for The Observatory project in Winchester and each of the three artists to be resident here, Isabella Martin, Sean Harris and myself, had to give […]
Finding my place
I have been trying to find my feet today in the Observatory; start to get a feel for the place. The overwhelming feeling at the moment is of floating: perhaps […]
Simply a thing of wonder
Today no explanations, no words (well, apart from these few!), simply a thing of wonder. Not sure about credit for the picture, but it comes from @TabithaPaterson, @FragHeritage with hashtag #Boxgrove
Cool to be sincere?
Do you find that books just turn up at the right time, quite unintentionally? This has happened so often to me that I am beginning to believe there the universe […]
Hermit on stage
Finally there: I have been given the keys to the Observatory. Its architectural raison êtré is clear. It is a beautiful structure; its intent expressed through its form. The charred wood […]
Into the ‘in silico’
Well, there is a first for everything, and today it is entering the world of Minecraft. I am researching possible ways of working for the Observatory project at the Winchester Science Centre. The […]
A place to rest
There is something familiar about this image. It reminds me a of a place to rest at the seaside, with your back against the rock, a little pocket of smooth […]
That’s it for 2014
What a year it has been! Not an easy year, but one that has included Quartet at Uppark, A Space for the Bittern at Waterhay and Passage in The Verne, […]
By the rivers of Babylon
Following on from yesterday’s post, I just had to quote you this from Thomas Huxley’s essay ‘On a Piece of Chalk’ (1868), because it is nothing if not ambitious: “A […]
On a Piece of Chalk
Not only did he coin the term ‘agnostic’, was instrumental in establishing scientific education in the UK, and through his advocacy of Darwin’s theory of evolution become known as ‘Darwin’s Bulldog’ (not […]
A Coccolith Odyssey
There are some single-celled algae that produce intricate circular discs of calcite inside themselves before secreting them onto their surface (see here) for…well, nobody really knows: defence? exchange? sheer delight in […]
X marks the spot
This is where the Observatory is going to be placed. Right next to the Science Centre (a structure that Dr No would have been proud to use at his HQ) […]
Between ‘in silico’ and a hard place
One of the many reasons for working with universities is […]
