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Written by john scarland
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Monday, 29 August 2011 00:00 |
The past plays tricks with me.
Last February I visited Rochester Castle with my grandchildren, we looked at dungeons, we climbed the ramparts, from the tower we viewed the town, and the cathedral. I took a photo for it looked so grand.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 28 August 2011 07:57 |
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Thursday, 25 August 2011 19:14 |
 Torso - form
The recurring demands of a series of drawings from five years back forced some action yesterday. Having no beautiful hardwood blank to hand I quickly glued a great wadge of chipboard, MDF and scrap timber together and left it in the vice overnight,
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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 August 2011 19:31 |
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Friday, 19 August 2011 07:16 |
 In Praise of Sensory Perception
Sensory perception, or Empirical thinking, has lost out in our age. Discredited, seen now as base and unreliable, it is a far cry from those pre-renaissance days when it was regarded as a noble thing. This change tends to weaken our ability to be elevated in a seriou [ … ] |
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Last Updated on Friday, 19 August 2011 09:32 |
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Wednesday, 24 August 2011 10:40 |
 A frame for 'Figures at Mamra'
Last weeks post 'The waiting game' showed a picture with three standing figures, this work needed a title and a frame. Figures at Mamra worked for me as a title and the frame was already made as the previous post indicated, but in white lacked any connection to Mamra. [ … ] |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 August 2011 11:09 |
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:01 |
 Jacob Epstein and the Hudson Memorial in Hyde Park
London is very busy in August. The National Gallery was full to overflowing, I was glad to slip down to the basement to see the current free Exhibition 'Devotion by design', a beautifully presented collection of pre 1500 altarpieces. They came aliv [ … ] |
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