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Hanging around with some pillars of the community.

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Walking through the avenue of branches at the fascinating - if somewhat pricey - Andy Goldsworthy exhibition at the RSA.

I liked this installation, to me it suggested some religious, ritual path from our ancient pagan history, when spirituality was more tied to Earth cycles.

Or a setting for a British folk-horror! The two are not incompatible 😀

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Off to the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition at the RSA. Damned expensive, but heard good things, so decided to treat myself

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/andy-goldsworthy-fifty-years

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The Andy Goldsworthy show was even better than I’d hoped. The transcendent hewn from ephemerality, from decay, from instability and insecurity. I was really struck by the clear and urgent sense that some of his work will outlast us all, and some of it will fade in the autumn’s gloom. There are so many things I want to say about this show, but not enough words (or at least I don’t have the words!).

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✧ The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished ✧

The Combat: Woman Pleading for the Vanquished is an oil painting on canvas by English artist William Etty which is inspired by the Elgin Marbles and intended by the artist to provide a moral lesson on "the beauty of mercy". It shows a near-nude warrior whose sword has broken, forced to h...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Combat:_Woman_Pleading_for_the_Vanquished

#ViewFromABus : a couple of quick snaps from the upper deck on the way home this evening.

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