Unfolding

Latitude: 51.4829 / 51°28’58”N
Longitude: -3.1662 / 3°9’58”W

Core Samples from HOWARD GARDENS, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0SP with Builders Line, Carbon Paper, Japanese ink, Charcoal on 300gsm cold-pressed cotton and lignin free cellulose acid-free archival paper 2005

Child go break off from the herd
go beyond the lowlands
leave the valley of shed antlers
the elders are sick
it is your time now

— ‘Listen to the Wind’, written in Adam’s treehouse
by Barnie McCormack, Bard of Craigencalt

Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides,
Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide
Visit’st the bottom of the monstrous world

— Milton
Lycidas

Digging where we stand

I must start where I stand. As children, we used to be told that if you dug a really deep hole, you’d come out in Australia. I think in some ways this is very true. If any of us dig deep enough where we stand, we will find ourselves connected to all other parts of the world.

— Alastair McIntosh (2001)
Soil and Soul - PEOPLE VERSUS CORPORATE POWER (2001)
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