The Genius Loci Digest has reached 2000 subscribers!
🎉 2000 Subscribers! 🎉
The Genius Loci Digest has now reached 2000 subscribers, and I couldn’t be more grateful for your incredible support. Thank you!
We’re witnessing an inspiring shift away from the fleeting nature of social media towards a deeper appreciation for long-form, thoughtful content from trusted voices.
David Houghton’s recent article highlights how the blogosphere remains a thriving space for genuine ideas and meaningful conversations, free from the influence of algorithms.
Together, we’re part of something bigger—a community that values real stories and uncensored creativity. Thank you for being a vital part of my journey, and I can’t wait to share more of my travels with you.
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To celebrate reaching 2000 subscribers I'm offering a membership discount on my most popular Parlour Tier.
Memberships provide a financial lifeline. In return, I give my absolute best to my subscribers. Your support helps keep the weekly Genius Loci Digest free and public-facing and helps support Member Powered Photography.
When I reached 1000 subscribers I sent a press release out, but to no avail. I really struggle with the promotion side - even on social media - I cringe when I post a 'call to action' out. I'm afraid I'm not that press savvy - not sure of the best outlets etc. Just wondered if anybody might be able to help?
If you know of any editorial contacts, or think a news outlet or magazine would be interested in sharing my story, I’d be incredibly grateful if you could pass along the press release below, or put me in touch with them, or share their contact details. Your support in spreading the word would mean the world to me and really help grow the Genius Loci community. Thank you. 🙏
Andy Marshall
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Your membership grants you access to exclusive content and supports my travels in Woody, the camper van, enabling me to share discoveries and offer Member-Powered Photography: free photography services for historic and cultural sites.
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My Journey Continues..
This Digest helps keep the past alive as a memory bank. Many of the answers can be found in the wisdom that sits in places, because buildings that survive from the past are the mouthpiece of history. In this Digest I tell stories about them and my encounters with them.
In these places I have found hope. Hope for our communities and hope for those that suffer from mental health challenges. There are ways of engaging with the world, new ways of seeing and adjusting perspectives, finding the sublime in the mundane, that have helped me manage and overcome anxiety.
Some have told me that they read every one of my posts and others have said that they like to ‘keep it around them’ to dip into for inspiration or renewal.
Ultimately, through my travels and stories, the Digest aims to provide insights, offering respite and balance, building resilience, fostering appreciation, and unveiling new ways to see and engage with our world.
CORE THEMES
Camper-van-camino and Culture
This is more than a journey in a camper van.
Our culture isn’t a sterile tick-box entity; in its most powerful form, it deepens our understanding of our world, helps provide a counterbalance to discord, helps us feel rooted, and can, at times, awe us into new directions and perspectives.
Wellbeing and Mental Health - Empowerment through Photography, Writing, Art, Architecture and Heritage.
I am the living embodiment of how the arts can help overcome difficulty and help engage others. It includes how changing the way we observe and connect with our environment can be transformative, foster resilience, and help bring about positive outcomes.
Andy Marshall
Photography and the Arts - A Fresh Perspective
A fresh perspective on the power of photography and the arts and how it can help tell us more about ourselves as individuals and as a society.
Respite and Counterpoint.
Somebody kindly said that my work was a respite in these modern times. One thing that I focus on is enabling the long view and providing counter-narratives to polarisation, engaging diverse communities through the lens of our built environment.
Travel and Discovery
They say that you should get to know one place and get to know it well. My travels are largely in the UK and focus on hidden gems and remarkable stories that are trapped within the fabric of our buildings like a fly in amber.
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