Comperandum - Historic Graffiti in Buildings
A nod to Banister Fletcher: Historic Graffiti in Buildings
A nod to Banister Fletcher: Historic Graffiti in Buildings
If you listen carefully, there are nooks that still echo the sounds of people that toiled here once. They are sounds that reside within the nominology of place. It is a prose wrenched from the ice, grit and shale of the valley.
Each and every building in Lavenham has a story to tell, either within the pattern of the dragon post or writ large within a wall.
The Genius Loci Digests are the culmination of my journey - view them all here:
A nod to Banister Fletcher: The Foliate Head
Churches remind us of how normal people like us relentlessly hacked, carved, forged, daubed, etched and wove our way out of the unremitting labyrinth of threats to the human condition.
Instantly, I'm transformed by a few lines that offer hope in the darkest days
It’s that time of day where the sun reveals and conceals. Pockets of light pepper gnarled and ancient surfaces. At times like this I get caught between my urge to date and categorise and the unadulterated joy of enjoying the pattern of things.
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