In Pursuit of Spring: Final Words
A journey (now complete) on my camper-van-camino from the Scottish Highlands to Cornwall. Each day, I’ll write a short post and produce a watercolour drawn from the day’s experiences.
genius loci digest
This digest revels in the in-between, the transitional, the presence of absence. My camera with its dials and knobs and sharp focus has taken me into the blur of things. It has taught me that because things can't be measured it doesn't mean that it isn't there. The spirit of things, the essence of our places is as real as my shutter button.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 27 Feb 2026
In Pursuit of Spring Special Edition - Part One
In Pursuit of Spring - Field Note
A journey (now complete) on my camper-van-camino from the Scottish Highlands to Cornwall. Each day, I’ll write a short post and produce a watercolour drawn from the day’s experiences.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 20 Feb 2026
In Pursuit of Spring Special Edition - Part One
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: Friday 13 Feb
Through the journey, this long apprenticeship will gather into something shared. Threaded through it all will be Edward Thomas reminding us how even in the deepest winter hope springs eternal.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: In Pursuit of Spring
By the end of this journey - what will it know of me?
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 30 Jan 26
And thus I have found myself in a career where attentiveness is a necessary prerequisite. In the years since I started out, something has gradually washed over me - and through me - like wine through water.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 23 Jan 26
All of this sits with me as I walk on through the rain towards St Bartholomew’s. What is it with the veneration of old bones? Perhaps we’re not seeking proof at all, but orientation – a way of touching the values Alfred’s story seemed to hold.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 16 Jan 2026
This little place that looks like a house stands as a marker in Britain’s incremental movement towards toleration.