Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 6 Dec 2024
Despite our darkest selves, through the time-sieved collective, we can’t help but express the essence of what it means to be human.
ways of seeing
In the late 1990's I had a breakdown that ultimately led me, through a journey that took me away from depression, to a new career in photography. What made all the grit of the dark days worthwhile was that I was left with something that felt like a pearl - a new way of seeing and interacting with things - more sensual, emotive and visual. These posts explore different ways of seeing and experiencing our world.
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📍Loci: The Threshold
I know it all sounds a little odd, and men don’t usually talk about these things, but I feel that what happened to me during that time was miraculous, and miraculous things should be shouted from the rooftops.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 27 September 2024
Relief washes over me—something new to explore, a welcome distraction from the mental clutter of the morning’s news.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 20 September 2024
And there are rumours that the synchronicity that sprang from the Roman temple inspired the medieval scholar Alcuin to build the Alma Sophia (Holy Wisdom) here.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 26 July 2024
I know it all sounds a little odd, and men don’t usually talk about these things, but I feel that what happened to me during that time was miraculous, and miraculous things should be shouted from the rooftops.
📍Loci: Evocation of Place
Refined Reflections: The Best of Genius Loci
📍Loci: Contre-Jour
Refined Reflections: The Best of Genius Loci
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 12 April 2024
It’s difficult to explain, but my eyes seem to act like cruise missiles - spotting a potential target and then locking onto the detail.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 5 April 2024
In the hope that they help others unburden and renew as much as they have for me it gives me the greatest pleasure to present - in the spirit of Hokusai - my Thirty Six Views of Beverley Minster.