Trapped - # 08/90

The concept of Resurrection is powerful stuff, but the idea of Ascension goes even further. Ascension Day is an important festival in the mind of "Old Europe", and perhaps this is rightly so.

Regardless of sectarian faith, Ascension must surely appeal to all of mankind. The opportunity to ascend out of the clutches of whatever seems to hold us back is something we all crave.

Urban life is wonderful for some and a retarding drudge for many. It has robbed us of the benefits of many natural instincts and dis-empowered many to care for themselves because they have come to rely on "the system" or "government" to provide. That's only half the story, because living in a desert land without civilisation is also not much fun.

Anyway..........whatever/whoever you are: Happy Ascension - may you achieve yours.

Townscape 20 May 2007 - # 129

11.45 on a Sunday; glance down the street and you see it: a fine combination of nature and man made, earth and sky, vegetable and mineral, organic and hard formed. I love the way these roof angles fold together and the way that the architects of the modern building in the foreground have sensitively matched it with the 1890's/1900 structures behind. The colour of the roof slates harmonises well with the remarkable sky tones, and the green trees hold it in a comfortable frame.