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๐ The Freedom of Being in Transit One of the more agreeable features of my profession is that it requires a considerable amount of travelling. The English courts are scattered across the country, often in towns which might otherwise remain little more than names upon a map. I have come to
๐ The People We Used to Be ใใใๆฒณใฎๆตใใฏ็ตถใใใใฆใใใใใใจใฎๆฐดใซใใใใ The river flows without ceasing, and yet its water is never the same.โ Kamo no Chลmei, Hลjลki (1212) ๐ Returning to the River Over a year ago, after walking the Kumano Kodo, I wrote about Chลmeiโs river. I took its ceaseless flow
Three experiments in freedom on the Isle of Wight An island is an obvious place on which to dream of escape. Water supplies a boundary that appears natural rather than defensive; the mainland remains visible, but its claims seem temporarily suspended. On the Isle of Wight, within a few miles
๐ The Colour of Beginnings I have made these photographs of Rome slightly too golden. Not extravagantly so. The marble has not become amber and the skies remain approximately the skies I saw. But I have warmed them. Travertine catches a little more afternoon light than perhaps it did; interiors glow