Tag: writing
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Portrait of an Island : Lundy’s Evolving places
Walking with a book mobilises it, releasing the author’s words back into the landscape. Following Langham’s route from Millcombe to the High Street, this walk drifts between archive and anecdote, history and habit. It is a reflection on walking as a cultural practice, shaped as much by weather, work, and community as by the paths…
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The Mystique of Lundy’s Unique Landscape
Small Islands across the globe have long held a mystique, sometimes becoming sites of religious, spiritual or supernatural exception. Johnson, H., (2024) I read an article by Henry Johnson (2024) about religious or spiritual places. It made me think about how Lundy doesn’t show itself as a spiritual place. It doesn’t announce itself in the…
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A Walk Through Lundy’s Historic Quarries and a link to Portland, Dorset.
On Summer days, when the sun sits high and clean above Lundy, the island glows. The granite shines, Mica and Feldspar glinting black and white. It is the quality of this granite that led to the creation of the Lundy Granite Company in 1863. Although there is little sun today at the end of November.…
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Lundy’s Mystical Fog: A Weather Experience
Life on Lundy Island in fog: walking, swimming, delayed travel and historic shipwrecks, showing how weather defines the island experience
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Adapting to Island Life: Embracing Winter
A reflective account of coming back to Lundy as winter approaches, shaped by cold-water swimming, storms, harvest food, and the island’s changing pace.
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Celebrating National Letter Writing Day from Lundy Island
“Celebrating National Letter Writing Day from Lundy Island—postcards, geocaches, and the 80 Postcard Project meet global connections through Postcrossing.”
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Exploring Art and Nature at South West Point
The photograph of Peter Sharkey and Joe Parker at South West Point inspired reflections on art, recalling Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog and Anthony Gormley’s Daze IV sculpture. The latter, positioned on Lundy, symbolizes a watchful figure over sailors. Daze IV’s temporary presence on Lundy remains a poignant memory.
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Connecting with Nature Through Poetry
Often on the participatory walks that I lead, include the reading or writing of poetry, as way of connecting with the landscape. This is not a new concept, many of the great poets of the 18th century; Wordsworth, Coleridge and Blake strode across the landscape writing romantic poetry. Writing Poetry The forom of poetry we…
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Lundy walking scores
As part of my MA in Fine Art, I’m delving into the sensory connections we form with places through the simple act of walking. This project, in particular, revolves around the concept of following “scores” – participatory instructions designed to offer fresh perspectives on engaging with Lundy. Even if you’re a regular visitor to Lundy,…
