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LET THERE BE LIGHT!
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And (after quite some time) there was light…
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Some days in winter and spring, when I know it’s going to be a cold clear morning, I feel the urge to nip up to the top of the hill in our local park in London to watch the show that unfolds there. It’s different every time, although the actors are often the same. There’s an anticipation of how the light will play out and present itself. To me, a standing stone in an open field, the evolution of dancing colours brings me alive, as people cut through the park to get to where they’re going. Minutes later, I come back down the hill colder, but warmer, and usually with a smile on my face. Hello morning...
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My brother gave me the book Thirty-Two Words for Field by Manchán Magan this Christmas. It’s a book that I had been expecting to cross paths with. I've come to understand how rooted in landscape the Irish language is - a realisation of something I've always known. And in the opening pages, he talks about the 4 stages of sunrise embedded in his native Gaeilge tongue. An ancient thread to eyes and heads and hearts that came before us, watching that very same show.
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And sure if you ever have a chance to catch the sunrise over the lush green hilly landscape of County Down in Northern Ireland, looking southeast to the Mourne Mountains, you’ll see what he was on about. When I’m back there - back home - my cousin and I have often got up early and on up the wee road to the top where a large stone was placed long long ago (fadó fadó!) - now sitting right in the middle of a field. And there I’ve seen, and wondered and absorbed the most spectacular of shows, with actors that seem to be cut from a different cloth...
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How's the show where you are?
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Oh - and thanks to all of you who got in touch following the last issue. Your encouragement means a lot to me and it very much appreciated! More on that soon…
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