Showing posts with label art and culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art and culture. Show all posts

Monday, 13 October 2014

Reflections of Narnia


A beautifully-sited mirror sculpture on Austvågøy in the Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Created by American artist Dan Graham in 1996

It is as hard to explain how this sunlit land was different from the old Narnia as it would be to tell you how the fruits of that country taste. Perhaps you will get some idea of it if you think like this. You may have been in a room in which there was a window that looked out on a lovely bay of the sea or a green valley that wound away among mountains. And in the wall of that room opposite to the window there may have been a looking-glass. And as you turned away from the window you suddenly caught sight of that sea or that valley, all over again, in the looking glass. And the sea in the mirror, or the valley in the mirror, were in one sense just the same as the real ones: yet at the same time they were somehow different - deeper, more wonderful, more like places in a story: in a story you have never heard but very much want to know. The difference between the old Narnia and the new Narnia was like that. The new one was a deeper country: every rock and flower and blade of grass looked as if it meant more.”   

C S Lewis 

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Bride

 
A Chinese bride having a photoshoot done at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing

Sunday, 20 April 2014

Saturday, 19 April 2014

Friday, 6 December 2013

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

UFO

Not really a UFO, but a granite sculpture in the landscape on the island of Bru.

Saturday, 31 August 2013

Wednesday, 14 August 2013

A Landing Place for Angels


This art-in-the-landscape on the island of Bru is called "Landingsplass for Engler".


Saturday, 27 July 2013

Saturday, 6 July 2013

Onesies

Popular Norwegian fashion for sale in the market.

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Broken Chain

The Alexander Kielland memorial "Broken Chain" in Stavanger

Sunday, 30 June 2013

Monday, 24 June 2013

On the island of Bru, this earth sculpture simply says "nå" meaning "now".

Thursday, 30 May 2013

Strawberry Field

The gate to Strawberry Field, made famous by the Beatles song

Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Eleanor Rigby

The grave of the real Eleanor Rigby, made famous by the Beatles' song

Monday, 27 May 2013

Penny Lane

The sign for the now famous street in Liverpool which the Beatles wrote a song about.

Monday, 6 May 2013

Paul McCartney's House

20 Forthlin Road

Sunday, 5 May 2013

John Lennon's house

251 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool

Friday, 19 April 2013

Cavern Club


The Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles used to play in their early days, still offers live music every day.

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Mr Whippy

This also warmed my heart - an original Mr Whippy ice-cream van, beautifully restored, fully functional and trading on the Albert Dock in Liverpool.