But it was a dreich day when I came down the garden to my studio this morning. So, to stay in keeping with the brightening day, I have decided to put up a few more of those colourful metallic “canvases” I have snapped recently.
Today I will work some more with the sounds I have been recording from this material but here, in the meantime, is a snippet. What does it sound like to you?
This metallic canvas is Turner-esque in the violence of the storm – but I did nothing, just took the photo!
The texture . . .
. . . and vibrance of the colour amazes me.
I love it but . . .
. . . it’s just . . .
. . . an old freezer . . .
. . . destined for the scrap merchant.
Of course, it should never have been burnt, but it has provided me with some interesting material to play with and add to my collection of metal (weird, I know). I shall be recording some of sounds it can make soon. Anyone interested can listen to my metallic sound collections on SoundCloud here and here or click below. If you can’t see the sound files below, please visit the blog page.
The last clip in this first set is the best!
Is this a satellite view over a coastal estuary?
Is this a satellite view over a rocky coastline?
Have we zoomed in on GoogleEarth?
What part of the world might this be?
Check in tomorrow to know more! No direct tags today to give away the game 😉
If you have the answer, which one do you think is the greatest giveaway? Just comment 1, 2, 3 or 4 so as to keep at least some guessing.
Yesterday afternoon I had the need to get on top of things. Without going into details, the answer for me was to climb our local mountain, Graig Fawr.
Even on the lower slopes of the mountain you get a great view over the valley but as I climbed higher this view got better and better. Skylarks twittered above me and I got a good close view of a pair of Red Kites. Up on top the wind was exhilarating and, at least momentarily, my troubles were blown away. Seeing the land and the weather on this scale has a tendency to put other issues into perspective.
Despite its name (fawr means big in Welsh), the mountain is only small but for all that you get a great view over four or five counties in South Wales. I had deliberately not taken my cameras or sound kit as it was the walk and the climb that I needed. However, I couldn’t resist taking one or two shots on my phone. I have not produced a StillWalk on Graig Fawr yet but I think that time is coming soon.
Graig Fawr
Graig Fawr Triangulation Point
Looking to Carmarthenshire
Light and Dark Over Wales
Next to the Anish Kapoor sculpture, “Tenemos” (featured in yesterday’s post), are other “sculptures” which, although functional in their design, are fascinating and attractive in their own way.
The textures, colours and patterns of paint and rust are further enhanced by their juxtaposition with Kapoor’s work. And that, of course, is a part of the purpose of art – to help us see, understand and appreciate what is around us.
I wonder what it is like inside that crane?!
Tenemos and Crane
Staying with Swansea for today, check out the Tidal Logoon Project and see what you think.
http://www.tidallagoonswanseabay.com/film.aspx
It seems to me that these stones are an audience in the circle watching the tide –
Watching
– but really it is their balancing act that is the attraction!
Balancing Act
With each StillWalk I produce, I select nine or ten images as stand alone shots and make them available for purchase. These are two more from the “Coastal Walk” in Spring in South West Scotland. The photos are available to buy at PhotoBox.
The evidence would suggest that one of these headstones has been there longer than the other, but then again, maybe its just the result of the prevailing wind direction – or perhaps one had softer edges in life as well!
Twin Headstones (from the Old Churchyard Walk)
The writing on the stone