Monthly Archives: November 2017

A Bridge That Divides

Posted on 30/11/2017 by Bobby Seal

A bridge that links and divides. Two nations, border country, and in my mind I’m so close to the edge. But fly-strewn water fills my mouth, and drowns all possible words. The water is warm and viscous, its whole surface … Continue reading →

Posted in Home | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The X-Site: Mendelssohn, Mustard Gas and Memory

Posted on 14/11/2017 by Bobby Seal

The most wonderful and the strongest things in the world, you know, are just the things which no one can see. Charles Kingsley – The Water-Babies   We follow the river upstream, pressing on further than we’d ever walked before.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Home | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Terence Davies’s Liverpool

Posted on 01/11/2017 by Bobby Seal

Cinema creates a loop that preserves memory, and through the artful use of music and unexpected juxtaposition, Davies communicates the intensity that belongs to those memories. The re-enactments of Children are transcended. Death And Transfiguration is a powerful and deeply … Continue reading →

Posted in Home | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment