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Labouradeg simant ha tredanva - Aberddawan
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Obair shaimeint agus stéisean-cumhachd - Aberddawan
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Oibreacha stroighne agus stáisiún cumhachta - Aberddawan
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Hormigoi-fabrika eta zentral elektrikoa - Aberddawan
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Cement works and power station - Aberthaw
Ger Glan-yr-afon / Llandderfel, Meirionnydd
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Efallai wedi ei adeiladu, yn rhannol, yn 1816. Y manylion clasurol mewn sment, 1909.
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Templ kozh an dizalc'hourien, marteze bet savet, evit lod, e 1816. Ar c'hinkladurioù klasel zo e simant, 1909.
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Former Independent chapel, perhaps built in part in 1816. The classical details, in cement, 1909.
Christmas gifts that I received for each member of what I like to refer to as the holy trinity of video gaming. Clockwise from the top: "Dragon Spirit" (PC Engine HuCard), "SimAnt" (Super Famicom), "Street Fighter II': Champion Edition" (PC Engine HuCard) and "Cool Spot" (Sega Genesis).
These fellahs are Simon and Lewis from the Yogscast. In their last video of the "elements" series they morphed into an ant an an ostridge. That's why I drew this. :P
I recently embarked on a massive cleanout campaign which uncovered, among many other things glorious and strange, a whole shitload of early-mid '90s computer stuff. We're talking Floppy Disk Central. A lot of it got tossed, but I did hang onto some of it, including SimAnt (aka THE GREATEST COMPUTER GAME EVER and source of many youthful memories for me) and these old school Mac stickers, circa 1994-95.
At the foot of a sculpture titled Neolithic Shaman at the Calanais Visitor Centre on the Isle of Lewis there is a quote relating a version of how the stones at Calanais, or Callanish were erected. The black men mentioned in the quote below come to my imagination as shadow folk, or dark beings. Their internment in the stones could be symbol of shadows retreating and regenerating as the light and warmth of the sun works brilliant bright daily and seasonal magic upon the site. This site of bright and dark contrast between the peat and the light shimmering stones is definitely tuned into to the illumination of the moon whose subtle shadow play may underscore the whole composition.
“Once there was a great King who was also a Holy Priest, he came to Lewis with many ships and in the ships were lesser priests and great stones and black men to handle them. It was these black men who set up the Circle. While the black men were so employed, many died and were buried with ceremony inside the circle. When the stones were all in place, some of the priests and the remaining black men sailed away, but the Great Priest stayed and with him lesser priests and he invited men from other Isles to come and serve him, and some came. The priests wore robes made of skins and feathers of birds, that of the Chief Priest being white with a girdle made from the neck feathers of mallard drakes, the other priests wore feather cloaks of mixed colours. The Chief Priest never appeared without wrens (or a wren) flying near him.”
Otta F. Swire, Outer Hebrides and Their Legends Hardcover, 1966.
Pictures and none quoted words Copyright PHH Sykes 2016
phhsykes@gmail.com
Links
Simant Bostock
Calanais Visitor Centre
At the foot of a sculpture titled Neolithic Shaman at the Calanais Visitor Centre on the isle of Lewis there is a quote relating a version of how the stones at Calanais, or Callanish were erected. The black men mentioned in the quote below come to my imagination as shadow folk, or dark beings. Their internment in the stones could be symbol of shadows retreating and regenerating as the light and warmth of the sun works brilliant bright daily and seasonal magic upon the site. This site of bright and dark contrast between the peat and the light shimmering stones is definitely tuned into to the illumination of the moon whose subtle shadow play may underscore the whole composition.
“Once there was a great King who was also a Holy Priest, he came to Lewis with many ships and in the ships were lesser priests and great stones and black men to handle them. It was these black men who set up the Circle. While the black men were so employed, many died and were buried with ceremony inside the circle. When the stones were all in place, some of the priests and the remaining black men sailed away, but the Great Priest stayed and with him lesser priests and he invited men from other Isles to come and serve him, and some came. The priests wore robes made of skins and feathers of birds, that of the Chief Priest being white with a girdle made from the neck feathers of mallard drakes, the other priests wore feather cloaks of mixed colours. The Chief Priest never appeared without wrens (or a wren) flying near him.”
Otta F. Swire, Outer Hebrides and Their Legends Hardcover, 1966.
Pictures and none quoted words Copyright PHH Sykes 2016
phhsykes@gmail.com
Links
Simant Bostock
Calanais Visitor Centre
www.callanishvisitorcentre.co.uk
At the foot of a sculpture titled Neolithic Shaman at the Calanais Visitor Centre on the isle of Lewis there is a quote relating a version of how the stones at Calanais, or Callanish were erected. The black men mentioned in the quote below come to my imagination as shadow folk, or dark beings. Their internment in the stones could be symbol of shadows retreating and regenerating as the light and warmth of the sun works brilliant bright daily and seasonal magic upon the site. This site of bright and dark contrast between the peat and the light shimmering stones is definitely tuned into to the illumination of the moon whose subtle shadow play may underscore the whole composition.
“Once there was a great King who was also a Holy Priest, he came to Lewis with many ships and in the ships were lesser priests and great stones and black men to handle them. It was these black men who set up the Circle. While the black men were so employed, many died and were buried with ceremony inside the circle. When the stones were all in place, some of the priests and the remaining black men sailed away, but the Great Priest stayed and with him lesser priests and he invited men from other Isles to come and serve him, and some came. The priests wore robes made of skins and feathers of birds, that of the Chief Priest being white with a girdle made from the neck feathers of mallard drakes, the other priests wore feather cloaks of mixed colours. The Chief Priest never appeared without wrens (or a wren) flying near him.”
Otta F. Swire, Outer Hebrides and Their Legends Hardcover, 1966.
Pictures and none quoted words Copyright PHH Sykes 2016
phhsykes@gmail.com
Links
Simant Bostock
Calanais Visitor Centre