tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post3185828922594742052..comments2023-09-24T09:46:20.734+02:00Comments on Magic Lantern Show: Abbaye de Vauclair . . .Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-19460830496753925072012-03-03T16:58:11.368+01:002012-03-03T16:58:11.368+01:00THis is a moving series Owen. I hope perhaps you&#...THis is a moving series Owen. I hope perhaps you'll take me there some day.<br />VVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01152464973355194995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-56463417923952170562012-02-24T18:54:51.298+01:002012-02-24T18:54:51.298+01:00LOVE love love those old ruins... Nothing even rem...LOVE love love those old ruins... Nothing even remotely close to that where I love...Pat Tilletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699973774273291205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-43937287835979582022012-02-23T14:11:25.437+01:002012-02-23T14:11:25.437+01:00Beautiful and quiet and solemn, these photos. I sa...Beautiful and quiet and solemn, these photos. I sat with every one of them for a moment, and listened for what it had to say. I heard no words, but I heard everything. Sometimes more is spoken in silence than in words.<br /><br />NevineNevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-75344810817063735362012-02-21T19:14:28.287+01:002012-02-21T19:14:28.287+01:00As a North American citizen it's hard for me t...As a North American citizen it's hard for me to imagine walking through ancient ruins as if out for a walk in the park. Even in their destitution and destruction they retain such haunting beauty; to say nothing of the intricate textures, manmade and natural, to be discovered therein. The soldier's crosses leave me with a feeling of sadness and futility, in spite of the glorious greeness of the well-manicured grass. The heart-shaped lichen resembles the sorrow that covers one's heart when contemplating why such places--soldiers' graveyards, ruins of glory--exist.<br />Be well.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-59356581491622767902012-02-21T10:36:08.733+01:002012-02-21T10:36:08.733+01:00What a wonderful collection of images Owen...stunn...What a wonderful collection of images Owen...stunning and sad in many ways, but also beautiful.ALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431853015053290829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-82209604023140983862012-02-21T04:17:06.013+01:002012-02-21T04:17:06.013+01:00These images are heartbreakingly chilling... I thi...These images are heartbreakingly chilling... I think you are brave to visit, document and thoughtfully review such places.Stickup Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028394186285973772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-52467228072192484362012-02-20T12:28:45.907+01:002012-02-20T12:28:45.907+01:00I believe that the lichen heart on the abbey stone...I believe that the lichen heart on the abbey stone resumes perfectly your (shared) feelings about all this!PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-53326225815278497602012-02-19T10:26:53.323+01:002012-02-19T10:26:53.323+01:00another great sequence of weathered stone....another great sequence of weathered stone....Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255193476024745869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-4343889076911504812012-02-19T09:51:49.708+01:002012-02-19T09:51:49.708+01:00Makes you see how both how ridiculous and noble ma...Makes you see how both how ridiculous and noble mankind can be all at the same time.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-5228799451211794292012-02-19T09:17:17.621+01:002012-02-19T09:17:17.621+01:00It seems to me too that wars fought with God's...It seems to me too that wars fought with God's apparent approval have always been exceedingly rough on His houses.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-87232622414884162272012-02-18T22:32:14.635+01:002012-02-18T22:32:14.635+01:00Owen many thanks for sharing these images.. It'...Owen many thanks for sharing these images.. It's only sites like these that can make the mind comprehend the numbers slaughtered in WW1theconstantwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06243294919370970037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-17812627129838396792012-02-18T20:51:40.326+01:002012-02-18T20:51:40.326+01:00Another wonderful, poignant and thought provoking ...Another wonderful, poignant and thought provoking set Owen. War is misery and idiocy and coutless other descriptions. Thankfully there are those who survive our histories to live and love anew.<br /><br />Thanks.Alistairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667242161539996736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-31721058481841240342012-02-18T20:51:35.721+01:002012-02-18T20:51:35.721+01:00Yes, 'the idiocy of war'...we all know it ...Yes, 'the idiocy of war'...we all know it to be so, but our masters do not. <br />This could be because they will not be fighting, just despatching the children of the poor to do their dirty work and to take the damage.<br /><br />Superb photographs....which left me feeling sad. As they should.the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.com