Category Archives: Monochrome

Glastonbury, Monochrome, Photography

Time

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A lot of what is going on in the world at the moment is weird. I mean plain WEIRD. In four short weeks, society has been turned on its head and it’s taking us a long time to get used to it.

There are lots of high impact, big things going on, but often it’s a combination of smaller changes, little side effects that build and build to screw with our minds.

While I know it’s not life shattering in the grand scheme of things, time of one of the elements I have noticed has changed.

I moved to Somerset from West Sussex in mid-February. It’s a move I’d been planning for a number of years, and everything had fallen into place for it to happen in the early months of 2020.

I was moving down here without employment and lucky enough to have a financial buffer to be able to not worry about working for a while. In effect, I have been in the fortunate position to be able to semi-retire.

The thing I have found since the move is that time loses its meaning. Days and weeks have quickly merged into one, and weekends have become almost meaningless. For the first time in about twenty years, I have had to keep a mini diary to enable me to track what I have been doing each day.

This has ramped up even more over the last week or so, since the lock-down really kicked in here in the UK. With shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants closing down and other places to visit – National Trust properties, museums, etc. – being extremely limited, the complete freedom we once enjoyed has been (understandably and rightly) restricted even more.

What I have found this has led to can be summed up very simply:

“I can do that tomorrow.”

For me, someone who very readily would look to ‘do today’, this has been really frustrating. I find myself running the risk of putting off simple things; well not even putting off, but delaying, ‘spreading the joy’ of confinement.

Trying to find structure in the time of coronavirus is increasingly becoming a challenge. Routine is disappearing, commitments have little meaning, time passes quickly, with little or nothing to show for it.

To take part in the current Mass Observation Project post on ISOLATION:

  • Take a photograph based on the theme of ISOLATION, however you want to interpret it.
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Architecture, Colour, Glastonbury, Monochrome, Photography, Religion

Lady Chapel, Glastonbury

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Lady Chapel, Glastonbury Abbey

The Lady Chapel lies at the western end of Glastonbury Abbey and is the most complete of the ruins in the grounds.

Built in the late twelfth century, it is a serene place to wander around, and its solid walls and crypt contrast beautifully with the open greenery of the Great Church.

We have a tendency, when walking around, to only focus on the big picture, and rarely stop to take time and really look at our surroundings. Hundreds of craftsmen spent countless hours to create, carve, paint and mould architectural elements we either take for granted or we do not see at all.

When you’re out and about, stop, take time to look around you and SEE what is there. Find the beauty in the intricate, in the insignificant, in the overlooked.

To take part in the current Mass Observation Project post on ISOLATION:

  • Take a photograph based on the theme of ISOLATION, however you want to interpret it.
  • Email the image to adayinphotographs@outlook.com by Wednesday 1st April 2020.
  • Images should be a maximum of 650 pixels wide.
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Colour, Glastonbury, Monochrome, Photography, Transport

Glastonbury Vehicles

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To continue the Glastonbury theme, here are a collection of vehicles seen out and about around the town…

Click on the images to see larger versions.

The beauty of the town, as I have mentioned previously, is its diversity. Where else would the Egg Man park alongside the Mystery Machine?!

To take part in the new Mass Observation Project post on ISOLATION:

  • Take a photograph based on the theme of ISOLATION, however you want to interpret it.
  • Email the image to adayinphotographs@outlook.com by Wednesday 1st April 2020.
  • Images should be a maximum of 650 pixels wide.
  • Include your name, website/blog address and a short note about the image, including where it was taken.
  • Come back and see the results on Sunday 5th April!