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West Pier in Brighton is slowly collapsing into the sea.

An object found on the beach at Brighton. Inside the observatory on Mount Wilson, California

Brighton skies

Three paintings by Vilhelm Hammerschøj at Davids Samling, Copenhagen.

These two drawings are on the wall of the observatory on Mount Wilson, California.

The man who has been recording the movements of the sun through his sun telescope for the last

thirty years is no longer employed by the observatory, but he continues to go to  work every day

in order to continue his observations, lest we miss something.

Looking deeply into the human eye can reveal signs of disease in the body.

Looking deeply into the sun can reveal signs of ailments in the earth.

Golden mean callipers in use.

Once you reach the Golden Gallery in St.Paul’s Cathedral, 528 steps up, there is a small window in the floor through which you can see the floor of the dome below.

The Stone Gallery at St.Paul’s in London.

Ideas about how to enter a building have changed since Christopher Wren designed the cathedral in 1673.

 

The skeletons across the room from my writing desk.

An anomaly in the landscape can generate a new idea. I glanced at this book every day for a week as I walked along the seafront in Brighton last Autumn.

Rain soaked deeper into the story and a page was turned with each passing day,  perhaps an anonymous reader or perhaps just the wind.