Comments on: London before London http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/ Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast - Khalil Gibran Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Routes | Pilgrim's Moon http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/comment-page-1/#comment-5830 Routes | Pilgrim's Moon Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:29:17 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/#comment-5830 [...] earlier each evening, and the first frosts point to the depths of winter, I’m reminded of a visit I paid to a museum exhibition about prehistory. I read a poem there that’s been circling around me [...] [...] earlier each evening, and the first frosts point to the depths of winter, I’m reminded of a visit I paid to a museum exhibition about prehistory. I read a poem there that’s been circling around me [...]

]]> By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/comment-page-1/#comment-4592 Tess Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:21:32 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/#comment-4592 Thanks to all of you. I've had an email exchange with the exhibit curator since I posted this and he sent me the text of one of the poems they use in the exhibit. I think it's beautiful and I'll post it here one day soon. Thanks to all of you. I’ve had an email exchange with the exhibit curator since I posted this and he sent me the text of one of the poems they use in the exhibit. I think it’s beautiful and I’ll post it here one day soon.

]]> By: Andy http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/comment-page-1/#comment-4589 Andy Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:48:25 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/#comment-4589 I too love the thought of every hill and valley having a name and purpose. I think it would be easy to romanticise the past, as you put it, but I somehow think the very stark reality of living off the land, combined with the very real threat of starvation should crops fail, kept people vital in their spirituality. We can become so complacent, and be 'entertained out of our minds' so that we lose this vital connection. Thanks for the very real reminder to connect with our past. I too love the thought of every hill and valley having a name and purpose. I think it would be easy to romanticise the past, as you put it, but I somehow think the very stark reality of living off the land, combined with the very real threat of starvation should crops fail, kept people vital in their spirituality. We can become so complacent, and be ‘entertained out of our minds’ so that we lose this vital connection. Thanks for the very real reminder to connect with our past.

]]> By: Barney http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/comment-page-1/#comment-4558 Barney Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:12:33 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/#comment-4558 I loved the Museum of London on the one visit I've paid to it - it was truly fascinating. However, this exhibit, must be a relatively new one. I too love this sense of continuity with our past. I loved the Museum of London on the one visit I’ve paid to it – it was truly fascinating. However, this exhibit, must be a relatively new one.

I too love this sense of continuity with our past.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/comment-page-1/#comment-4555 Barbara Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:41:10 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2008/09/02/london-before-london/#comment-4555 Quite interesting, Tess. We tend to ignore the complex culture of our ancestors, consigning them to some cartoonish image (Fred Flintstone, Asterix and Obelix, etc.). They possessed as much intelligence and yearning for the meaning in life as we do. I love the lines you quoted above about every hill and path having a name and purpose that was passed down the generations. Quite interesting, Tess. We tend to ignore the complex culture of our ancestors, consigning them to some cartoonish image (Fred Flintstone, Asterix and Obelix, etc.). They possessed as much intelligence and yearning for the meaning in life as we do. I love the lines you quoted above about every hill and path having a name and purpose that was passed down the generations.

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