continuing dialogues
of the memory palace
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Part of one of the few remaining structures of the Royal Maternity Hospital which stood on Rottenrow in Glasgow and which survived demolition of the hospital in 2002. This remnant shows part of the original entrance portico. Three long vertical windows are visible, two of which are completely filled with green ivy. The middle window is open to the sky, framed by the red sandstone structure.
np: Éliane Radigue — Biogenesis
witness
framing the formless
flow by
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Framed view of the Firth of Forth sparkling under an overhead sun and blue sky. The coastline of West Lothian is a horizontal line in the distance. The 'window' forms part of the skeletal wooden remains of a small lighthouse that stands at the entrance to Charlestown Harbour in Fife.
np: Robert Curgenven — framed by a threshold
form finds a hold
in golden light — cupped
out of crumpled air
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Yellow welsh poppy head illuminated by direct sunlight giving the appearance of a golden cup made out of of air and crepe paper. A smaller poppy head and two yellow dandelion heads are also visible.
np: Kaori Suzuki — Air Born of Light