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The Eternal wrote: BuckyE wrote: Ah, that's a cogent and expressive post! Interesting that my "sense of place" is evoked by water. I could lie on a towel on a sandy beach by the ocean for days, mesmerized by the sound of the waves. Or sit next to a waterfall the same way. Is there, for me, something about the SOUND? The places we've been while seeking stones/barrows/tracks have pretty much never given me that same feeling of connection with the larger world. Odd. BuckyE wrote: ............Interesting that my "sense of place" is evoked by water. I could lie on a towel on a sandy beach by the ocean for days, mesmerized by the sound of the waves. Or sit next to a waterfall the same way. Is there, for me, something about the SOUND? The places we've been while seeking stones/barrows/tracks have pretty much never given me that same feeling of connection with the larger world. Odd. BuckyE, I know what you mean. I can lie in a tent by a gurgling beck, and be lulled to sleep, as I can whilst lying beneath trees in a fresh west wind in June. I remembe,r vividly, the sound of the waves on the stony beach at Etretat in Normandy, as I lay there, the sound hissing and rumbling all the while. I could have been anywhere, and the sound made me want to wander the earth forever. I also remember a particular sound that brought tears to my eyes - that of the wind in the trees as I wandered around the WW2 cemetery at Ryes, just south of Arromanche in Normandy. It's a small cemetery, and relatively unvisited. An old, faded photograph, framed, and placed leaning against a headstone, was one of the most moving things I have ever seen, and all the while the timeless wind sighed through the canopy above. Truly a sense of place. Maybe that's not everyone's idea of "sense of place", but I felt it strongly. Obviously, emotions came into it. But that's what "sense of place" is, eh? Cheers, TE. Reply | with quote |  30th May 2012ce 23:01 In reply to: Re: Sense of Place (The Eternal) |
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