online: 25 april 2016
modified: 25 april 2016
25 april 2016 monolith-empyrean
the sculpture so named and carved by Barbara Hepworth
in 1953... and now standing in a lawn with rhododendrons at Kenwood
House... perhaps my favourite work of art...
no comment
two or three rabbits hopping about between the large rhododendrons that
almost enclose the sculpture in an almost private place in this
landscaped garden (modernism at its best?).. and at my feet a
discarded daffodil...where i'm sitting on a classic modern chair (the
three-legged chair by Arne Jacobsen) brought here because of my (i hope
temporary) inability to walk and stand without rests... which has
brought me today to an excellent spot from which to look at Barbara
Hepworth's sculpture
a rabbit approaches... and tiny drops of rain fall on an improvised roof
over the screen of the i-pad... (another classic) on which i am writing
these words...
...back now indoors and out of the cold wind (unusual for april) and
amazed by the cleverness and utility of the clouds software that enables
what i wrote out of doors on a handheld to appear on a desktop computer
before i return home
i suppose none of these things is perfect but i think all are
refreshing instances of the simple belief that there is good in the
world...
next day
previous entries about Barbara Hepworth's sculpture are at:
16 may 2013 to a place that i like
24 october 2012 beyond science or fiction
9 august 2007 coincidences
7 december 2006 after a storm
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