Monday 7 May 2007

Another exert - again Circlular Walks around Rowley Hall, Page 86






















Since St Ives overflowed with inns and chapels, it was as full of words as images and fish. There are, furthermore, words peculiar to the place which continue to fox incomers to this day, such as ' The Island', which is not really an island at all. That central feature of the place is not what it says it is worried visitors for years, and many ended up on Vera's couch. In consquence, reality has never been able to get a firm grip, not just because of the radiation, but because of a wayward native element. Those critics who blame artists for the unsettled nature in the area just do not know the locals. Vera even considered a total ban on art for a trial period, to see if it might recover. In her heart of hearts though, she knew otherwise.





















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