The past couple of weeks have been a bit hectic. Last weekend I spent Saturday in London, an annual trip arranged by a former colleague. This was followed by a long round trip into Yorkshire on Sunday to help relocate someone at short notice. This weekend I spent in York with family and a good (but tiring) time was had by all. Normally I would say that tomorrow I am going back to work for a rest, but I am currently in the process of learning a new job…
I have just finished editing and sorting my photos from my weekend away. So watch this space for more about my two busy weekends 
Tags: City Walls, Weekend away, York, York Minster
All that we are is a result of what we have thought.
Buddha (563 BCE – 483 BCE)
Tags: Bridlington, Cherie's Place Thought, Seagull, Weekend away, Yorkshire
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
Tags: Journey, Sunrise
My contribution for BlogBlast for Peace 2011:
Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth;
Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust;
Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace;
Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe.
Satish Kumar
To find out more, visit the the Peace Globe gallery.
Tags: Blog Blast for Peace, Peace, Peace Globe, Satish Kumar
Last Saturday I went on a day trip to London (more about the day soon). At this time of year it is a must to go and see the Christmas decorations in the windows at Selfridges. This year the theme seemed to be white and the windows didn’t grab my attention. Until I came to the window display pictured below!!
A giant snow globe featuring an Orchid sculpture by Mark Quinn. You may recall I posted about another of his sculptures that featured in an exhibition at Chatsworth last year. The orchid displayed at Selfridges is called “Geography of Desire” and sits amidst a swirl of snowflakes called “Blizzard of Desire”.
CNTV report on the sculpture:
The oversized flower is encased with white snow flakes, which, with the help of several wind machines, swirl around, creating the image of a permanently shaken snow storm. Called “Blizzard of Desire”, the art installation is part of the store’s Christmas experience.
Marc Quinn, British artist, said, “It’s taken one of my sculptures that I made of a flower called Geography of Desire, which is a bronze sculpture of a flower and then I put it in the window and turned the whole window into a snow dome and so you have this amazing kind of artificial blizzard, it’s something that you couldn’t really do any where else.”
Marc Quinn said, “They are great because they are very sculptural, they’re really sexual, but they’re still just a flower, I mean I never alter them. But when you make it bigger it just looks like some many other different things, its beautiful form, it just kind of links into nature in some way.”
Tags: Art, Geography of Desire, London, Mark Quinn, Sculpture, Snow Globe
