Sunday 13 April 2014

The Lakes, Blackpool and Stockport

Lake District National Park, I visited lake Windermere following the footsteps of Wordsworth, Coleridge commonly known as the Lake Poets.


''Still glides the Stream, and shall for ever glide; 
The Forms remains, the Function never dies;''
 William Wordworth


Travelling through the National Trust the tallest tree in Cumbria and the tallest grand fir in England standing near Ambleside.  As we walked along we looked out for the red squirrel and the red and fallow deer as we passed through the wooden countryside.


Windermere and the beautiful boat trips taking us the full length of the lake.  Looking ahead and as:

The waves beside them danced
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:-
A poet could not but be gay 
In such a laughing company: 
I gaz'd -and gaz'd- but little thought. 
William Wordworth




William Wordsworth spent a year walking the area of the lakes with Coleridge and his sister Dorothy.....

Blackpool and its famous illuminations:

Blackpool attained pre-eminence as a holiday destination after the post war periods. By 1920, Blackpool claimed around eight million visitors per year, three times as many as its nearest British rivals.  It is one of the busiest holiday destination that I have visited.



Stockport Atkinson Art Gallery:

Viewing the neon displays close to Emin's personal space.  Her work is a cultural phenomenon of contemporary society, where voyeurism and self invention plays an essential part.

These text based neons emphasize the personal nature of their commentary.


Emins work was a lead artist in work I exhibited at the Hastings College of Art and Technology- self portraits entering into the personal space of the artist.

 



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