Looking Out at Stourhead

A day trip to National Trust, Stourhead, in Wiltshire, England. The iconic landscape view is the one everyone takes, but is no less fine for all that.

It was a chilly day with a strong northerly wind, although for the most part the woodland valley shielded us from the worst of it. Nevertheless, it seemed to be a day of looking out from within…

The windows of the gothic cottage are indeed bent inward, there is no distortion here other than by design, or at least circumstance.

The gardens are filled with grottos, which were popular at the time and were often presented with hired “druids” who lived within them for the season. Here is a vent into which the local landscape has moved. A garden within the garden.

From the same grotto, a view across the main lake to the Palladian Bridge, built in 1762.

Still within, looking out, but now within the tree and gazing at the sky through the branches…

Finally, looking inwards into our own subconscious and the drive to find faces within. the landscape! I’ve put the original beech tree shot below, because it’s beautiful in its own right, but what do you see in this mirrored version?!

#KnowledgeBit: #Maraya Concert Hall in AlUla, #SaudiArabia is the world's largest #Mirrored building, according to Guinness World Records. The building is covered in 9,740 mirrored panels.

The name Maraya comes from the Arabic word for "mirror" or "reflection".

https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/65b7ba4f08086d778bdcfb4a

Played around with a trail photo (from my forest walk).

[ Choices By #NikkiGiovanni.

If i can't do
what i want to do
then my job is to not
do what i don't want
to do

It's not the same thing
but it's the best i can
do

If i can't have
what i want . . . then
my job is to want
what i've got
and be satisfied
that at least there
is something more to want

Since i can't go
where i need
to go . . . then i must . . . go
where the signs point
through always understanding
parallel movement
isn't lateral

When i can't express
what i really feel
i practice feeling
what i can express
and none of it is equal

I know
but that's why mankind
alone among the animals
learns to cry. ]

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