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| St. Pancras Old Church and Gardens |
We live in and around some of the greatest places in the world. We huddle over our computers, we rush back and forth on errands, we commute to work and back.
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| Park and churchyard gateway |
Stop in a green space on the way home. Remember what trees look like. We might think we know, but when we see them all together on a wet day we suddenly realise they are strange and alive.
Be quiet.
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| Old drinking fountain |
Be quiet.
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| Memorial fountain and sundial |
Take pictures if you want, but put the phone in your pocket and look around. Walk slowly. Pause. Investigate.
Look at things with your eyes, not just with your camera. How green are they? How tall? Will you remember how green and tall they are tonight? How about tomorrow?
Why are there bars behind the windows? Is that a house or a church or an office? Is it important that we know?
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| St Pancras Coroner's Court (with public mortuary complex) |
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| Back of the Coroner's Court |
Do you still believe what you used to believe? Is it about the community or about solitude? You don't have to choose one or the other.
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| St Pancras Old Church |
If there are no trees in your neighbourhood, look at buildings. There are still small signs of life there, and mysteries to contemplate.
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| The Francis Crick Institute, with Paradigm sculpture by Conrad Shawcross |
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| Green spider on bollard at the Crick |
Quiet is a place in our head and heart as well as in our neighbourhood. We try to visit it as often as we can.
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