Meeting this morning at St Annes with the Church Man. he let me into the church for a proper look around, which included the Crypt, fascinating and very crumbly. we talked some more about my idea.
The passing of time and people have obviously left their marks on the building, and if the project is to be more than a repeat of similar projects I have done before, I am going to need to engage with some of the faithful. happily the Church Man ( who does have a name, btw) can arrange this. If I’m to record the impressions made by the faithful, it does make sense that I include some of them. I took a few digital snaps just really to keep the place in my mind but the plan is to use my large format camera for the project. the next steps are for Church Man to sound out the congregation about participating, but he thinks that shouldn’t be a problem, meantime I have some more thinking to do….
It has all made me reflect on my musings on the feeling of home, although home is something we identify visually it is actually about something that is unseen: relationships, memories etc. You can be a Christian without going to church, but such a building gathers people together, again it is about the relationship and fellowship of the people who gather there. I really do need to try to articulate this idea better.
But anyway, at least I am doing something.. A book on my shelf has just caught my eye, The Fate of Place by Edward s Casey… I never did get to grips with it when I was doing my degree and tried to sell it on amazon… I have a feeling it’s calling me now….
