+ + + .ST: CLAVA TUMULUS
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+ 10 + : Date: 16.05.2024
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+ 1010101010 + Location: Clava Cairn, Inverness, The Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
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+ 10 Time: A summer afternoon to evening
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.-~ ) Weather Conditions: Humid and rainy and drizzle
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/:.:.____...---.\ Context: A multi-sensory research practice
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;:.+ . . . . .:; + a long one. took so long. worth it.
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;:. . . . . .:; + supported by gsa. thank you gsa. and thank you daniel.
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;:. . . . . .:; + The game boy. a friend.
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;:. . .: . . .:; . always walk 5 kilometres beyond. we did a good walk.
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;:. + + +. .+ . .:; . to clava tumulus. 4,000 years old. a stone circle in Inverness.
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+ ;:. . .+ .:; * the highlands and islands of scotland. a famous tumulus.
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+ ;:. . +.:; + - - - - + inspired the tv show. outlander.
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+ ;:.:/: - - - craigh na dun. the fictional name. but. that's not the point.
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8 A special house for the special deads.
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+ 88888 a beautiful roofless house. made by the bronze age society.
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+ 8888888 . + the point is the stone paths. the matrix. straight line to the sun.
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8888888 : + stones are aligned with the midwinter solstice.
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+ + 8888888 why? the astronomical alignment? the embodiment of unknown.
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. 88888 : . the queer flirt of stone and sun. life to deads. light to graves.
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+ ++8 + the point. dead is not end. the endless eddy.
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+ + + + It's muddy everywhere.
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* + + + my raincoat on me. My storm umbrella protect my cameras.
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+ ++ + : * . 888 daniel is recording the bird sounds. .
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* + + 888+8 people are speaking in the background.
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. + + + + : 88+88 the sun comes and goes. eddying around the architecture of the frozen music. :
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888 my eddying is based on the geometric pattern.
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becoming a drop of rain. that is the point.