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ways of seeing
In the late 1990's I had a breakdown that ultimately led me, through a journey that took me away from depression, to a new career in photography. What made all the grit of the dark days worthwhile was that I was left with something that felt like a pearl - a new way of seeing and interacting with things - more sensual, emotive and visual. These posts explore different ways of seeing and experiencing our world.
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 26 Sep 2025
Your poets saw darkness here, and nothing more, but in the cerulean sky we are mirrors catching the sun.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 19 Sep 2025
If an alien did walk these rooms, it might wonder whether human beings build in a fever-dream of fragments
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 12 September 2025
This is how the masons who built this place would have seen it – and now this realm of rarified air, this dwelling place of angels, is soon to be joined by a humbled human being.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 5 September 2025
A little church in Warwickshire - a place beyond the ratings.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 15 August 2025
Here in Paris, with his work all around me, I feel the cataracts of modern life thinning...
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 1 August 2025
Part of the joy I feel as I sit with a vin rouge, watching life ripple through the square, is a deeper sense of connection and gratitude
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 25 July 2025
That moment got my cognitive juices flowing. I began to wonder: if a single face could hold such depth, what might happen if I tried to capture it line by line in my sketchbook?
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 11 July 2025
What we all realised today is that our high streets are not just places to shop – the buildings that line them are repositories of memory. They tell stories about the people of the past: what we loved, how we coped, how we engaged with the world.