"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

10 July 2010

Fountains Abbey


There was something congenial to the season in the mournful magnificence of the old pile, and as I passed its threshold it seemed like stepping back into the regions of antiquity and losing myself among the shades of former ages.
- Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon

Wander here.

Hear it here on Track 9 (don't miss Track 12)

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