Battlefield the Beautiful: Grey skies

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Grey skies

Grey skies can be beautiful. I can think of skies in paintings by the Dutch 17th century artist Jacob Ruisdael for example. But these are beautiful because we are not subject to them all day every day for a week. That and not having to walk about under them.

Jacob Ruisdael (1628-1682)

The snow has gone, leaving the ground looking sodden and dingy. Spring is a long way ahead and the nights continue to be long. What are we waiting for?

Those signs gradual at first and then coming in a rush. We wait on Spring like no other season.

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WELCOME

I began this blog in order to have a say in the future of a piece of open ground close to my home in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Using this humble area of 'green space' with it's view across the city as a sounding board for thoughts I have had for most of my adult life about how our built and informal environment comes together; how the places where we live need to be cherished for what they are rather than disregarded for what they are not.

Now, in 2010, I am branching out to include other parts of the city where I live and use daily.

My approach is simply that of a reasonably intelligent spectator; one who may at times be plain wrong but, hopefully, more often just frustrated. Between those twins I hope also to record my affection for and draw attention to what is too little considered; the beauty of ordinary places.