tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853389714378964193.post3535884807022267119..comments2023-07-20T12:58:33.140+01:00Comments on Echo Soundings: Plugging InSarah Hymashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10575436459119208063noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853389714378964193.post-66782825329303942322013-07-23T14:08:42.745+01:002013-07-23T14:08:42.745+01:00yes, Lorna, I think it very hard not to romanticis...yes, Lorna, I think it very hard not to romanticise the older landmarks, but I also think it symptomatic of how far removed we are from our essential selves and how uneasy we are about this - seeking the other...<br />Sarah Hymashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10575436459119208063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853389714378964193.post-6549195608525976662013-07-10T08:27:12.636+01:002013-07-10T08:27:12.636+01:00I find it very tempting to imagine away the housin...I find it very tempting to imagine away the housing estate I live on, built during the Central New Towns project in the 1970's and go back to the older landscape I find on the maps, reimagining the fields and orchards, the blacksmith, farm houses, malt house and brewery, the old well and the mill, a landscape that seems to have so much more character. Even Heysham and certain malls whilst man made have character. How to relate to the seemingly faceless rows of suburban sprawl without picking out the remaining land marks and romanticising them?Lornahttp://lornasmithers.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com