The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS April 13, 2024
Linda’s email arrived and she said :”Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: ends with “ound.” Find a word (or words) that ends with “ound” and use it any way you’d like. Have fun!“
So I was out on Thursday and this is what I found .
Sir Antony Gormley’s sculpture entitled “Sound II” has stood in the Crypt below Winchester Cathedral since the late 1980s. During the rainy months, the mysterious sculpture can often be found holding water in its cupped hands, silent in contemplation as the water level rises around him in the winter months. I took this photo on Thursday this week and this is what it said to me.
Underground I hear the sound of history as it mingles with the living. The constant footfall as people walk around in search of learning. It’s hard to work out which is which, the old the new the in-between. The noise of the workmen as they lay the groundwork for this building. They were too rash and built too fast a tower built in fourteen years could never last! I stand here spellbound listening to sound as it tumbles to the ground… How many died, the mistake compound , they have to build it again. It still stands, this sturdier place where now the crypt I grace. Pilgrims walked above as the Monks held their noses and tended to their roseries. Till the Henry’s men swept in changed the religion. They pounded on the doors they murdered and stole the riches. Later the roundheads came and defaced all they could touch, they rode their horses up the aisle and let their hounds run free. I feel it all and wonder who was hellbound and who was heavenbound. Too many thoughts my mind confound…. At night the history gets stronger I hear and see much more, sit with me a while and I will astound you.
Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Back in 2010 I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust. I will of been married 53yrs this comming year. I have found different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light.
My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and be as strong as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well.
I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits.
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25 thoughts on “The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS April 13, 2024”
Wow! That is very powerful, Willow. I didn’t know anything about this statue. Now I wonder how much it knows. Linda isn’t giving bonus points today, but you can have some of mine!
Thank you Dan there is so much history in Winchester Cathedral… I was astounded when I entered the crypt and saw this statue it’s so beautiful! It really blew my mind 💜
Like Dan, you slam-dunked the prompt Willow! I wouldn’t have expected anything less. 🤗
That is truly a mysterious statue, and a magnificent one to boot! The history you shared today is tragic and yet mesmerizing. How sad it is that so many sights you are able to visit in your country, and I’m able to visit here in the USA, cost so many people their lives.
It was an amazing sight and I was so lucky that it’s been so wet and the crypt was flooded and I got that glorious mirror effect..
Winchester is an amazing Cathedral and has so much history 💜💜💜
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Wow! That is very powerful, Willow. I didn’t know anything about this statue. Now I wonder how much it knows. Linda isn’t giving bonus points today, but you can have some of mine!
Thank you Dan there is so much history in Winchester Cathedral… I was astounded when I entered the crypt and saw this statue it’s so beautiful! It really blew my mind 💜
Photos, a scripture verse, a history lesson and a well-played prompt! Your post today has it all, Willow! Excellent!
Thank you Nancy it is such an amazing place and that’s a very potted history I gave you there is so much more !!!,💜💜💜💜
Excellent take sis👍👍👍
Thank you Sis it was a lovely day out😄💜
Awesome 👌
This one had my head spinning around
Like Dan, you slam-dunked the prompt Willow! I wouldn’t have expected anything less. 🤗
That is truly a mysterious statue, and a magnificent one to boot! The history you shared today is tragic and yet mesmerizing. How sad it is that so many sights you are able to visit in your country, and I’m able to visit here in the USA, cost so many people their lives.
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That the sad truth about man isn’t it Ginger there seems to be no history without blood does there 💜💜💜💜
Terrific, Willow. You absolutely nailed the prompt. That statue was new to me and thank you for the history
It was rather a potted history there is much much more to Winchester cathedral which has been there since 1079.💜
You nailed the prompt, Willow. More importantly, you shared a beautiful statue, perfect in water.
Thank you Jennie it’s a beautiful statue in a wonderful place 💜💜
Yes, it is. You are welcome, Willow. 💕
Thank you 💜💜
What a beautiful picture.
It’s an amazing place 💜💜
Amazing, Sis! 💛
Thank you Sis 💜💜
What an exquisite statue and your approach to the prompt is excellent, Willow! 💟
It was an amazing sight and I was so lucky that it’s been so wet and the crypt was flooded and I got that glorious mirror effect..
Winchester is an amazing Cathedral and has so much history 💜💜💜
It is amazing, Willow, and thank you for sharing.❣️
It’s a pleasure 💜