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“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.” Andy Goldsworthy is a land artist and photographer renowned for his ephemeral, site-specific installations made from natural materials such as ice, rocks, sand, and branches. Created with an acute awareness of the landscape’s inherent changes, his sculptures intentionally blur the lines between art and nature. Andy’s transient works are photographed only once, right after they’re created, and explore the passage of time and our relationship with nature, emphasising the impermanence of life and the continuous interplay between human creativity and the natural world.
A Pagan Viking Grave, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh
This is a pagan Viking grave, from a Viking and native cemetery in Orkney.
A man, aged about 30, was buried in a large oval stone. lined pit. He was dressed and his various possessions were buried with him: farming tools; everyday objects; a set of bone gaming pieces: a drinking horn; and his warrior's gear.
The body was covered with planks taken from a boat, with their iron rivets still fixed to them. The grave was filled with sand. At some point the remains of an older woman were buried in the same grave.
