Linden Dreaming

Over on James's blog, he talks about interconnectedness. It reminded me of a piece of artwork that hangs in Linden. I'm afraid I took this picture of it in its glass frame so it's not very clear but you should be able to get the general idea.

One of the artists from Linden painted this. It's called Linden Dreaming and, in aboriginal art form, it tells the story of Linden's history through places and people associated with it. I'm trying to remember the details because it was done a few years ago, but the dots represent people and meeting places and the way they are linked.

In the bottom left-hand corner you can see the shape of Mumbles Head and the lighthouse sticking into the sea. Linden itself is the big yellow blob in the grey blob on the left. The big grey blob on the right is the city and you can see the way the lines go out into the sea showing how people have left and headed out in all directions.

Thanks to the wonder of the internet, the links from Linden, and from each of us, radiate much further.

The artist is called Nigel Mason and he works in glass and stone too. He also makes digeridoos and plays all sorts of pipe instruments. And he wears sandals in all weather.

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