tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post3438427558296954023..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Funky Font Makes Big Splash in SalisburyElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-31267217251938286882008-08-19T21:52:00.000-04:002008-08-19T21:52:00.000-04:00I was there in 1980, Fran (to date me---please? ;-...I was there in 1980, Fran (to date me---please? ;-) ---the trip was my high school graduation present). <BR/><BR/>I think it was mid-week. We (parents and I) arrived in the early afternoon, to find---Oh joy!---there was a concert in the Cathedral that evening.<BR/><BR/>Of all the places to hear Beethoven's Fifth, there are much worse places than Salisbury Cathedral, I can tell you...JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-23930704976606683292008-08-19T15:02:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:02:00.000-04:00I love the font. It's beautiful.Never can Nimbys ...I love the font. It's beautiful.<BR/><BR/><I>Never can Nimbys have been so nimbly thwarted.</I><BR/><BR/>I love that sentence, Michael Wright.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-81477062373865760062008-08-19T10:07:00.000-04:002008-08-19T10:07:00.000-04:00Nice addition. At 10' wide, will there be the opt...Nice addition. At 10' wide, will there be the option of total immersion for adults, or will the practice still be confined to ConEvo's?<BR/><BR/>Salisbury has had the bad luck to be stripped of ornaments twice, not counting the Reformation - once in the 1790's by the architect Wyatt, who cleared out a great deal of the remaining mediaeval "debris", including a 300'+ bell tower! (according to Wiki, Salisbury still has no bells), and again in the 1960's, when it was stripped of what the Victorians has added in their attempt to make good on Wyatt's house-cleaning.<BR/><BR/>Which rambling leads to the point that there's lots of space at Salisbury, and a need, in what is now an internally all-too-bare cathedral - for projects like this.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-92130019512958065772008-08-19T07:15:00.000-04:002008-08-19T07:15:00.000-04:00I loved reading this, ever interested in the inter...I loved reading this, ever interested in the intersection of change, of old meets new and what comes forth.<BR/><BR/>Plus it just looks really cool!<BR/><BR/>I am also reminded of a visit to Salisbury in 1984 and my awe at visiting the Cathedral.<BR/><BR/>Alas, these many years later in 2008, I find myself in that same position as you, Brian R and others, now that we have reached a certain level of life experience! Or age!<BR/><BR/>P.S. You are very kick ass-y.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-24468257285388512052008-08-19T01:03:00.000-04:002008-08-19T01:03:00.000-04:00Pye's creation is unlike any other font, anywhere ...<I>Pye's creation is unlike any other font, anywhere in the world.</I><BR/><BR/>Eye of the beholder, but this seems a bit of a stretch. Roman Catholics have been building "running water fonts" (in various shapes and sizes) for some time now (I assume other traditions have them, too, but the ones I'm familiar with are RC)<BR/><BR/>That said: it's lovely.JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-67168874745589839462008-08-18T19:29:00.000-04:002008-08-18T19:29:00.000-04:00Wow, Lindy, what an honor. Even my sainted mother...Wow, Lindy, what an honor. Even my sainted mother, who was a kick-ass-and-take-names-later kinda gal, would be proud of me.<BR/><BR/>Brian r - well, darlin', all I can say is that you've got friends in low places - including moi. I'm of an age that I never miss an opportunity to make that 'special visit to that special seat'.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-77744205374203789042008-08-18T18:22:00.000-04:002008-08-18T18:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for this. As a senior person who has proble...Thanks for this. As a senior person who has problems in that area, I hope it is really silent. The continuous sound of running water can have many people running out for relief. :-)Brian Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802352695666737088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-48005343493012810472008-08-18T17:51:00.000-04:002008-08-18T17:51:00.000-04:00I have given you an award on account of your great...I have given you an award on account of your great insight and right-on blog posts. You can pick it up over at my place whenever you take a notion to.Lindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662429826507775390noreply@blogger.com