The Ancient lighthouse

About this episode

The episode explores the imagery and imagination inspired by an ancient lighthouse and its surroundings.

It was ancient looking, so ancient from where he stood. He couldn't make out the shapes that were carved into the sides. Though he imagined they could have been of creatures that may have clung there over time. Mollusks, large seashells from sea snails that had been worn by years of sea and wind over the time. You could just see at the very top a kind of strange spike up into the air that looked like it had some sort of lump inside it of some description. It wasn't quite straight as if it had been handmade somehow. It was difficult to see from here. He wondered what it was used for. The lighthouse stood beautifully high above the small valley and the hillside leading towards it. Moved and swayed with the long heavy grass beautifully in the wind. Like ocean waves almost moving across the land sweeping up to the hill as if it was an invitation. As if somehow the long grass was inviting him up towards the top of the hill. Towards the lighthouse which somehow looked like it had been carved. With what looked like they were small, long, thin. He wasn't sure if they were windows or if they were holes that you could peer out of or were they something used to feel the temperature of the…

People in this episode

Host: Cullen Pope

Topics covered

• lighthouse
• ancient architecture
• nature
• imagination
• seashells

Keywords

• lighthouse
• ancient
• architecture
• nature
• seashells
• imagination
• wind

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