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About robhunt510

Writer, artist

Background

Posted on April 15, 2007 by robhunt510

I want to capture both the moment of Europe now and catch the echoes of its many histories. Trace the threads of European culture, and investigate some of the ways it has been depicted by writers, photographers, film-makers, broadcasters, printers, … Continue reading →

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Another inspiration, for sure

Posted on April 14, 2007 by robhunt510

“And I think Chatwin spent a lot more time in libraries than he did on the road, and that is not a very glamorous thing to remind people of. But he spent years in libraries all over the world reading … Continue reading →

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Backwards Travel

Posted on April 13, 2007 by robhunt510
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September 1st

Posted on April 13, 2007 by robhunt510

SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 W.H. Auden I sit in one of the divesOn Fifty-second StreetUncertain and afraidAs the clever hopes expireOf a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the brightAnd darkened lands of the earth, Obsessing our … Continue reading →

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Dover

Posted on April 13, 2007 by robhunt510

DOVER August 1937 Steep roads, a tunnel through chalk downs, are the approaches;A ruined pharos overlooks a constructed bay;The sea-front is almost elegant; all the showHas, inland somewhere, a vague and dirty root:Nothing is made in this town. A Norman … Continue reading →

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About BETWIXT

Posted on April 11, 2007 by robhunt510

“The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half”. Fyodor Dostoevsky “Let us possesse our world, each hath one, and is one” The Good Morrow John Donne1609(Written … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 10, 2007 by robhunt510

Dover Beach The sea is calm tonight.The tide is full, the moon lies fairUpon the straits; – on the French coast the lightGleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to … Continue reading →

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