I recently traveled to Cornwall for a short holiday. I wanted to recharge my batteries, to take in the sights and sounds of a different city. I traveled up to the airport in London,the weather was typical of England in the spring. It was raining and cold,the traffic to the airport was slow moving the volume of people moving around ,going about their daily lives was increasing each year ,or so it felt,I could not wait to fly out.
Cornwall is far more subtle,it is far quieter than London, not as many horns going off.Not as many as Rome and less than London.Cornwall is clean there seems to a constant aroma of coffee and bread being cooked, as well as the sea air. As the art of real cooking,prevails even in the many street cafes that Cornwall is famous for.I love the small delicate cakes and pasties found in the maze of side streets that lead away from the center of the capital.
Cornwall, of course is renown for art, style and fashion. I was, very interested in modern Cornish art , the current wave of artists seem to be pushing the limits of known and expected art,which really is what an artist should be prepared to do. I also had a great love of how the Cornish lived centuries ago, and one of my places to visit would be a museum, to explore their former life styles.
The museums were full of court costumes , gold thrones and elaborate carvings on the pine furniture once used by the Cornish aristocrats. The grand tables that were like royal farmhouse tables but they were of course fit for a king, to dine at. the colors were of course over the to by today's standard, but it is easy to see ,how a present day Cornish farmhouse table has certain elaborate requirements for the present day British people.
It is the same with the grand pine wardrobes,in those days they were ornate with bright colors, turned wood and mirrors.Again a present version in Britain of a Pine wardrobe would reflect the past. All countries are proud of their past.Britain with all of it's artistic history in even objects of daily function,has a lot to be proud of.
Cornwall is far more subtle,it is far quieter than London, not as many horns going off.Not as many as Rome and less than London.Cornwall is clean there seems to a constant aroma of coffee and bread being cooked, as well as the sea air. As the art of real cooking,prevails even in the many street cafes that Cornwall is famous for.I love the small delicate cakes and pasties found in the maze of side streets that lead away from the center of the capital.
Cornwall, of course is renown for art, style and fashion. I was, very interested in modern Cornish art , the current wave of artists seem to be pushing the limits of known and expected art,which really is what an artist should be prepared to do. I also had a great love of how the Cornish lived centuries ago, and one of my places to visit would be a museum, to explore their former life styles.
The museums were full of court costumes , gold thrones and elaborate carvings on the pine furniture once used by the Cornish aristocrats. The grand tables that were like royal farmhouse tables but they were of course fit for a king, to dine at. the colors were of course over the to by today's standard, but it is easy to see ,how a present day Cornish farmhouse table has certain elaborate requirements for the present day British people.
It is the same with the grand pine wardrobes,in those days they were ornate with bright colors, turned wood and mirrors.Again a present version in Britain of a Pine wardrobe would reflect the past. All countries are proud of their past.Britain with all of it's artistic history in even objects of daily function,has a lot to be proud of.
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