No 27 Dreaming Place data sheet drawing
Archive for
Dec 31
Beleek, Belcoo, Burren…
Belcoo, Boho,
Burren, Butlers bridge, Blacklion,
Ballin Tempo, Belturbet, Boa Island,
Cavan, Cliffs of Magho, Crom, Cuilcach Mountain,
Dowra, Derryvore, Derrygonnelly,
Galloon , Gortatole, Glangevlin
Killykeegen, Knockninny,
Letterbreen, Monae,
Aisling
A girl with hooped earrings, a building, a close or a house. Aisling (pronounced ashling) is a beautiful name for all these. We asked people of Marble Arch Caves Geopark what Aisling means to them…
This description by Burren expert Seamus O’ hUltacháin, particularly describes the Irish language word Aisling.
Blogs grow like potatoes
This blog has been a long time in a comin´ and that’s because I grew it.
To grow my potato blog I followed some basic steps. the rest down to luck, weather and patience. It’s taken quite a while to get to this point , mainly ‘cos of all that hard work and the waiting. I had to……..
1. nourish
2. dig
3. furrow
4. plant
5. water
6. mulch
7. earth up
8.wait
9.harvest
10. prepare
11. cook
12. eat
A long time ago a Slovenian man called Franci, a student of Mark’s suggested I apply my novel research techniques to”the potato”. It is still really important to Eastern European cultures and I am a researcher of the agency of things. Let me explain a bit more about how that might work.
The humble potato is a masterful at affecting human behaviours; it gathers culture around itself in a big way, as does say “alcohol” or “the sea”. The potato is the perfect thing he said to study. So far I have not done more than to scrub a potato, cut it up to boil or bake it. I love to eat it whole or mashed with olive oil and black pepper. But who knows. In Ireland as everyone knows the potato is very important and no-one on the island can ever forget the terrible consequences of the potato blight.
In Ireland we ferried potatoes around in the car back and forth over the border and dipped our fingers into glasses of poitín, the infamous Irish hooch. I feel a new blog coming on…. but I’ll leave it for another day.
Sniffing out a future
Dogs learn to locate earthquake victims buried under metres of rubble, hone in on drugs at border controls and even sniff out cancers.
….but can dogs be used to sniff out the future?
Over the coming months Claire and I will be putting this idea to the test in the name of ART. This means that I will be training my mini-labradoodle pup Ghyllie as a retriever of ideas.
His first challenge is to learn the enviable skills of a Truffle hound. This is a gourmet challenge, but also a funding challenge for if Ghyllie succeeds in finding a fist fulls of truffles he has a funded future that will enable him to continue his studies to become a proper ART HOUND.
Truffle pig or hound?
Taciturn treat
Richmen’s turd
Upside of underground
Fortune’s fungus
Foundling fodder
Lovers’ liver
Eat in heaven
Purse fattener
Instant portion
Gourmet guest?
Old one
Root currency?
Hermetic healer
Odorous apple
Ugly potato
Not just a Nugget
Dreamers dough?
DREAMING PLACE 
