Sacred meetings

" Boscastle, such a beautiful magical place, set in a deep valley carved out by the river, with jagged cliffs covered in emerald & drifts of Sea Pinks & white Campion, where the sea birds nest. The buildings growing out of the cliffs in slate & killas. The slate slabs & cobbles trodden into forms of memories for hundreds of years. 

"I was inspired by the Boscastle field recording because of my deep connection with the sea & the place itself. I lived nearby for many years. I was there at the time of the awful flood. My connection deepened when close friends I’d worked with creatively on the east coast journeyed down to meet me. 

"High on the cliff path, a lone bench overlooking the harbour became a sacred meeting place for us for years afterwards. it was a spiritual experience & it felt like a magical circle or spiral of elemental connection.

"I added one of my own field recordings of dropping pebbles into the harbour & seagulls on the wind for its haunting quality to complement the original recording and then tried to capture the movement, spirit, feel and emotion of the original with guitar and keys compositions which I then layered around the beautiful recording of the water to create a feeling of sacred space & journey."

Boscastle harbour reimagined by Julie Woolmore.