I have been letting my exploration of churches and temples “follow the evidence” wherever it may lead. When I research the background of one particular building, I never know what is going to pop up and grab my attention. “Gee whiz, I sure would like to know a bit more about that!”
Topics ripple out in concentric circles, creating moiré patters as they intersect. So from Stonehenge I took a giant leap to an Expressionist icon of the early modern era, discovered two other churches by Jensen-Klint, bumped up against the “white churches” of medieval Denmark. What next? Maybe Sweden, Finland, Norway?
It’s been fascinating to be drawn into a deeper knowledge of Denmark, helpful of course to have visited a few years ago and to weave new insights into the weft of those memories. I had close friends from Sweden 35 years ago, (almost half a lifetime) when I was teaching at the University of Zimbabwe. Sadly I have lost touch with them, as I have lost touch with so…