I’m beginning to get a feel for Grisedale Pike. I almost scaled it last Saturday, I’ve been looking at it every time I walk back from Keswick along the Cumbria Way and I did a bit more painting and drawing of it today (from photos but based on my ponderings about its form while observing it on those walks). Here is a simplified sketch using watersoluble graphite:

At the moment, I could probably do another sketch from memory. However, that’s not nearly as impressive a feat as I witnessed at today’s Keswick Unconventional lunchtime concert. John Redeemed recited most of the Book of Revelation (about four chapters omitted for the sake of time, for which he gave a brief summary as they came up) while accompanied by improvised piano backing from Graham McDonald.

I’m not unused to hearing the Bible but it is normally in much shorter chunks and normally read from the page. Hearing a much longer portion and particularly hearing it spoken from memory and with the improvised live music was a profound experience and one I’ll look for the opportunity to explore again.