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Figure in a White Room with Ladder ~ (Unknown Location) (Unknown Year) by John Wood and Paul Harrison — Performance Art Installation
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Figure in a White Room with Ladder ~ (Unknown Location) (Unknown Year) by John Wood and Paul Harrison — Performance Art Installation
“in pantheism rituals and ceremonies are not designed to influence a supernatural power or to change the course of external events. rather they are designed to influence our own thoughts and moods. they deepen our reverence for nature and the universe, and help us muster our own strength to cope with life’s problems and crises.”
— paul harrison, elements of pantheism
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John Wood and Paul Harrison, how to write a book, Edited by John Wood, Paul Harrison and Sebastian Cremers, everyedition, Zürich, 2024, Limited to 50 unique pieces, individually written, numbered and signed by the artists [© John Wood, Paul Harrison]
Sand dunes - Nambung National Park, Western Australia
Photo credit: Paul Harrison, Western Australia
Nature also has the power to heal us.
Most medicines are derived, directly or indirectly, from plants. But nature can heal us mentally, too. Scientific studies have shown that natural scenes can reduce stress and anxiety, and have a strong calming and restoring effect. In one experiment, patients recovering from surgery were divided into two groups. One group was put in rooms that overlooked a copse of trees, the others had a view of a plain brick wall.
Those with the natural view recovered faster, had fewer complications, and needed fewer painkillers.
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by john wood and paul harrison
George Harrison on the set of A Hard Day's Night, 1964 (photo by David Hurn); George's niece Janet, 1964 (Karlton Studios, via Ellesmere Port Pioneer).
In Ellesmere Port Pioneer’s 9 January 1964 issue, under the section Youth News & Views:
“A Beatle Has A Girlfriend In The Borough and a secret hideaway! George likes the peace and quiet:
[George's] favorite girl is his 16-months-old niece, Janet [daughter of George’s older brother Harry and his wife Irene]. […] Whenever he can George… drives through the Mersey Tunnel to see chubby, black haired Janet and her four-years-old brother Paul. […] Little Janet and Paul never miss an opportunity of watching their favorite uncle on television, and young Paul — named after the group’s Paul McCartney — has his own plastic guitar and knows the words of most of the Beatles’ hit songs. […] Said Harry: ‘Not many people in the Port, apart from my workmates and a few neighbors, know I am George’s brother. And that’s how I want it. The lad comes here for a bit of peace and quiet. The neighbors are wonderful. Although he calls here at some of the most unlikely hours, whenever they see his car parked outside they never come bothering us for autographs. Back in Liverpool he’d be mobbed and half pulled to pieces if he tried to walk from our house alone, but not here. At home he’s had to call for police protection before now before he could leave Mum and Dad. The fans queue outside the house, girls knock the door in their dozens asking Mum could they help with the housework. She even has to put screens up to the windows when George is at home to stop them peering in.’” - Ellesmere Port Pioneer, 9 January 1964
“There are a number of nostalgic anecdotes about the times George and his famous bandmates would frequent Ellesmere Port — ranging from John Lennon being spotted getting out of a car in Great Sutton to Harry turning up for work at Mobil driving a new Jaguar — a present from his kid brother George.” - CheshireLive, 10 July 2019 (x)