The Arrow's Path

When I was in Canterbury over the weekend, I got to visit the ruins of St. Augustine's monastery. (That's Augustine of Canterbury, not to be confused with my hero Augustine of Hippo.) They let you walk around the ruins, and you get this little headset of narrative of what stuff is. They also included this audio bit about what life was like for a monk, and it had all these sound effects to listen to as you walked through the ruins. Having been involved in radio before, I was impressed at the part where you walk into the old altar area and the audio guide played the entire Matins office in chant while you stand there amongst the old monastic chapel. Here's a cameo appearance by the big man himself, or at least his grave. Once one of the most hollowed pilgrimage sites in all of England, Henry had the shrine destroyed and this simple marker placed over his grave. I was especially fond of this shot. A flower among the ruins. There's a sermon in there somewhere. This picture ...