Handel, Afghan, lute, Greek, Sudanese, Persian, north African, Bach

These photos were taken by me at the new Cambridge Central Mosque. My recent reading has included the anthology Tales from the life of Bruce Wannell: Adventurer, Linguist, Orientalist [and Muslim convert]. Bruce Wannell was an accomplished keyboard player, here is an extract from master potter Isabel Denyer's contribution to the anthology:

If one 'got' [Bruce Wannell] and onto his wavelength... and relaxed into his rhythm and  and off-site piste approach, whether it was striding over the moors and getting inspiration for pots from lichen and landscapes or listening to music - Handel, Afghan, lute, Greek, Sudanese, Persian, north African, Bach, sometimes heard intimately in people's drawing rooms, sometimes on rooftops, at the Wigmore Hall or Glyndebourne, whenever possible and in whatever form possible - one could not help but enter into a world of discovery, caught up by his endless curiosity. 

In another tribute George Lemos quotes T.S. Eliot, a quote which carries an important message in today's incurious conformist culture:

Of course one can 'go too far' and except in directions in which we can go too far there is no interest in going at all; and only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. 
 

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