Entries by Russell Bowes

Mazes of Penance, Pleasure, Lessons

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Russell Bowes takes us through pedestrian puzzles. Walk yourself silly, sexy or righteous. This is as strange a maze as e’er men trodAnd there is in this business more than naturewas ever conduct of…..(from The Tempest, by William Shakespeare) Although the words “maze” and “labyrinth” nowadays tend to be used as synonyms, “labyrinth”  refers to […]

In Architecture, Ancient Plants Grow

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Russell Bowes looks back several thousand years to the papyrus, palms, lotus and acanthus still rooted in the world’s building styles. Ornamentation of a building is not strictly necessary.  Doors, windows and walls function just as well plain as decorated.  Yet for thousands of years, people have turned the structural parts of buildings into naturalistic […]