So Deep Time – this is like an annoying itch – just what does it mean?   Well I am still not sure I can come up with definition yet – there are no doubt geological definitions but they won’t capture what I am trying to achieve – I think.  Which brings us onto Volcanoes.  In one sense they are the antithesis of Deep time and yet they also have created some of the oldest rocks in the British Isles so span the whole gamut time, human time and Deep Time.  So they are creating tomorrow’s rocks but they have also the deepest impact on the human consciousness – in deed the technical name for a conical volcano is ‘Plinian‘ after Pliny the younger’s description of the Vesuvius eruption that engulfed Pompeii, an emotive story about the devastating   interaction of Volcanoes and humans.

With this in mind I am going to the Volcano: Turner to Warhol exhibition at Compton Verney.   What I am hoping to get is some inspiration and insight as to how I might capture Deep Time.   I know this is a contradiction but such is life.
 

Simon Marchini LRPS

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