Over the next few weeks I will be writing about each of the eleven images that we made for the Dream Walk and put in locations around the streets.
Clue: A bottle that flies!
The first image our walkers came across was the fly in Waterstone's window. We made the fly by putting together the overall theme for the walk (flying) with the location, Bottle Lane - giving us the idea of the Bluebottle fly!
In conversation with one of our participants, who spoke English as a second language, this image gave him the most trouble as he had no idea that there was such a thing as a bluebottle fly, and so he was looking for an actual bottle with wings!
I am always interested in the naming of things and what they can tell us about history, and the Nottinghamshire History website has some clues as to why this small street was called Bottle Lane, as well as some other information on street names around this area. Click here and read the last paragraph about Bottle Lane.
Clue: Flying for peace!
This image was an easy one to come up with. We wanted to make something appropriate for St Mary's Church, and to link in with our overall theme of flying. So the image of a dove suggested itself and you could find this image on the back of the sign for St Mary's Church on the entrance by Stoney Street and Kaye's Walk.
The dove has become a symbol of peace for many people, but the original idea for this seems to come from early Christian symbolism. Originally the dove represented the peace of the soul of the individual, but later on came to be a symbol of peace between peoples such as in wars or conflict. The dove is mentioned in the New Testament as appearing at the baptism of Jesus like a holy spirit, and is also mentioned in the Hebrew text the Talmud, when "the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters like a dove".
We have now included a photo album of our works at Light Night on our Facebook page. They looked great glowing in the dark!
Excellent! I look forward to further adventures in other times and places!
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