Skip to content
Go to homepage
Human in the LoopJonathan Harrell’s Commonplace Book

Already old, when we find them.
Already marked by a hundred winds,
Deep-grooved by a thousand hammering rains.

The stones have long memories,
But they do not speak.
They do not tell us who brought them here.

At night, we sleep on the long grass
In the shadows of their circle,
And our dreams are dark and strange.

In the small hours, I hear a voice crying:
“It is many miles from the West Woods.
Many miles from Orcadie…”

A wide-angle photograph of Stonehenge, the ancient stone monument, under a cloudy, overcast sky. The massive standing stones form a partial circle, with large horizontal lintels balanced on top of vertical stones. The surrounding landscape is a vast, green field, with a few distant figures scattered around, providing a sense of scale. The moody sky adds a dramatic atmosphere, evoking the mystery and timelessness of the site.