Tuesday 20 September 2011

The angel of Aston


There’s something very spooky about angel-memorials in graveyards. They should be reassuring, but they have exactly the opposite effect on me, even one with a beautiful face, like this one in Aston churchyard.  Her wings are really like pinions too; it's quite a piece.
The fact that her arms have broken off may contribute to her spookiness.

And I can fully understand why the makers of Doctor Who should have based one of their alien-creatures, the ‘Weeping Angels’, on these statues.

2 comments:

  1. While she is very beautiful, she looks creepy to me because she looks so real and lifelike, except for the missing arms.

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