{"id":165,"date":"2021-07-06T07:28:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T07:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/?p=165"},"modified":"2023-06-20T10:34:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T10:34:12","slug":"rydal-caves-jen-southern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/2021\/07\/06\/rydal-caves-jen-southern\/","title":{"rendered":"Rydal Caves &#8211; Jen Southern"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"165\" class=\"elementor elementor-165\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51665bed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51665bed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a3fa80\" data-id=\"2a3fa80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b89dcf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b89dcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Rydal Caves&nbsp;<br>\nJen Southern&nbsp;<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The conversation took place in the evening at caves formed by historical mining activities above Rydal water in Cumbria. Before going into the cave I read a page from N.K. Jemisin&#8217;s &#8216;The Fifth Season&#8217;, a novel in which some people have an extra sense that allows them to feel the textures and movements inside rocks.<\/p>\n<p>It can be challenging to keep a good network connection when using Zoom from outdoor landscapes, and I wanted to purposefully use the breakdown of signal to &#8216;feel&#8217; the density of the rock as I moved into the cave, to use the uncertainty of network connection as an extra sense. As I gradually moved in and out of signal the image of the rock kept breaking down for those at a distance, becoming blurry and almost impressionistic. Through trial and error, back tracking to pick up signal and trying again, walking to and fro multiple times, we were able to discuss a sense of the depth of the cave, the impossibility of clear communication, the unknown of the dark blurr, and the ability the signal had to express something about the rock.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/files\/2022\/11\/Jen2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/files\/2022\/11\/Jen2a.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/files\/2022\/11\/Jen2a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/files\/2022\/11\/Jen2a-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-125\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/files\/2022\/11\/RydalCave-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/files\/2022\/11\/RydalCave-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/rocky-climates\/files\/2022\/11\/RydalCave.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rydal Caves&nbsp; Jen Southern&nbsp; &nbsp; The conversation took place in the evening at caves formed by historical mining activities above Rydal water in Cumbria. Before going into the cave I read a page from N.K. 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