5 km lockdown, in Crumlin
took my mind back to an old Czech city, Telč
unlike Crumlin, it’s a dreamscape

a baroque layer cake

and Český Krumlov, a couple of hours away
where there is a garret full of old marionettes

like the forgotten attic of a master puppet maker
they swing from the rafters

marionettes – not quite of this world but with a quality that is very human

uncanny

two hundred of them hang from the beams of St Jobst Church
in old Český Krumlov, deepest Bohemia
Telc is an amazing place. I had the chance to visit the former Czechoslovakia before the fall of Communism back in the mid-“80s: what a trip!
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Wow that must’ve been interesting in those times … It’s a fascinating country
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