Posted Jul 20, 2013, 3:06 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Sin Jaaawnz, Newf'nland
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The Globe and Mail has a wonderful article about the Fogo Island Inn.
Think you’ve seen Newfoundland? You’ve never seen anything like this .
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We peer out the two-storey windows, water stretching to Greenland and Ireland, and scan for icebergs. We feel excitingly on the edge of things. Here, remoteness breeds resourcefulness and creative energy. And warmth.
On an island that’s home to two international artists-residency programs, the inn doubles as a cultural centre and houses a gallery and screening room. The afternoon finds us in the Red Shed, a fishing shed transformed into a rustic studio on the edge of Shoal Bay. Artist Vida Simon leads us in a series of exercises sketching beachcombed finds.
Our days feel like a microcosm of contemporary Fogo Island: a mixture of old and new, where a spirit of reinvention is quick in the air. People with long ties to the place rub shoulders with recent arrivals who’ve been called here, because Fogo Island has a way of summoning people. And, as everyone we meet tells us, once you visit, you’ll yearn to return.
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/...ticle13327253/
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