I find fragments are more tantalizing and evocative than an entire work. Many #ruins look better bleached and broken than they did when new and whole. To me. I think this is why #reconstructions and #restorations are so often unsatisfactory even if absolutely accurate. Restoration robs the ruin of its power to conjure the ages it has withstood, to ensorcell our imaginations as we walk among the the scarred reliefs and tumbled stones. Rock of ages, cleft for me. #talkingtomyselflettingyoulisten