Madam,

Huge congratulations to Alice Briggs and her team for their delivery of Danny Boyle’s ‘Pages of the Sea’ event at Ynyslas on Armistice Day. A beautifully simple, poignant, memorable and ephemeral work of art in a very special place.

In his introduction to the project Danny Boyle speaks of the democratic nature of our beaches, places that belong to no-one but welcome everyone. The portrait of Richard Davies in the sand lasted only a few hours, but created not only a great sense of history but also connections to others sharing the same poem, reflections and purpose around our coastline.

It is wonderful to see an artist engage people in such a gentle way with a place they love and with great respect for what has gone before.

This seems particularly relevant at Ynyslas, where the beach faces the imposition of one man’s art on the democratic space that belongs to all.

I refer to the metal tree by Robert Davies that seeks to dominate the special landscape area in which it may one day sit.

Robert Davies could learn much from Danny Boyle’s inclusive and sensitive work. You only need to walk through Borth at the moment to see how much the village loves art with the freshly painted murals on a number of houses.

On your walk you will also notice the large number of posters on display in peoples windows that reflect how many do not wish to see a metal structure on the beach.

Our beach is a democratic space and one man seeks to take this away from us all. Let’s have lots of ephemeral, natural art that comes and goes with the tide, lets not have something metal that dominates and divides.

Yours etc,

Kim Williams, Heathfield, High Street, Borth.

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