Friday, 22 August 2025

White Cliffs

The Merman's Children, Part Two, III.

"Herning rounded Wales, passed by the white cliffs of England, followed the Lowlands on toward home." (p. 93)

Coincidentally, I have just reread a graphic novel in which some characters fly over the White Cliffs of Dover while singing a song about them. Instead of reading a sentence, we see a panel that shows the White Cliffs, a flying vehicle and a speech balloon which contains a sentence. We appreciate verbal and visual-verbal media. The third medium, also accessible, is film, which is audiovisual.

At this point, The Merman's Children is following two sets of merfolk, each in a ship, one proceeding up the English Channel, the other approaching Albania.

I am posting between other activities - not sure how much more posting today.

2 comments:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

I think the coast of England facing France is meant? The White Cliffs of Dover.

Ad astra! Sean

paulshackley2017@gmail.com said...

Yes.