The Gift of Story

Discovering Martin Shaw in the dark wood, where it is snowing

In Tarkovsky’s ‘Nostalghia,’ a supplicant opens the Virgin’s mantle to release birds

I normally wouldn’t have written so soon, but I want to share with you the delight I take in having discovered the work of Martin Shaw at this low point in my life. (Martin now subscribes to this Substack, so I hope I don’t embarrass him here by showering him with compli…