'…sometimes the heart of the ice held a frozen moment, suspended in time, like an old, blurred photograph, and as the ice lost its opacity the image would develop into increasing clarity: An arctic tern caught in mid-flight, its beady eye still holding a look of perplexity. A shoal of herring looking strangely fast and fluid even in their cold entombment. A hen’s egg. What looked like a dead, furless animal, but was later discovered to be an old bible belonging to one Archelaus Israel hailing from Plymouth....

‘Count your Blessings’ was a WildWorks Community Project commissioned by the Atlantic Coast and Valleys Project. It took place in the North area of the ACVP, in Morwenstow and surrounding area, during November and early December 2006.

Orfee is returning home from war. The village is being decorated with bunting, and the "welcome home" banner has been raised. The band is playing, the choir singing and the vicar is handing out cake. But celebration turns to tragedy when Orfee's wife, Eurydice, is killed in a terrible accident.
Refusing to accept his wife's fate, and believing that love is stronger than death, Orfee sets off into the Underworld to find his lover and bring her back from Hades, Lord of Death, who owns all and returns nothing.

And we are going with him........

‘Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ story ‘A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings’ provided the core story for an extraordinary project that brought together artists from three countries; Malta, Cyprus and Cornwall. Over three years they created three versions of this magical tale, each time reflecting the landscapes and communities that were hosting them. The team worked closely with each community, incorporating local skills, talents and passions. Each time the story was retold new layers of meaning and emotion were added.