Singing for Salmon

Abbeys were more often than not located on the banks of secluded rivers and water ways. The river would become a vital source for the monks, not only for its fish and livestock, but its continual prescence and force. Sonically the river can be heard at all times in Easby, it's transient nature heightening the sense of time - what remains and what has past.

Monks were meant to observe silence in the church and claustral area, any necessary information was conveyed by making signs with their hands. To make the sign for fish the monk used his hand to mimic the motion of the fish's tail in water.

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