"Harold Scene 3 Cathedral (The relics covered with cloth at centre)" 

Curator: This work is titled "Harold Scene 3 Cathedral (The relics covered with cloth at centre)," a drawing made with pencil, pen, watercolors, and colored pencil. Editor: There’s an ethereal quality to it. The light seems to emanate from within the cathedral itself, casting a serene but also ghostly mood. Curator: The choice of medium certainly contributes. The watercolor gives it that dreamlike appearance, but also I can see its evoking Medieval aesthetic through this medium with that cross in the window that reminds us of the weight of the social dynamics happening during those times. Editor: Absolutely. The draped cloths immediately signal something important—rituals of mourning, perhaps? Relics themselves carry enormous symbolic power, embodying faith, history, even trauma. Covering them suggests both reverence and maybe a shielding from sight during a time of chaos. Curator: Given its possible connection to Harold, might these relics signify the end of Anglo-Saxon England and the start of the Norman Conquest? Are those veiled relics signifiers of power, legitimacy and conquest in transition? The narrative suggests an attempt to control and redefine cultural and political identity in the face of societal restructuring and displacement. Editor: It makes one think about the cultural memory that would be contained in those covered objects and what might be resurrected by an intentional choice to reveal the cloth. Curator: That is a very powerful insight. And the fact that such scenes were drawn also meant he aimed for remembering his story but told through a very careful orchestration of lines and composition. Editor: It definitely creates an intersectional conversation about memory, history, and legacy through these specific choices of materiality. Curator: Indeed. Ultimately, "Harold Scene 3 Cathedral" urges us to consider how societal traumas and the renegotiations of authority can manifest within physical spaces. Editor: And how the visual symbols within those spaces serve as ongoing witnesses to these transformative moments in our shared heritage.