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# Evensong
- URL: https://www.jamesreeves.co/evensong/
- Published: 2022-03-07T06:33:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-13T00:27:37.000Z
- Author: James A. Reeves
- Tags: Notebook

London. A damp weekend of clouds and mist. The sun goes down at 5:51pm and the moon is waxing. Yesterday I saw the birthplace of [William Blake](https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/william-blake-artist?ref=jamesreeves.co), now a strip of concrete between an Indian restaurant and an expensive handbag store.

C. and I stepped out of the drizzle into St Paul’s Cathedral, where a choir was preparing to sing the daily [evensong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evensong?ref=jamesreeves.co), a sunset ritual that “is identical to the canonical hour of vespers.” God, I love the cadence of the church, how it renders everything into hushed and mysterious phenomena. Today’s language feels harsh and overlit, its contrast cranked into a black-and-white binary that echoes our machines: like/dislike, follow/block, save/delete, and so on.

Looking up at the constellation of arches around the dome inspired a sense of vertigo that was almost too much to bear. Perhaps this is how faith is supposed to feel. Most of all, I was struck by [Gerry Judah’s memorial](https://www.stpauls.co.uk/news-press/latest-news/giant-white-crosses-remind-st-pauls-worshippers-and-visitors-of-the-horrors-of-warfare?ref=jamesreeves.co) for the First World War, a pair of mammoth white crosses with destroyed cities clinging to their beams. Photography was not permitted in the cathedral, and I appreciated how this rule preserved the dignity of the space. Even if I spent much of my time thinking about how badly I wanted to take a picture.

The sun might come out this week. I sent [a newsletter](https://atlasminor.substack.com/) a few days ago.

#### [Brian Eno & Robert Fripp – Evensong](http://jamesr323.sg-host.com/radio/Evensong.mp3?ref=jamesreeves.co)

###### Evening Star | EG, 1975 | [More](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening%5FStar%5F%28Fripp%5F%26%5FEno%5Falbum%29?ref=jamesreeves.co)

[http://jamesr323.sg-host.com/radio/Evensong.mp3](http://jamesr323.sg-host.com/radio/Evensong.mp3?ref=jamesreeves.co)