The Prof's Sig

UBT - Janea · Post by **UBT - Janea** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:32 pm

I'm interested in the origin's of The Prof's signature:

Far away is near at hand in visions of elsewhere....

Back in 1975 I used to commute up to Paddington, and just before we arrived at the station there was some grafitti painted on a wall in large neat white letters:

Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere

Being an impressionble 18 year old wannabe hippy I found this to be very profound and I looked out for this phrase every day. It was there for years - possibly up to 10 years, I can't now remember, until part of the wall was re-built and so bits of the grafitti were lost. I always wondered about it - who wrote it and where it had come from. Was it a quotation from a song or poem?

The Prof's sig is so close to this I wondered if you could shed any light on it for me. :bunny:

Post by **UBT - Mikee** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:43 pm

Google is your friend!

http://www.ruthpadel.com/pages/imigery.htm

http://sbisson.livejournal.com/2005/04/20/

UBT - The Prof.... · Post by **UBT - The Prof....** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:52 pm

That was were I first came across the phrase, could not remember the exact wording. :!:
Always loved the image it projected, still do.
Sorry about the miss-quote

but near enough that you at least recognised it

UBT - Janea · Post by **UBT - Janea** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:00 pm

Thank you!! I never thought I'd ever find out who did this graffiti. It's something which has intrigued me for over 30 years!

Ain't the internet wonderful!?!