Quoting Alan Jacobs, angels in the architecture, The Homebound Symphony, 2026

you are suddenly able to see the world as it is: radiant with light and populated by angels engaged in their everlasting music of healing and consolation. Truly they are there.

And they stand between us and the broken world, for the vista they look out upon is the world broken by humans
— Alan Jacobs, angels in the architecture, The Homebound Symphony, 2026

7:25pm on January 17, 2026 from Appledore, South West England, United Kingdom


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