Place
Mountain, sea, and loch form the landscape of Gaelic poetry and culture. These are the things that
anchor us in a sense of place. This is where we find the songlines of our culture, as laid down by our
ancestors... power songs that can sing renewed meaning into our lives.
GalGael weave these golden threads into our work by practically combining two of what we consider to be
Scotland’s most misused resources; land and people. Simply providing opportunities to work with natural
materials such as wood, metal and stone forms meaningful relationship to the land and implies a reverence
for the natural world.
Beyond that, GalGael’s seeks to bring people alive to their surroundings. In so doing, we find, reflected
back, new aspects of ourselves; a deeper understanding of who we are - a rootedness. There, we also find a
context by which we can navigate the confusing conceptual landscapes of virtual-reality modernity.
GalGael boats already allow urban dwellers to experience rural beauty and gain new perspectives on their
environment. What emerges is the vision of rural and urban communities enriching one another in ways that
are mutually beneficial... to move us away from a fractured sense of nationhood towards a re-visioning of
an inclusive sense of belonging rooted in place.