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Danny Boyle - Artist Of The Week - November 13, 2018

11/13/2018

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Danny Boyle WW I Beaches
​You might know Danny Boyle as a filmmaker. He's been a director, a producer, and a writer of some very memorable films like Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, and 28 days later. 

Why is he here today?

Along with being an accomplished figure in the filmmaking industry, he is a tremendous organizer of things like the Queen's Jubilee and the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony. 

This year Danny Boyle organized a massive art installation drawing images of soldiers killed in the last days of WW I across 30 beaches in the UK.

Danny Boyle WW I Beaches Tide Coming In
​The images were drawn in sand at low tide and washed away as the tide came in. It was a moving exhibition to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice.

The reason this exhibition caught my attention was it reminded me of a photo of my Great Grandfather who was killed in action on December 17, 1916, just two weeks after his 39th birthday. ​

Picture of John James Attenborough
We visited his grave at Villers de Bois, France in 2013 during our pilgrimage through WWI and WWII battlefields and beaches.

Rest In Peace.

​Thank you, Danny Boyle, for the moving memorial. ​
John James Attenborough Villers de Bois
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