There’s something about contemplating the psalms using this gorgeous and soulful old interlinear translation printed in 1906 that makes the experience even more of a return to being planted by the water courses so that one’s leaves may not fade. Is it the inscape and the instress? That is, the absolute individuality of the thing…
The cocoon is a small restricted placeThat hangs from a perilous thread,It looks like a white sarcophagusAnd appears to contain the dead. I, caterpillar, I refuse the cocoon.Why should I submit?To trust a thin and silken yarn,And reduce my self to an “it”? I’ve heard the tales of fantasistsWho dream by the light of the…
I’ve been thinking about different types of Prophecy. I took this photo of a beautiful statue of King David near his tomb in the old city of Jerusalem. Note that before he became king, he was asked to play the harp for King Saul, which healed the King of an “evil spirit”. Presumably, David learnt…
And now I close myself in. That’s itThe door is closing like irrevocable rock. The last sight sound experience has been tastedAnd the darkness closes in. Like the Pied Piper When the crippled childWas left outside Like the Bridegroom When the Foolish virgins criedFor the door was locked When they returnedWith oil for unlit lamps….
“Where are the tidings of union? that I may arise,Forth from the dust I will rise up to welcome thee!My soul, like a homing bird, yearning for Paradise,Shall arise and soar, from the snares of the world set free…When to my grave thou turnest thy blessed feet,Wine and the lute thou shalt bring in thine…
For Elaine and David who run the Arts in the Community Charity ‘Pilgrim Hearts’ (not forgetting David’s passion for Gliding) on the occasion of their joint 117th birthday!You’ve been gliding through the yearsFrom east to west you’ve traded placesHelping folks to face their fears. How well deserved are all these cheersThe admiration on these facesYou’ve…
Well I couldn’t resist photographing this gorgeous ceramic street plaque in Jerusalem, and I was thinking today – who lives on the street of prophets? I was also wondering who you would nominate for your street of prophets.. Don’t worry we aren’t going to be eliminating anybody if they don’t play Amusing Party Games to…
Slowly and kindlyThat’s how to grow With heart and eyes openAs gently you go, Then if, at the last They say, ‘Look where you could be!’,Just say, ‘Here I am; And the going’s been goodly.’
When I saw this gorgeous Russian icon in a shop in the Old City of Jerusalem, I knew I had to have it! It was surprisingly inexpensive (unless of course I misunderstood the shekels!) .. but it’s an amazing creation. I asked an old man called Fr Seraphim why John the Baptist had wings. He…
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