As I write this blog (my first in a long while) I admit that the state of the world has discouraged me from writing. There are just so many huge boulders blocking the road to Christmas promises of hope and peace. Exactly one month before Christmas, on the international day that draws attention to violence … Continue reading Crisis will be overcome by hope
During Advent we get to ponder the women in the Christmas story - Mary and her older cousin, Elizabeth, (as well as the five women named in Jesus’s genealogy). And Dürer painted the mystery and touching faith of these women.
I love art galleries – wandering in the muted light and stillness, amazed by the liveliness or colour or beauty of an artist’s imagination. My favourite places are the small gems – the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge, the Frick in NY, or the glory of the Frank Lloyd Wright room at the Met. Or places like … Continue reading A non-passive madonna
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