Monthly Archives: March 2011

My Obiturary and Gabriel OROZCO

Today it is only my 41st birthday and I have thoughts about my obituary, (a distant family member aged 41 has unexpectedly died, she, the mother of three.)  And it’s all thanks to the latest Gabriel OROZCO exhibition at the … Continue reading

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Alpha, Omega and Epstein’s Adam.

This week I went to the Royal Academy of Art to see the Modern British Sculpture exhibition.  There were several impressive pieces, one of which was Adam by Sir Jacob Epstein.  Carved out of alabaster in 1938/39, all two ton … Continue reading

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The English National Ballet and Friedrich Ruckert

Black and White If there’s only one treat you shouldn’t deny yourself of this Lent, then It has to be this Ballet. It is an awkward ecliptic mix of the contemporary and classical and is by no means perfect. But … Continue reading

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The Crucifixion

Bearing the weight of the cross Dragging through hopeless hope and humiliation Until broken of all physical strength Collapsing.  Prayers aspiring. Nailed to the very wood with the iron will of Love enduring The wood once nurtured from the clay, … Continue reading

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The Jungle and the Desert

Last night I watched the 1998 Terrence Malik film ‘The Thin Red Line’.  This is a film that heightens the senses, with its beautiful Pacific photography, graphically intimate camera work, devastating circumstances and soul arousing script. I thought of the … Continue reading

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The Veil

Agnostic days of my upbringing Give way to emerging spirals of hope, For I know so well, that in birth, in death, in Love, and in Truth The veil is stretched so fine. It is, as if it were pulled … Continue reading

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