Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Morning of the Resurrection, 1882
Archive for March, 2013
Wonder
Posted in Religion, Visual art on March 31, 2013| 2 Comments »
Grief
Posted in Ecuador, Religion, Visual art on March 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Oswaldo Guayasamín, La Pieta de Avignon, 20th century, Ecuador (after Quarton)
Fine art at a high cost
Posted in Religion, Visual art on March 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Salvador Dali – Crucifixion Corpus Hypercubus, 1954
Matthias Grünewald – Isenheim Altarpiece (detail), 1512-1516
My Jewish friends will get the joke.
Chag Pesach Sameach to all.
Cartoon credit: http://rhymeswithorange.com/
Happy Day of…uh…Happiness!
Posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2013| 2 Comments »
The United Nations has designated today, March 20th, International Day of Happiness.
BBC Mundo, the Spanish-edition BBC online, polled its readers about the sources of their happiness. The results, in blog-style fashion above starting with largest size words, are:
Family, God, Love, Life, Peace, Health; and then a rough tie for Safety, Balance, Fullness, Awakeness, Routine; and then on from there.
What makes you happy?
Choosing a pope, the American way
Posted in Humor, Italy, Religion on March 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Black smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel. The cardinals haven’t made up their minds, or maybe they can’t operate a wood stove.
Here is another method of choosing, more to our own traditions and times. That’s a comment on our traditions and times, by the way. The Catholics know what they’re doing.
General warning about this video: Don’t be drinking milk or any other beverage while watching.
And watch it past the credits to question #4 and more relevance to our times.
Credit: Lutheran Satire, whose motto is “Teach the faith by making fun of stuff.”
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