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A member of young Indian dance group, The Gotipuas performing on the opening day of this year's WOMAD Festival, held last weekend.
You can see my WOMAD 2011 shots here: WOMAD 2011.
You can see my WOMAD 2010 shots here: WOMAD 2010
You can see my WOMAD 2009 shots here: WOMAD 2009
My thanks are due to Alex Hewitt from The Scotsman as well as Dee McCourt and Charlotte Vikstrom from Borkowski PR, for helping to arrange my photo pass.
#365 Taken at Campbell Valley Park, Langley, BC.
#1 of the Anthropomorphic Series
It's pretty obvious these critters were built to come out of eggs.
Long Queue for Matha Tekna during 556th Gurpurab at Ulsoor Gurudwara in Bengaluru.
"Matha tekna" in a Gurudwara is a gesture of bowing down and touching one's forehead to the floor as a sign of respect for the Guru Granth Sahib. This act is a physical expression of humility, submission, and reverence to the sacred scripture and the divine message it contains.
"Pride ends in destruction; humility ends in honor." Proverbs 18:12
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Mark Twain , USA Philosophizing Writer Quotes
Born November 30, 1835; Died April 21, 1910
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.
It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
EXPLORE # 374 on Saturday, June 28, 2008
The scale of virtues
We have reached the fourth Sunday of Lent and our Church projects the face of San Giovanni del Sinai, the so-called Scala. He was born in the 6th century in Syria. At the age of sixteen he became a probationary monk in the holy monastery of Sinai. He practiced obedience and humility at Abba Martirio, having previously acquired secular circular wisdom. At the age of twenty, after four years of constant struggle, he became a monk and was renamed John. He then received the first two degrees of priesthood, deacon and elder, to serve the needs of the monastery. He remained in the Sinai Monastery for nineteen consecutive years.
Then, at the age of thirty-five, he retired to a deserted place in the Sinai where he practiced in silence and studied his father's books. At the age of seventy-five he became Abbot of the Sinai Monastery where he remained in this position for four years. He then retired to the desert and at the age of eighty he died on March 30th.
The Honorable Santo was today a great scholar and anatomist of the human soul, he was. Man of prayer, temperance, constant love for God, man with ardent divine love and always lit by the fire of divine love, as Synaxari tells us. He was a man who led his soul along the paths of Christ, who led him whole from hell to heaven, from the devil to God, from sin to sin, as Saint Justin Popovic tells us. It is no coincidence that our Holy Church has named this day in honor of St. John. In the sea that we cross during Lent, in the phase of struggles and spiritual virtues, St. John of Sinai is an example to imitate for each of us.
The reason why the Saint is called with this name is because he wrote an important book, considered one of the masterpieces of our Ecclesiastical Secretariat, the famous "Scala", a spiritual and ascetic book. It consists of thirty reasons of virtue, each of which includes a virtue, which he wrote himself.
The ladder, that is, the ladder, describes the path to divinization as an ascent like an ascent to a ladder that leads to heaven. Every step of him is a virtue that the believer in difficulty must conquer to achieve his goal. This book begins with the more practical virtues, the virtues that are easily acquired and have mainly a practical character, such as the virtue of repentance, obedience, and ends with the theoretically elevated ones, such as humility and discrimination. Each virtue is classified to presuppose the previous one and this is a condition for the next.
The first three reasons, which constitute the introduction of this book, refer to the self-denial of the worldly and concern the monks. The next four reasons, which highlight the same number of fundamental virtues, and these are those of obedience, repentance, remembrance of death and joyful mourning, which appear like the roots of a tree that offers its fruits to his faithful in difficulty. From 8 to 25 discourse the hard passions that every Christian must fight and the corresponding virtues that he must recover are described. The 26th discourse generally mentions their passions, virtues, thoughts and simple distinctions. The latter reasons are the fruits of labor and toil and are the symbolic ascent to the top of the ladder of virtues.
At this point I would like to refer to three of the Saint's speeches mentioned in the Scala. The first reason refers to the apostasy of this vain life. That is, as the author of the book says, to begin life in Christ, one must renounce the vanity of the present world. And the word world in the Bible does not have the meaning we perceive in the world today. It means the worldly mind, the worldly life and not our fellow men, those around us. One cannot approach God without saying no to sin and above all to his selfish desires. Because these wills hold us captive in the sinful world. According to the Holy Shepherd, man's will is a bronze wall that separates him from God.
So, getting away from the world means changing your worldly mind, the worldly way of thinking about life and getting the mind of Christ, that is, the spiritual way in which you see things around you. We see, therefore, that St. John places it as the basis of life in Christ. This also refers us to the word of the Lord "whoever wants to return to me, I renounce myself and see his cross and follow me" [2]. The word of the Lord is understandable. It is the same as our Saint says, to save his own vain life. What the Lord says "I renounce myself" does not mean that man denies himself, his existence, his body, but he renounces sin, the old, his passionate and sinful self "plus sufferings and desires" [3].
The other reason I would like to mention is the ninth reason for resentment. Revenge means remembering with disgust the evils that have been done to me by others and finding it difficult to forgive them. Unfortunately, sometimes we also want their revenge. The evangelist John mentions "you go half brother of him is a murderer" [4]. That is, if we want to hurt our brother, it is as if we wanted to kill him. Saint Chrysostom states: "God is not abhorred as a man of vengeance and anger". That is, nothing disgusts God as much as he does not like the man who is vindictive and holds his anger against the other.
Passion is fought with forgiveness, which is the most effective medicine that cures this disease. How will God forgive us if we do not forgive those who have wronged us? So, in order for God to forgive us, it is necessary to forgive our enemies. Love them, so that God can love us too. St. Maximus the Confessor says that we find forgiveness for our transgressions by forgiving our brothers and we find God's mercy by having mercy on our brothers. The more long-suffering we show our brothers that they have offended us, the more we enjoy divine long-suffering.
Through the Bible we see that the spirit prevails over revenge. In the Old Testament there are several testimonies that condemn resentment. The prophet Zechariah says: "Don't let each of you take revenge on this brother." In the book of Proverbs we read that the vindictive are illegal "he who does not resent, illegal" [7] and their end will be physical and spiritual death "the way of the vindictive to death" [8]. In the New Testament, resentment is unequivocally condemned and forgiveness is taught.
The last word refers to love, hope and faith. These virtues are the last because all three maintain the connection of all the other virtues, according to the apostle Paul, faith, hope, love "and love is greater than these" [9]. As John of Klimakos says, I see one as a ray, the other as light and the other as your solar disk, but all three together as a luminous splendor and the same brilliance. Faith can accomplish anything, hope is surrounded by God's mercy and does not shame the hopeful. Love never falls from his height, nor does it stop running, nor does it allow those who have been wounded by its arrows to calm down from the blissful mania it caused them. [10]
Love is a cornerstone of the Orthodox faith. Love is a good disposition of the soul, which makes it prefer none of beings more than the knowledge of God [11], says St. Maximus the Confessor. And he goes on to say that without love, salvation is problematic.
The New Testament promotes love not only as a good human sentiment, but as a mystery determined by the essence of God and imbued with the cross of Christ. God's love was expressed to the world through the incarnation of the second person of the Holy Trinity, our Lord Jesus Christ. With love man becomes perfect and according to love we will be judged on the Day of Judgment, as the evangelist Matthew tells us [12].
Hope in God removes despair, takes away divine mercy and salvation, redeems all men who sin, raises the wounded and the afflicted, rejuvenates man, tones hearts and highlights them strong and courageous to face adversity . Hope is the original creative force of all goods, according to Saint Nektarios.
What is faith? Our definition is given by the apostle Paul in the letter to the Hebrews: "Faith is in you, the hope of your being, the control of things seen" [14]. Faith is absolute certainty and unshakable conviction, that I as a believer will enjoy in the future goods that do not exist now, it seems that they do not exist, but I hope, that is, I wait for them with lively hope, I wait to realize them and enjoy them, like the resurrection of the dead, the Second Coming, the eternal judgment.
Faith is the key with which the divine treasure is opened, it is the spiritual mouth, says St. John of Krostand [15]. And the same father goes on to say that the more the mouth of faith moves, the more ruthlessly we believe in the omnipotence of God, the more divine mercies will be upon us. The Holy Successor of the Light says that faith without works and works without faith will be rejected by God in the same way. This is why the believer must offer God the faith that is manifested through works.
My dear brothers and sisters, our celebrated Saint, Saint John of Klimakos, is a great example for every Christian in need. He urges us not to hesitate, but also not to be shy in the arising of our spiritual struggle. Let us strive every day to carry on our spiritual struggle, so that, by the grace of God, we can claim to ascend to spiritual levels, just like him. Amen!
Very nervous. Nice gal. Strict high morals from her family upbringing. So very polite and shy. Humility.
"This same love for which the Son of God became man and followed the way of humility and self-giving to the very end, down to hell - to the abyss of separation from God - this same merciful love has flooded with light the dead body of Jesus and transfigured it, has made it pass into eternal life. Jesus did not return to his former life, to earthly life, but entered into the glorious life of God and he entered there with our humanity, opening us to a future of hope.
"This is what Easter is: it is the exodus, the passage of human beings from slavery to sin and evil to the freedom of love and goodness. Because God is life, life alone, and his glory is the living man (cf. Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, 4,20,5-7)."
..."So this is the invitation which I address to everyone: Let us accept the grace of Christ's Resurrection! Let us be renewed by God's mercy, let us be loved by Jesus, let us enable the power of his love to transform our lives too; and let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice and peace flourish.
"And so we ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace. Yes, Christ is our peace, and through him we implore peace for all the world" – Pope Francis.
My sermon for today, Easter Sunday, can be read here.
Detail from the medieval south rose window in Notre Dame de Paris.
Installed on the southern nave of the former Saint George's Presbyterian Church, the Great War memorial window was commissioned by the Saint George's Presbyterian Parish in 1921 and dedicated to the fallen. There were twenty fallen men from the congregation who died in the conflict between 1914 and 1918. The names are listed on a polished brass plaque beneath the window. The window was done by successful British born, German trained, Melbourne stained glass artist William Montgomery. The window features an Australian soldier in army uniform with his gun and slouch hat at his side in the left-hand main panel. In the right the heavenly vision of a beautiful woman in classical robes and long flowing blonde hair. The line from the bible quoted in Chronicles 29:1 "Thine o Lord is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty" is quoted at the top of the dedication panels. This window obviously eludes to the sacrifices made by the men of the parish during the Great War. Not only does it depict a Great War Australian soldier, but the maiden in splendid robes holds a laurel wreath aloft in her right hand and a martyr palm frond in her left hand. The Laurel wreath symbolises martial victory, crowning a successful commander during his triumph. The martyr palm frond represents the victory of spirit over flesh, and its depiction in this window indicates that it is dedicated for the fallen martyrs on the brass plaque beneath the window. The lady also walks amid a bed of lilies of the valley, also known as the May lily. This means "return to happiness" and most often symbolizes chastity, purity, happiness, luck and humility, eluding again to the sacrfifice the fallen men made for their country and the people of the congregation. The quatrefoil of the stained glass window features two martyr palm fronds and a crown, symbolising the place in heaven these twenty martyrs received.
Rising proudly on the rise of a hill, the former Saint George’s Presbyterian Church, which stands on the corner of Latrobe Terrace and Ryrie Street on the outskirts of the Geelong central business district, began its construction in 1860. Designed by architect Nathaniel Billing in Victorian English Gothic style, the original large nave of the church, with vestry and apse were constructed of irregularly coursed basalt with Hawksbury River freestone dressings. The initial build was erected and completed in 1861 by contractors Brown and Gibson. The foundation stone was laid on 12 June 1861. The large and finely constructed church reflects the wealth of many of the church's foundation patrons, which included Francis Ormond and other Western District Squatters. The former Saint George’s Presbyterian Church is a significant and intact work of Nathaniel Billing, who was well known for ecclesiastical architecture. The original church was expanded with the addition of transepts in 1908, and finally a spire and tower in 1936. The tower and spire were donated as a seventy-fifth anniversary gift by wealthy parishioners James McPhillimy and his sister Louise. The McPhillimy family were not only wealthy parisioners, but were also long time worshipers at Saint George’s Persbyterian Church. They began worshiping there in 1886.
The inside of the former Saint George’s Presbyterian Church is quite plain, with white painted walls and three rows of blackwood pews separated by two aisles. The church features examples of its original latticed quarry glass lancet windows with one band of coloured glass, as well as several figurative stained glass windows installed later. This includes two pairs of lancet windows manufactured by Ballantyne and Company of Edinburgh, which are perhaps the church’s most beautiful windows for their wonderful colours and beautiful hand-painted details. There is also two windows by Melbourne stained glass manufacturers Brooks Robinson and Company installed in the 1930s, and a fine heritage listed stained glass window by one of Melbourne’s leading stained glass artists, William Montgomery, which commemorates the fallen of the Great War. The church’s rose window and great western window created by Melbourne stained glass manufacturer Ferguson and Urie are the oldest windows, and like the quarry glass windows, are original.
Saint George's Presbyterian Church was forced to close its doors in 2015 owing to dwindling congregation numbers, and whilst the Presbyterian Church still owns the church and manse, the manse is now rented out and has been used for both commercial and residential purposes. The church itself sits idly, its slowly weathering exterior requiring significant restoration, its garden sinking into neglect and its interior lying beneath a sheet of thick dust.
I am very grateful to the retired Presbyterian Reverend Andrew Bray, caretaker of the church at the time of photographing, for giving me an hour of his time and for letting me photograph the interior and stained glass windows so extensively.
Nathaniel Billing was born in Brightwell, Oxfordshire in 1821. Articled to the prestigious office of Sir Gilbert Scott in London, he later commenced his own architectural practice in Slough under his own name. Nathaniel married his first wife, Henrietta in 1850. Three years later the pair and their family immigrated to Australia. he was appointed to the Colonial Architect's Office in Belfast (now known as Port Fairy), but commenced his own practice there in 1855. In Port Fairy he designed Saint John's Church of England in 1856 and the Bank of Australasia in 1857. That same year, Nathaniel left Port Fairy and moved to Melbourne, where he soon had a thriving practice. In Melbourne, most of his commissions were ecclesiastical. He designed All Saints Church of England on Chapel Street in 1861 which with a seating capacity of 1,500 is the largest Church of England in the southern hemisphere, Saint Margaret's Church of England in Eltham in 1861, alterations to Melville House in Collins Street in 1881, "Steamshall" a Victorian Italianate villa in Kew in 1882, Saint Paul's Cathedral in Sale in 1884, Saint Matthias' Church of England in Richmond in 1885, the Fitzroy Cricket Ground grandstand in 1888, and extensions to Saint George's Church of England in 1889 in conjunction with the architects firm Dalton and Gibbons. Nathaniel's first wife Henrietta died in 1867 after nineteen years of marriage, four sons and five daughters. Nathaniel remarried in 1869, taking Mary Anne Hooke as his wife. They had no children together. Nathaniel's fourth child, William Urban Billing, joined his firm in 1880 and practiced as Billing and Son. They worked together until 1895 when Nathaniel retired. Nathaniel died at his home in Westbury Street East St Kilda in 1910 at the age of 88.
William Montgomery (1850 - 1927) was an artist who specialised in stained glass painting and design. He was born in England in 1850, and studied at the School of Art in Newcastle-on-Tyne. In his final year William was awarded one of only three National Art Scholarships that year to study at South Kensington School of Art (now the Royal College of Art). He was employed by the leading London stained glass firm, Clayton and Bell, before joining Franz Mayer and Company in Munich, Germany. Over the next seven years he not only designed windows he also trained others in the English style of glass painting. William arrived in Melbourne, Australia, in 1886 during the Boom Period provided by the Gold Rush. Melbourne was at the time one of the wealthiest cities in the world, and was in the throes of a building boom. He quickly set up his studio at 164 Flinders Street in the heart of Melbourne, bringing with him the latest in European style and design and achieving instant success amongst wealthy patrons. He worked equally for Catholic and Protestant denominations, his windows being found in many churches as well as in mansions, houses and other commercial buildings around the city. This extended to the country beyond as his reputation grew. A painter as well as stained glass window designer William was a founding member of the Victorian Art Society in Albert Street, Eastern Hill. William became President of its Council in 1912, a position he held until 1916. He was a trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria. His commissions included; stained glass windows at Christ Church, Hawthorn: St. John's, Heidelberg, St. Ignatius', Richmond: Christ Church, St Kilda: Geelong Grammar School: the Bathurst Cathedral and private houses "Tay Creggan", Hawthorn (now Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar), and "Earlsbrae Hall", Essendon (now Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School). The success of William Montgomery made Melbourne the leading centre of stained glass in the Southern Hemisphere. William Montgomery died in 1927.
“Art is contemplation.
It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature
and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated.”
~ Auguste Rodin ~
“It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility,
that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance
rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design.”
~ Charles Caleb Colton ~
so there you have it!
and here I have the possibility of a quilt design!
all from a prismatic moment on our living room wall this afternoon while we were undressing our tree.
"And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the Scripture says, 'God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble'"
1 PETER 5:5
TREES SERIES #2
[...] The churches must learn humility as well as teach it [...]
-- Quote by George Bernard Shaw (Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature, 1856-1950)
Nikon D70, Tokina 12-24 f/4, 12mm - f/11 - 5s - HDR 3xp +2/-2EV
Rome, Italy (August, 2009)
Pride, Spiritual
Spiritual pride in its own nature is so secret, that it is not so well discerned by immediate intuition on the thing itself, as by the effects and fruits of it; some of which I would mention, together with the contrary fruits of pure Christian humility.
Spiritual pride disposes to speak of other persons’ sins, their enmity against God and his people, the miserable delusion of hypocrites, and their enmity against vital piety, and the deadness of some saints, with bitterness, or with laughter and levity, and an air of contempt; whereas pure Christian humility rather disposes, either to be silent about them, or to speak of them with grief and pity.
Spiritual pride is very apt to suspect others; whereas an humble saint is most jealous of himself; he is so suspicious of nothing in the world as he is of his own heart. The spiritually proud person is apt to find fault with other saints, that they are low in grace; and to be much in observing how cold and dead they are; and being quick to discern and take notice of their deficiencies. But the eminently humble Christian has so much to do at home, and sees so much evil in his own heart, and is so concerned about it, that he is not apt to be very busy with other hearts; he complains most of himself, and complains of his own coldness and lowness in grace. He is apt to esteem others better than himself, and is ready to hope that there is nobody but what has more love and thankfulness to God than he, and cannot bear to think that others should bring forth no more fruit to God’s honor than he.
Some who have spiritual pride mixed with high discoveries and great transports of joy, disposing them in an earnest manner to talk to others, are apt, in such frames, to be calling upon other Christians about them, and sharply reproving them for their being so cold and lifeless. There are others, who in their raptures are overwhelmed with a sense of their own vileness; and, when they have extraordinary discoveries of God’s glory, are all taken up about their own sinfulness; and though they also are disposed to speak much and very earnestly, yet it is very much in blaming themselves, and exhorting fellow-Christians, but in a charitable and humble manner. Pure Christian humility disposes a person to take notice of every thing that is good in others, and to make the best of it, and to diminish their failings; but to give his eye chiefly on those things that are bad in himself, and to take much notice of every thing that aggravates them.
In a contrariety to this, it has been the manner in some places, or at least the manner of some persons, to speak of almost every thing that they see amiss in others, in the most harsh, severe, and terrible language. It is frequent with them to say of others’ opinions, or conduct, or advice—or of their coldness, their silence, their caution, their moderation, their prudence, that they are from the devil, or from hell; that such a thing is devilish, or hellish, or cursed, and that such persons are serving the devil, or the devil is in them, that they are soul-murderers, and the like; so that the words devil and hell are almost continually in their mouths. And such kind of language they will commonly use, not only towards wicked men, but towards them whom they themselves allow to be the true children of God, and also towards ministers of the gospel and others who are very much their superiors. And they look upon it as a virtue and high attainment thus to behave themselves. Oh, say they, we must be plain hearted and bold for Christ, we must declare war against sin wherever we see it, we must not mince the matter in the cause of God and when speaking for Christ. And to make any distinction in persons, or to speak the more tenderly, because that which is amiss is seen in a superior, they look upon as very mean for a follower of Christ when speaking in the cause of his Master.
What a strange device of the devil is here, to overthrow all Christian meekness and gentleness, and even all show and appearance of it, and to defile the mouths of the children of God, and to introduce the language of common sailors among the followers of Christ, under a cloak of high sanctity and zeal, and boldness for Christ! And it is a remarkable instance of the weakness of the human mind, and how much too cunning the devil is for us!
Jonathan Edwards
Mark Water, The New Encyclopedia of Christian Quotations (Alresford, Hampshire: John Hunt Publishers Ltd, 2000), 826–827.
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*** THE WORLD IS WHAT WE MAKE OF IT ***
About ...
Steel rails that once fed the powers of industry in Buffalo. These are along a line that stretches from the feet of Bethlehem Steel, to the grain elevators in South Buffalo, and towards the Ford Motor plant just south of there. The corridors of wealth, as I like to call it, have long dried up and are a shell of their former selves, but like the Phoenix rising from the ashes this city reinvents itself not through the amassing tools of steel or the ships of the Great Lakes, but the people who breath small businesses to life from an ember of hope and humility. They are the wealth of this city now, and will make it stronger as time passes. We are uncertain about what paths are ahead of us, but will prevail.
We.Are.Buffalo
"The Virgin Mary, in her docile humility, became the handmaid of divine Love: she accepted the Father's will and conceived the Son by the power of the Holy Spirit. In her the Almighty built a temple worthy of him and made her the model and image of the Church, mystery and house of communion for all human beings. May Mary, mirror of the Blessed Trinity, help us to grow in faith in the Trinitarian mystery" – Pope Benedict XVI.
Today is the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, and also the last day of Our Lady's month.
My sermon for today can be read here.
Boss in the Dominican church of San Esteban in Salamanca.
Endless selfies at the top of the Dom, Koln, Germany. She was truly there for over ten minutes doing this.
This is "Dunnock Day" in the Bothy.
AKA Hedge Sparrow, an unassuming and little noticed wee bird, content to live in the undergrowth on crumbs from the rich birds' table.
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“We're sitting on our blessed Mother Earth from which we get our strength and determination, love and humility ~ all the beautiful attributes that we've been given. So turn to one another; love one another; respect one another; respect Mother Earth; respect the waters - because that's life itself!”
~ Phil Lane, Sr., YANKTON SIOUX
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Boy I think about it every night and day
I'm addicted wanna jump inside your love
I wouldn't wanna have it any other way
I'm addicted and I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
Honey got a sexy all steamin
She givin hotness a new meanin
Perfection mama you gleamin
Inception you got a brother dreamin dreamin
Damn baby I'm feignin
I'm trynna holler at you, I'm screamin
Let me love you down this evenin
Love you love you ya you know you are my demon
Girl we could form a team and
I could be the king you could be the queen and
My mind's dirty and it don't need cleanin
I love you long time so you know the meanin
Oh baby I can't come down so please come help me out
You got me feelin high and I can't step off the cloud
And I just can't get enough
Boy I think about it every night and day
I'm addicted wanna jump inside your love
I wouldn't wanna have it any other way
I'm addicted and I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
I just can't get enough
Honey got me runnin like I'm flow joe
Signs her name on my heart with an X-O
Love's so sweet got me vexed oh
I wanna wish it right back like presto, yes
Meantime I wait for the next time
She come around 'fore I toast to the best time
We lol back and forth on the text line
She got me fishin for her love I confess I'm
Somethin bout her smile and that combo
Got me high and I ain't comin down yo
My heart's pumpin out louder than electro
She got me feelin like Mr. Roboto
Oh baby I can't come down so please come help me out
You got me feelin high and I can't step off the cloud
And I just can't get enough
Boy I think about it every night and day
I'm addicted wanna jump inside your love
I wouldn't wanna have it any other way
I'm addicted and I just can't get enough
*this is mega switch up*
switch up
switch up
I just can't
switch up
Not
Sunk in your bed rock
Caught
Up in your love shock
Knocked
Out by your cold shot
I'm stuck in your head li-
switch up
Can't get out won't when
Makin me feign, give it to me
I want it all, know what I mean
Your love is a dose of ecstasy
switch up
Addicted
I can't get
Away from
You
Afflicted
I need it
I'm missin
switch up
I want your lovin right next to me
And I can't
Erase ya out of my memory
I just can't
switch up
* Just Can't Get Enough * ~ by Black Eyed Peas
Humility
What is humility,
If not our soul’s nobility
Revealed in and through
Our lives?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 268, Agni Press, 1998
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In the collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art, the painting in oil on wood and dates from circa 1518. The band of discoloration at the top is a consequence of not knowing how to take indoor shots. Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), friend of Martin Luther, was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker. He was known for his portraits, religious subjects (at first representing Catholicism then later Protestantism), hunting scenes, and mythological scenes. The placard in the museum states: “In this picture the Madonna and child are placed in an extensive northern European landscape with pine trees and a fanciful gated city in the distance. The Madonna is seated on the ground, emphasizing her humility, while the pensive Christ child reaches for as bunch of grapes, a symbol of the Eucharistic wine and, by association, his sacrifice on behalf of his followers.” The painting, after determination that Nazis had illegally seized from Philipp von Gomperz, it was restituted to the rightful owner. It then returned to the museum as a partial gift and partial purchase.
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Señor de la Pacencia / The Lord of Humility
Front View
18th Century
Soft wood and polychromy
Left arm missing.
Attributed to the Panay School
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Porfirio J. and Mrs. Socorro Rodriguez Callo
Purchased from Likhâ Gallery in the late 1970s.
National Museum registration sticker in back.
A small, table-top image of the Senor de la Pacencia made of soft wood with traces of original polychromy. The Christ figure is sitting on a piece of wood naturalistically painted to look like a stump complete with tree bole.
The left arm is screwed into the shoulder at the upper joint. Lower hand missing. Wooden screw still visible. This indicates that the arm may have been artuculated at one time.
The body color has faded to a pleasing brown color. The savage wounds inflicted on Christ's back is very much evident in the deep grooves incised into the back of the Christ figure. The hair of the patient Christ is carved into thick individual strands typical of sculptures of the 18th century.
"Humility has as its object to eliminate that which is imaginary in spiritual progress. There is no harm in thinking ourselves far less advanced than we are: the light is in no way decreased thereby for its source is not in opinion. There is great harm in thinking ourselves more advanced, because then opinion has an effect."
~ Simone Weil
Gravity and Grace
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I find in regards to 'myself' that this approach presents more
positive possibilities in life... too many humiliations have brought me to this.
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All Saints, Bingley, West Yorkshire.
East Window, 1890 - detail.
Charity - Purity - Love - Truth - Humility.
Designed by Henry Holiday (1839-1927).
Made by James Powell & Sons.
Henry George Alexander Holiday entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 15 and was soon drawn to the ideas, and the artists, of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He succeeded Edward Burne-Jones as the chief designer for the stained glass firm James Powell & Sons in 1863 and his style had a long-lasting effect on their production into the 1920s. Some of his windows were made by Lavers & Barraud and Heaton, Butler & Bayne, and after eventually ending his association with Powells, he established his own workshop in 1890. From about 1900 he even made his own glass at the workshop. His later work was made at the Glass House, Fulham.
Henry Holiday also worked as a painter, illustrator and sculptor, and his broad range of interests led to involvement in the campaign for Irish Home Rule, women's suffrage and dress reform.