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She'd just left the church, where she had removed the spent candles, and was on her way home, without once looking up!
Detritus of Devotion is a painting about the violence and hatred caused by religious intolerance, and the wars it has ignited throughout the ages. The angel descending is Religion personified, made of elements symbolizing the worlds three largest monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. As cousins of each other, they revolve around a commonly shared ancestor, Abraham, represented by the goat that was slaughtered in place of his son. Religion is composed of various iconographies, as well rats and military ordinance, representing the destruction and decay brought fourth out of ideological discord. The woman lying dead on the ground is Peace, who has been slain by Religion in all its fury. She is distinguishable by the olive-branch crown and twig which she possesses, as well as the barren cornucopia once filled with the fruit of happiness. The setting is middle-eastern from whence developed all three faiths, representing the cradle of civilization. Set before the city of Jerusalem, innocent children of all three faiths weep and mourn the death of Peace, while a procession of crusaders moves past Arab soldiers in the distance, and the four horsemen of the Apocalypse ride ahead of the oncoming wrath of God.
Welcome to a night in the office from hell.
It’s 1983 and in an abandoned workplace in the Midlands, two solitary clerical workers sit down at their desks to begin a routine night shift. But as the evening creeps into the night, a confidential file is accidentally opened and a quietly horrifying secret is unleashed. A secret that’ll soon turn their lives of rotas, packed lunches and fag breaks violently upside down and the workers, against each other.
A fantasy thriller with a pounding 1980s soundtrack, Stoke-on-Trent’s Potboiler Theatre invite you to a world of ruthless ambition, desperate escapism and deeply held desires: a world of Devotion.
Devotion was supported with funding from National Lottery through Arts Council England and Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. With thanks also to New Vic Theatre, Mitchell Arts Centre and Moonbrushed Media.
Images courtesy of Moonbrushed Media.
For those of you who don't know. Golden Temple or Harmandir Sahib is culturally the most significant place of worship of the Sikhs and one of the oldest Sikh gurdwaras. Its name literally means House of God. The fourth Guru of Sikhism, Guru Ram Das, excavated a tank in 1577 which subsequently became known as Amritsar (meaning: Pool of the Nectar of Immortality),[3] giving its name to the city that grew around it.
Personally its one of my favorite places in the world.
Countless people pinned dollars to Saint Anthony's statue as it passed in procession. The look in this woman's eyes shows the hope behind the gesture
Saint Anthony's Feast
North End, Boston
Left to right, Fred, Sammy, Sharon, Pat, John,
Sweetwater Union High School Prom,
National City, CA, USA,
credit: Sharon (Clark) Alexander,
circa 1977
Every year devotees throng the streets of Trivandrum with their bodies pierced...essentially a 'nercha' (a vow) taken in order to fulfill some wish.
This is an annual sight at the Shivaratri festival here. Though i had taken a few pictures last year, I was stunned to see such young children in the procession this time around. I actually found it rather disturbing...maybe because no child would (sub)consciously make a decision like this, I'm not saying that the children are forced into it...but still its odd, to put children through this (some looked as young as 4-5 yrs)
Chocolat Moderne, Chelsea, NYC
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