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Fan vaults differ from earlier vaulting in not comprising ribs and infilling, but rather halved concave cones with blind tracery carved on their surfaces. The Divinity School in Oxford has one of the finest fan vaults in the world, created by William Orchard, c.1480.
KABK Graduation Festival
Den Haag 2016
Is Elon Bell charlatan or savior? Can technology the new divinity create or inspire a new political landscape? Is his vision of a morally exciting global enterprise for the few or for the many? Or does this provocative thinking lull society into a sense of etherial utopia that has always been beyond the reach of the masses?
THESIS: Open Design as a platform for social innovation
Open-design is a global social movement and paradigm shift that has mainly been driven by Internet culture and open-source, but there are misconceptions about the open-design movement. My main focus is about developing human aspect of Open Design and instead of Technology aspects.
In every breath, a universe unfolds,
Each atom a testament, ancient and bold.
In rivers that flow, in mountains that rise,
The divine essence, a silent guise.
From the flutter of wings to the stars' dance above,
All intertwined in a tapestry of love.
— ChatGPT
A few months ago my mom challenged me to make divinity; she remembered how her mom used to make it when she was little. I finally gave it a go today. Apparently it's supposed to be sunny with low humidity to make divinity and today seemed perfect.
But did it work out like I planned? Let's just say that they look pretty and they taste nice (like marshmallows, actually) but they are all sticking to the wax paper and turn into a gooey mess when I try to take them off!
I didn't have enough cherries to put on top of all of them. And do you see the big globby messes in the top left of the photo? That was before I put the whole mass of divinity into a pastry bag and started piping them out - it was much easier than using a spoon.
This is the Kuan Yin Temple (观音亭) located at Banting, Selangor of Malaysia. It was a cloudy evening and right before it rains I captured these shots with an under-exposed and customized picture profile, I am glad they bring out some gloomy and spooky mood.
Set of photos taken on Oxford Light Night-Divinity School one of many locations lit spectacularly-but very busy with people everywhere !! Browse back to see some more of this historic location
Divinity School, Oxford, East bay. 6-light Perpendicular windows with panelling. Lierne vault with bosses and pendants 1483 by William Orchard, "One of the marvels of Oxford" (Pevsner). Sketched on site with fibretip and watercolour.
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Small figures of bishops and kings inhabit little niches in the pendants of the vaulting in Oxford's Divinity School. Perhaps this vault is a reminder of Christ's words: "In my Father's house there are many mansions", whereby the vault represents heaven (i.e., God's 'habitation') and the little niches are the mansions of heaven...
Ilima Considine of The Sexbots and formerly Childhood Friends (among others) on her secret beach under the Marquam Bridge on the Willamette River, Portland, OR.
Reflection of one of the gopurams of a sannidhi ,on a puddle,inside the jalakandeswarar temple in Vellore,Tamilnadu
Renowned as being one of the most beautiful buildings in Oxford, the Divinity School is the oldest surviving medieval building built separately (c.1427-83) in connection with the University. It was constructed for lectures and disputations in theology, the "Queen of the sciences".
Accession Number: 1990:491
Display Title: "Portrait of Sultan Abu'l Hasan of Golconda, Standing"
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Media & Support: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Creation Date: ca. 1675
Creation Place/Subject: India
State-Province: Andhra Pradesh
Court: Golconda
School: Deccani
Display Dimensions: 8 11/16 in. x 5 11/16 in. (22.1 cm x 14.45 cm)
Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection
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The radiant Abul Hasan Qutb Shah (r. 1672- 1687), nicknamed Tana Shah the King of Taste, swaggers in his garden sniffing a flower, a shield hoisted aloft to protect him from the sun and magnify his importance. He seems to be an amiable, happy soul, fond of sweet flowers, luscious golden textiles of many types, jewels, and very good food. Tana Shah was a famous poet in Deccani Urdu, the language of the Deccan. He is accused by contemporary Mughal historians (in his enemy Aurangzeb's camp) of debauchery and religious heresy. The grounds for the religious heresy charge might have stemmed from his wearing gold, which from Aurangzeb's orthodox Islamic p[oint of view would have been forbidden.
Aurangzeb beseiged the fort at Golconda for 7 months in 1687 before it fell and Tana Shah was taken prisoner and confined until he died in 1704. Golconda was reduced to a province of the Mughal empire.
Power & Desire, 04/00
Sultan Abul Hasan is seen here, on a mid-morning walk stopping for a moment to take in the fragrance of a flower.
The image conveys several attributes of kingship. Abul Hasans divine status is suggested by a glowing halo. Brighter than the sun from which he is being shielded, the Sultan eclipses all, including the barefoot attendant, dressed in muslin and holding a parasol, who is all but crowded out of the picture. The Sultans presence is enlarged by layer upon layer of golden robes, jewels, and furs. As son-in-law of the reigning Sultan, he had retired from the world to follow the path of Islamic mysticism known as Sufism, when a palace coup propelled him to the throne.
October 2005
Domains of Wonder
Abu'l Hasan was known to be a man of good taste and a student of a renowned Sufi saint. Instead of the fly-whisk or parasol placed over the head-traditional signifiers of sovereignty or divinity-a decorative shield is held above the sultan. Perhaps this was the sultan's subtle attempt to confer status upon himself without offending his Mughal overlords.
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Repository: The San Diego Museum of Art
“Although they represent a variety of faith traditions, our students have a single goal: to do their part to make the world a better place.” —Vanderbilt Divinity School Dean James Hudnut-Beumler
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Lord Krishna appeared over five thousand years ago in Mathura, India to Devaki and Vasudeva in the jail cell of the tyrant Kamsa. The place of His birth is known as Sri Krishna Janmasthana. He appeared with His brother Balarama in response to the demigods' prayers for protection from the widespread influence of demonic administration on earth.
Previously, the demigods and demons had been at war in the heavens. When the demons were defeated by the demigods, they decided to instead attack this planet earth. Thus, they invaded the earth by discretely taking birth as princes in powerful royal families of the time.
And as the earth became overrun by militaristic activities of these kingly demons, the demigods including the Earth goddess earnestly sought Lord Visnu's protection. Seeing the deteriorating social and political conditions and hearing the prayers of the demigods, the all-compassionate Supreme Lord Sri Krishna decided to descend for the benefit of all.
The Supreme Lord descends from time to time in this material world to reestablish the teachings of the Vedas. In His Bhagavad-gita, Lord Krishna promises: "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion--at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear milleniumm after millenium."
Although eternal the Lord appears in specific circumstances out of mercy for His devotees. In fact, His principal biography, the Srimad Bhagavatam states, "the learned men describe the births and activities of the Unborn and Inactive." Therefore, although He appears within the material dimensions of time and space, He is most definitely not of it.
Historically, Lord Krishna appeared on the midnight of the 8th day of the dark half of the month of Sravana. This corresponds to July 19th 3228 BC. He exhibited His pastimes for a little over 125 years and dissappeared on February 18th 3102 BC on the new moon night of Phalguna. (His departure marks the beginning of the current age of corruption known as Kali.)
The great scholar Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti neatly outlines Lord Krishna's activities in this way: the first three years and four months were spent in Gokula, then equal lengths of time in Vmdavana and Nandagram, eighteen years and four months in Mathura, and finally ninety-six years and eight months in Dvaraka totalling 125 years of manifest pastimes. See the Krishna-lila chart.
Lord Krishna's early pastimes are briefly summarized at the website Krishna's Adventures in Vraja"During this childhood time , He grew up as the son of His foster parents Nanda and Yasoda in the midst of the idyllic beauty of Gokula, Vrindavana, and Nandagram. Not only did He destroy numerous demons, but also performed His famous rasa dance.
Krishna enjoyed the dance of love (rasa-lila) with the gopis many of whom are expansions of His own internal energies. The supreme gopi known as Srimati Radharani is the object of Krishna's highest devotion. This beautiful dance would occur in the autumn season at night under a full moon when Lord Krishna would captivate the young gopis with the extraordinary music of His flute . These esoteric pastimes constitute the most confidential expression of divinity ever revealed.
Usually the conception of sprirtual perfection consists of overwhelming feelings only of awe and reverence at God's majesty. However, in these pastimes each devotee loves God either as a master, a best freind, a mischievous son, or even as an intimate lover, thus revealing the infinite possibilities of divine love. These early pastimes of Lord Krsna in Vrindavana illustrate the extraordinary intimacy that one can have with God. These pastimes are described in detail by Sri Visvantha Chakravarti in his Sri Krishna Bhavanamrta Mahakavya
When Krsna and Balarama were older, They were invited to Mathura, where Karnsa, Their demonic uncle, was planning Their death in a wrestling match against two large and powerful wrestlers. When Kamsa saw his wrestlers defeated, he ordered his friends to drive the brothers out of Mathura, plunder the riches of Their cowherd friends, and kill Their fathers, Nanda and Vasudeva. However, Krishna immediately killed Kamsa and Balarama killed his eight brothers. Lord Krishna then established the pious King Ugrasena as the emperor of several kingdoms.
In Mathura, both Krishna and Balarama were initiated by Gargamuni in the Gayatri mantra> Later They went to live under the care of Sandipani Muni who instructed Them in all the Vedic arts and sciences in sixty-four days and nights especially in military science, politics and spirituality. As an offering (guru-daksina) to Their teacher, They recovered his son from death. Although God does not need instruction from anyone else, Lord Krsna and His brother set the perfect example : one must accept instruction from and serve a bona-fide spiritual master to advance in spiritual life.
For the next eighteen years, They continued to live in Mathura halting the impending threat of many demonic kings. Later in Their pastimes Lord Balarama married a princess named Revati. Lord Krsna married many queens, the foremost among them being the extraordinarily beautiftil Queen Rukmani. (See Sri Rukmani website for the story of Their marriage). Both Krishna and Balarama established Their palaces in Dwaraka off the coast of western India, where They enjoyed married life for many years. Although They were married, Lord Krishna and Lord Balrama exhibited the quality of detachment from material life perfectly.
When They were about ninety years old, the great world war of Kuruksetra took place. This climactic battle brought together all the major world leaders. Lord Krsna took the role of a charioteer on the side of the pious Pandavas, while Lord Balarama refusing to participate went on a pilgrimage tour thereby blessing the entire land of India.
At the start of the war, Lord Krishna displayed His stupendous Universal Form delivered His famous message known as the Bhagavad-gita, literally the Song of God. This Song contains the essence of all knowledge having been spoken by the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Himself. This war concluded with the destruction of the demonic kings and the reinstatement of the righteous Pandava princes.
Having completed Their mission, Balarama and Krsna resumed Their life in Dvaraka where They spent some thirty-five more years before ending Their earthly manifest activities The foremost description of Lord Krishna's activities occurs in the Srimad Bhagavatam, literally "the Beautiful Book of God."
The Divinity School is a beautiful medieval building in the Perpendicular style in Oxford, England, part of the University of Oxford. Built 1427–83, it is the oldest surviving purpose-built building for university use, specifically for lectures and discussions on theology.
Divinity School, Oxford, Lierne vault with bosses and pendants 1483 by William Orchard, "One of the marvels of Oxford" (Pevsner). Sketched on site with fibretip and watercolour.
In every breath, a universe unfolds,
Each atom a testament, ancient and bold.
In rivers that flow, in mountains that rise,
The divine essence, a silent guise.
From the flutter of wings to the stars' dance above,
All intertwined in a tapestry of love.
— ChatGPT
Animated and compelling, Rev. Becca Stevens, MDiv’90, is both 21st-century American woman and Episcopal priest sharing the riches of a life and ministry fired by the call “to live by the truth that love is the most powerful force for change in the world.”
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