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Dancing... or drinking through life
I am not even sure that I know how to do a link anymore. I'm giving it a shot though so, three readers, please forgive me if I mess this up.
So Rod Dreher's sister is battling cancer. It is nasty. Their faith is extraordinary. Here's his latest post (I think)
There are 8 comments on it.
As I scrolle
posted 3:05:22pm Mar. 02, 2010 |
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Back...
I'm back here at JWalking after a bit of time because I just want someplace to record thoughts from time to time. I doubt that many of the thoughts will be political - there are plenty upon plenty of people offering their opinions on everything political and I doubt that I have much to add that will
posted 10:44:56pm Mar. 01, 2010 |
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Learning to tell a story
For the last ten months or so I've been engaged in a completely different world - the world of screenwriting. It began as a writing project - probably the 21st Century version of a yen to write the great American novel - a shot at a screenplay. I knew that I knew nothing about the art but was inspir
posted 8:01:41pm Feb. 28, 2010 |
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And just one more
I have, I think, just one more round of chemo left.
When I go through my pill popping regimen tomorrow morning it will be the last time for this particular round of drugs. Twenty-three rounds, it seems, is enough.
What comes next? We'll go back to what we did after the surgery. We'll watch and measu
posted 11:38:45pm Nov. 18, 2008 |
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A Newfie for Obama
NPR asked me to do a short memo to the president-elect. I chose to do it on the dog he should choose... and why. Check it out.
posted 12:25:10am Nov. 15, 2008 |
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posted November 26, 2007 at 1:32 pm
I love the grouchy look on the footwashee’s face. It looks like he’s about to say “You missed a spot, Hippie!”
posted November 26, 2007 at 3:14 pm
No. the look on his face is one of unworthiness. His Father doing in this picture what he did on earth. Being a servant. Wonderful picture!!
posted November 26, 2007 at 11:08 pm
The look I see is, “What is He doing?”
Which isn’t at all sacrilegious, if you think about it.
posted November 27, 2007 at 8:53 am
Strange picture. Peter looks like he’s been twenty years in the Old Fisherman’s Home already, while the young bloke at the left is Judas, evidently getting his sandals back on ’cause he’s been taken care of already. The next group over features someone with a terrible headache, or who’s horror-stricken by the whole business, while the lady at the far right who looks like Mary Mags in red– that’s actually meant to be St John, with Christina Rosseti as the model– is earnestly praying.
I understand that Jesus originally had less on, but public upset caused the artist to add more clothing. That’s fine, I’m all for decency in religious pictures, but this one would have been better without the superfluous halo. Various well-known persons modeled for this painting, including art critic FG Stephens who provided the face of Jesus.
One nice thing about religious art prior to (let’s say) WWI is that it manages to be neither sappy nor ironic– something which would be very hard to pull off now.