homage to light

Henri Fantin-Latour French, Grenoble 1836-1904 Buré Roses and Lilies, 1888 Oil on canvas     

Etruscan Art and the “Sarcophagus of the Spouses” “The ancient Etruscans prepared extensively for the afterlife, furnishing their family tombs with richly painted walls, precious and imported objects, and elaborately decorated coffins. They practiced both inhumation and cremation, and produced caskets in various sizes, the […]

St. Ignatius was born October 23, 1491 of a noble family in Spain. As a young adult he lead a far from saintly life, vainly dreaming of personal honor and fame. He became a knight and at the age of 30 he was badly wounded […]

  felt particularly blessed to stumble across this today. — beauty that created itself  

a white moth with a damaged wing found in front of my apartment   at the stop light on my way home

Last Friday on September 27th I woke up from a loud screech coming from the kitchen. It was my mom. She was watering our house plants when a large black moth flew out of one and landed on the kitchen wall. But by the time […]

  monochromatic and black & white gouache on paper

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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Gospel Reading Luke 15:1-32 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What […]

*  *  * here there are four of me, and sometimes I would multiply into five or six. we took a walk 

  J’ai du vague à l’âme Waves to my soul, My soul is in the waves, Melancholia   {enable HD for better video quality}