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Realists of a Larger Reality

November 19, 2014

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings.” – Ursala K. LeGuin

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Ozeki’s “Tale” Entangles Readers

October 24, 2013

First sixteen pages
Seventeen footnotes ask, “Is
She making this up?”

A Tale for the Time Being

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St. Patrick by Hamish Burgess

The Breastplate of St. Patrick

March 17, 2013

I bind unto myself the power /
Of the great love of the cherubim; /
The sweet ‘well done’ in judgment hour, /
The service of the seraphim, /
Confessors’ faith, Apostles’ word, /
The Patriarchs’ prayers, the Prophets’ scrolls, /
All good deeds done unto the Lord, /
And purity of virgin souls.

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Creation Groans

January 1, 2013

Turning & turning – and do we now see /
Mere anarchy at last upon the world?

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Rodin, "The Gates of Hell"

Rodin’s Thinking Poet

November 13, 2012

For Rodin the sculptor, every aspect of action, character, and spirit that he wanted to convey had to be embodied in the physical form of his works. It’s a reminder to us that we, too, are bodily works.

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Terrible Goodness

September 15, 2012

Nature’s so terribly good. Don’t you think so, Mr. Stanhope?”

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Tagged With: Fear, CSL Ten Books
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