I was originally planning to title this post, “phoning home.” I’ve not yet become comfortable taking photos with my phone but I really wanted to try capturing the fast falling light in this corner of the living room. Most of the items lit are gifts from friends and family. It was a grounding moment, reminding me once more that I am a very lucky person. 😉
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Two of my favorite phrases that help me get through some days. 😉
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My herbs aren’t doing so well, but the African Violets in their little nook in the kitchen … wow! 😉
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… it was this photo of sunlit branches by the Charles River that was selected by the jurors. 😉 A framed print will be appearing in the Riverside Gallery’s 3rd Annual Juried exhibit, “African American Artists – Passion for a Lifetime – 2014”. I hope if you’re in the area you’ll drop by the opening reception on Sunday, October 26th, 3-5 PM. I’ve seen some of the other selected works and it is a beautiful and stunning mix of media and themes. The show will run through January 2015.
Other artists in this show include:
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Stained glass reflected on the stone floor at Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston’s South End. The actual stained glass windows I may post in the future.
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One of the reasons that I have come to love photographing stained glass windows is story. There’s the story of the building in which the window is placed. There’s the story of the people who commissioned the creation of the window. There’s the story that the artist and his or her team is asked to express in paint and layers of glass, and their artistic interpretation of that story. And then there’s the completed window and what story it actually conveys to each individual viewer across the generations.
These are details from the windows at Church of the Convenant, located on Newbury Street in Boston’s Back Bay. It is a National Historic Landmark built 1865-1867. Then, in the late 1890s, the sanctuary was completely redecorated by Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company.
It is still an active parish and they have put together a wealth of information detailing the story of the parish, the Gothic architecture of the building, and its Tiffany decoration.
There is an online tour of the windows and interior via this link. But, of course, if you’re in the area, definitely take the self-guided tour still available. The walking map provides interesting descriptions of the three Tiffany designers’ interpretations of the biblical stories they were to represent in glass.
And of the photographs I took during my most recent walking tour, following is an image that did not work out and yet I could not make myself delete it. So, I suppose such an action is part of the story of me.
More information available: http://www.cotcbos.org/
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I was talking with my brother on the phone this morning. Since the two of us have been known to converse for quite a while, I found myself a chair. It’s the chair where I normally look through the rippled glass window …
but this morning my eyes rested upon a neighboring wall where sunlight played.
The show didn’t last for long, just long enough, and here are a few scenes from the drama.
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