As a child I made mud pies dusted with dry sand as if it were confectionery sugar, but sculpting sand into delicate forms? Never learned that magic art.
This particular sculpture, Imprinted, was one of several featured at this weekend’s Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival and was created by artist Sue McGrew from Tacoma, Washington.
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It’s an honor to have two of my photos appearing in an upcoming issue of Spirituality&Health magazine. It is a special issue on Practice. A beautiful publication with articles that especially resonate for me right now, on topics ranging from clearing mental clutter to the spiritual practice of silence. You can learn more about this publication and other resources here.
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a piece of quartz resting on a half shell
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Well, at least a very ripe avocado was the first ingredient and then I scavenged about the kitchen. The end result was unruly and messy but quite tasty.
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Well, there’s all sorts of things I’d like to cry havoc about today but the words and thoughts aren’t coming together so I’ll simply share a few good things in the works.
a new postcard
In a 2006 article for The Guardian, biographer Fiona MacCarthy writes, “Christmas would not be Christmas without a Burne-Jones angel.” This particular angel is from a group of stained glass windows at Trinity Church commonly referred to as the Christmas windows. They depict The Journey into Egypt, Worship of the Magi, and Wonder of the Shepherds. This particular blue-winged angel is from the Wonder of the Shepherds. Designed by Burne-Jones and executed by William Morris (1882). Available in August at the Trinity Book Shop.
a new notecard
This Madonna and Child does not appear in Trinity Church. The image is the center panel of a triptych likely created over 100 years ago for a competition in Florence, Italy. A set of 5-notecards will be made available at the Trinity Book Shop closer to the holidays.
small prints
A colleague recently said, “You’re always taking pictures of that statue.” I think there’s always something new to see. This is St. Francis in the garden on the Clarendon Street side of Trinity Church. A different angle than the image in the current postcard available in the Shop. This image is available as a 5×7 print in an 8×10 mat. I find it serene and hope others will too.
special requests
I’m not on Etsy yet but luckily that hasn’t prevented friends and family from placing special orders. Through them, I sometimes see my work with new eyes. Always enjoyable. I created these notecards for a friend looking for something a little different than traditional Hallmark.
next steps?
Not sure at this very moment, except … to take a deep breath, get up from my desk and go for a brief walk out into the day. And be sure to bring my camera. 😉
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While on Newbury Street, I wasn’t far from one of my favorite haunts, the Boston Public Library. I ventured there with the intent of perusing the new books and then taking a few more shots of the Sargent murals. But instead of murals, I found myself photographing the bronze doors created for the library by Daniel Chester French. According to the library website, there are three sets of bronze doors with each weighing 1500 pounds. The allegorical figures, modeled in low relief, represent Music and Poetry, Knowledge and Wisdom and Truth and Romance. I’m afraid I did not photograph Knowledge and Wisdom. Maybe next time. 😉
You can learn more about Daniel Chester French on this Metropolitan Museum of Art page.
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With more time available, I was able to return to the Church of the Covenant on Newbury Street in Boston. Given the time of day and the angle of the light, I was drawn to photograph what I later learned to be the Sparrow window. Here’s what the church’s self-guided tour brochure says: “Based on one of Jesus’ parables, the Sparrow window is a tour-de-force of Tiffany art using drapery or ribbed glass for clothing, and mottled glass or confetti glass for the background. Frederick Wilson designed this image of Jesus as a young working carpenter, with a yoke on his back, pausing to sympathize with the plight of a small bird that only he can see clearly.”
Additional stained glass images can be viewed here.
If you’re in Boston and would like to visit for yourself, information can be found here.
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an imperfect picture I could not bring myself to delete
a dragonfly at Spot Pond
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Years ago, I walked out of a used book store with the book Point Engraving on Glass. Most likely it was the nature-themed cover that drew me to the book. The author, unknown to me, had an engaging writing style as he described the evolution of glass engraving and highlighted various masters of the craft. I read it, enjoyed it, and put it away to gather dust. But it was not until this week, in a roundabout way, that I realized the author, Laurence Whistler, was a master craftsman himself. Following is a youtube video of the glass prism memorial he created for his brother, the artist Rex Whistler. I hope you have a chance to view — with sound — from beginning to end. And here’s a link to my continuing experiments photographing a shard of glass. Enjoy.
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