Adam deVille on failing to understand Marx and Freud
A month ago I featured long segments from a post by Adam DeVille on the romanticisation of monasticism. Again, here is another post worth reading in full. What makes this post important…
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Murphy Devitt Stained Glass from Franciscan Abbey, Clonmel.
Over recent months I have been blogging pictures of stained glass mainly (but not exclusively) from Tipperary churches. These photos are taken with my phone and I cannot claim to…
Leandro Herrero: “An enlightened top leadership is sometimes a fantastic alibi for a non-enlightened management to do whatever they want”
Originally posted on A Medical Education:
From Leandro Herrero’s website, a “Daily Thought” which I am going to take the liberty of quoting in full: Nothing is more rewarding than having…
First Known When Lost on Spring and mortality, with Herrick, Wallace Stevens, and Epictetus
Original here Spring beautifully — and gently — counsels us to be mindful of our mortality. This is sound advice. In fact, we are well-advised to consider our mortality on…
Stained glass from St Mary’s Church, Grangemockler, Tipperary
Grangemockler Church is most famous for its links to Michael Hogan, victim of the 1920 Bloody Sunday and namesake of the stand in Croke Park . It has a selection of…
Preferring soiled banknotes to new
A little snippet from the Institute for Money Technology and Financial Inclusion blog , taken from an article promisingly titled “Micro Insurance Claim Payments through Pre-paid Cards: Technology and Regulation Driven…
Marie Thompson on noise, “the conservative politics of silence”, and soundscapes
Recently I posted a link to an interview with sound artist Lawrence English. Via Lawrence English’s twitter I came across this fascinating interview with Dr Marie Thompson, a Lecturer at the Lincoln School of Film…
Hannah LeGrand (and Dante) on sloth, thoughtlessness, intellect and reason
At Comment Magazine, an essay by Hannah LeGrand on “thoughtlessness, sloth, and the call to think.” It is well worth reading and reflecting on. LeGrand begins with Hannah Arendt’s famous account…
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