The lost world of Amity Cadet
(edit 22nd August 2018 – readers may also be interested in the careers of Ana Olgica and Enno Aare) The works of the Vietnam-born French composer and pianist Amity Cadet…
Joe Kane Cross by Candlelight
I previously posted on the ceramic work of Joe and Anne Kane from their studio at Moyra Rectory near Falcarragh in Donegal. The photos illustrating that post weren’t great and…
Stained Glass from St Molleran’s Church, Carrick-on-Suir
With its narrow streets, broad river spanned by and skyline dominated by spires and a town clock, there is a medieval feel to Carrick-On-Suir. St Molleran’s is built on the…
“the vulgar and rather infantile things you really do want” – Adam deVille on prayer and psychoanalysis
I have linked before to Eastern Christian Books, the blog of Adam de Ville. One of deVille’s recurrent themes is the unnecessary and unhelpful perceived antagonism between psychoanalysis and religion..…
“the unbridled onward rush into the abyss”
From “Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed With Time” by Simon Garfield: “Optimistically, the more benign form of frenetic standstill is not a new thing. In the terminology of popular…
Silence in the Cairngorms – from Nan Shepherd’s “The Living Mountain”
Having disciplined mind and body to quiescence, I must discipline them also to activity. The senses must be used. For the ear, the most vital thing that can be listened…
Daniel Kalder on Cold War Armageddon
Children of the 1980s recall the pervasive atmosphere of imminent nuclear devastation which we somehow survived. Not unlike Daniel Kalder with the naval base warning siren, I found that the…
Two Views on the Nature of Language: Nietzsche and Auden
Originally posted on anenduringromantic:
“That for which we find words is already dead in our hearts,” says Nietzsche. “There is a kind of contempt in the act of speaking.” Language, then,…
Séamus Sweeney 