by Charles Cameron | Mar 16, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — still trying to cover some of the major feasts and fasts of the world’s religions in calendar time, which can open on occasion into timelessness — Chag Purim Sameach! ] . Jan Lievens, The Feast of Esther, ca 1625 From the North...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 27, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a Buddhist instance of the widespread use of sacred texts as offering sanction for religious violence, with Muslims depicted as the enemy on this occasion ] . Three dimensional Kalachakra mandala by Arjia Rinpoche, photo credit...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 4, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — in whose borrowed opinion, if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light ] . Here’s another DoubleQuote that doesn’t fit my usual format, but sets up an interesting dynamic anyway. This just in, from...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 22, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the first O of OODA, as one photographer applied it to Mubarak’s destiny ] . Angel's Trumpet, Brugmansia arborea, image credit BH&G . As you all know, I am fascinated by the intersection of the poetic (sacramental,...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 30, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — further notes from the frayed edges of what’s significant ] . Okay, you all know I’m interested in the graphics of terrorism and their symbolism, and only a day or two ago I posted Of dualities, contradictions and the...
