The sequel to"Every Boy Has a Daddy":
Hepburn's Massat Heaven's Gate
Katharine Hepburn died at 2:50 PM EDTon the Feast of St. Peter. "The
Consecration and Sacrifice effected by the priest (standing in the
place of Ch…
Every Boy Has a Daddy
Today is the Feast of Saint Peter.
The most timely quote I know of for today's religious observances is
from Oh What a Web They Weave, by F. John Loughnan:
"Every boy has a daddy."
This was writ…
For Fred Sandback:Time's a Round
The following entry of Feb. 25, 2003, was written for painter Mark
Rothko, and may serve as well for minimalist artist Fred Sandback, also
connected to the de Menil family of art patrons…
Countin' Flowers on the Wall
Today, the birthday of Bob Keeshan (aka Captain Kangaroo), seems an
appropriate day to meditate on religious issues.
The death of minimalist artist Fred Sandback on June 23, coupled with
my…
Magic
"I really don’t believe in magic. I believe in some kinds — the magic
of imagination and the magic of love."
— J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter's creator,June 26, 2003
Amen, Sister.
ART WARS:Art at the Vanishing Point
From the web page Art Wars:
"For more on the 'vanishing point,'or 'point at infinity,' seeMidsummer
Eve's Dream."
On Midsummer Eve, June 23, 2003, minimalist artist Fred Sandback ki…
In memory of Staige D. Blackford: Introibo ad
Altare Dei
"...they [the clergy] believe that any portion of power confided to me,
will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe
rightly; for I have …
In memory of Leon Uris:
Mate Change Problem
White to mate in 2 moves H.W.Grant, 1st Prize,Australian Column 1924
The concept of "mate change," appropriate on this, the coronation date
of Henry VIII, is explained …
Night and Day...
Some comments on yesterday's entry that are too good to be hidden under
a "comments" link. References are to Through the Looking Glass.
My understanding of the "Red Queen" was that it was a metaphoric…
Harry Potterand the Fairy Queen
Lest the incautious reader gain the impression from yesterday's entry
"The Real Hogwarts" that Christianity is anything other than a pack of
damned lies, or that the phrase "oasis of civi…
Trance of the Red Queen
In memory of playwright George Axelrod, who died Saturday, June 21,
2003.
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
"In 1987, Mr. Axelrod was saluted at the New York Film Festival. He
told the admiring cro…
The Real Hogwarts
is at no single geographical location; it is distributed throughout the
planet, and it is perhaps best known (apart from its disguises in the
fiction of J. K. Rowling, C. S. Lewis, Charles Williams, an…
The Order of the Phoenix
Some links of intereston this day of Potter-mania:
The Royal Order of the Phoenix
Knight's Gold Cross With Swords
awarded toArthur Edmonds,Royal New Zealand Engineers,attached to
Special Op…
Claves Part II
http://www.skytopia.com/project/scale.html
http://www.tunesmithy.connectfree.co.uk/musical_note_intervals.htm
http://www.kirnberger.fsnet.co.uk/
Claves Regni Caelorum
On actor Gregory Peck, who died Thursday, June 12, 2003:
"He had early success in 'The Keys of the Kingdom,' in which he played
a priest." As Peck noted in a videotape played at his memorial s…
Bloomsday, 1 PM
Hickory Dickory Dock.
Bloomsday.
See Bloom and Midsummer Eve's Dream.
Readings for Trinity Sunday
Triune knot:Problems in Combinatorial Group Theory, 7 and 8, in light
of the remark in Section 8.3 of Lattice Polygons and the Number 12
Cardinal Newman:Sermon 24 Simon Nickerson:24=…
The Irish Cliffs of Moherby Wallace Stevens
(1879-1955)
Who is my father in this world, in this house,At the spirit's base?
My father's father, his father's father, his --Shadows like winds
Go back to a parent…
Indiana Jonesand the Hidden Coffer
In memory of Bernard Williams, Oxford philosopher, who died Tuesday,
June 10, 2003. "...in... Truth and Truthfulness [September, 2002], he
sought to speak plainly, and t…
Born on this date:William Butler Yeats.
"Surely some revelation is at hand" — W. B. Yeats
Behold a Pale Horse:A link in memory of Gregory Peck.
In Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion wrote that
"The oral hist…
Theology Today
From yesterday's New York Times:
As Spinoza noted, "If a triangle could speak, it would say... that God
is eminently triangular."
— "Giving God a Break" by Nicholas D. Kristof
The figure above is b…
The Triangular God
From the New York Times of June 10, 2003:
As Spinoza noted, "If a triangle could speak, it would say... that God
is eminently triangular."
— "Giving God a Break," by Nicholas D. Kristof
Related m…
Of Time and the River
Today is the feast day of Saint Gerard Manley Hopkins, "immortal
diamond."
"At that instant he saw, in one blaze of light, an image of unutterable
conviction, the reason why the artist works and…
Blanche's Waltz
For the birthday of Miss Jessica Tandy
Wien, Wien, nur du alleinSollst stets die Stadt meiner Träume
sein!Dort, wo die alten Häuser stehn,Dort, wo die lieblichen
Mädchen
gehn!Wien, Wien, nur du allein…
SKEPTIC, or Beware of...Jews Telling Stories
"Philosophers ponder the idea of identity: what it is to give something
a name on Monday and have it respond to that name on Friday."— Bernard
Holland, C12, N.Y. Times, 5/20/…
Regime Changeat the New York Times:With
Honors
Departing New York Times executive editorHowell Raines:
"Remember, when a great story breaks out,go like hell."
Returningexecutive editorJoseph Lelyveld
…
Fearful Meditation, Part II —The Four Last
Things
"Where is Evelyn Waugh when you need him?"— Roger Kimball, "Minimalist
Fantasies" "Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell —known collectively in the
Catholic world asthe Four L…
Fearful Meditation —
A follow-up to yesterdayafternoon's entry of
03:04
O fearful meditation! Where, alack,Shall time's best jewel from time's
chest lie hid?
— Shakespeare, Sonnet 65
Pop Culture's answer:
…
Solomon's Seal — A follow-up to my May 28
entry,"The Eightfold Way and Solomon's Seal."
From the New York Times of May (Mental Health Month) 31, 2003:
Martha Scott,Original Emily in "Our Town,"Dies at 88
By DOUGLAS …