Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires

Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art

Anita’s Belated 2014 Christmas Letter and Early New Year Letter

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Friends, Happy New Year!! May it be a year of blessing and happiness for all of us My Christmas letter has morphed into a New Year’s letter--which is kind of how my year went! 2014! What a year! Here it is: January—I win an all-expense … [Continue reading]

A Magical Week in France: Chenonceau, Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur, Villandry, Bois des Moitiers, Parc de Marquenterre, Etretat

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The fairytale chateau of Chenonceau on the Loire, which, unusually, belonged to a series of women, including Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II, and his vengeful widow, Catherine de Medici, who evicted her. Zoe, me, Irene and Roy outside … [Continue reading]

On Cancer, Suffering, and the Cloud of Unknowing

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My father once read me a terrifying Greek myth about the giant Procrustes. Everyone who visited Procrustes fit perfectly into his bed. When a guest was too tall, he cut their legs off. When they were too short, he “stretched” them till they … [Continue reading]

My Children’s Book: Francesco, Artist of Florence, The Man Who Gave Too Much. With reviews

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Francesco, Artist of Florence The Man Who Gave Too Much on Amazon.co.uk Francesco, Artist of Florence : The Man Who Gave Too Much on Amazon.com (also available in Hardback) Might your children, or your favourite children, or you yourself, enjoy … [Continue reading]

The Creative’s Planner, 2016

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I have designed my own 2016 Planner to plan and organise my creative work, and the other things I want to keep track of. I used the blueprint in 2014, and found it brought clarity to my day and increased my productivity. Here it is if you’d like … [Continue reading]

Making a Difference Through Prayer and Writing: In Praise of Julian of Norwich

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I read the papers and stress rises. So much injustice! 21 million people enslaved (14 million of them in India), land-grabbing, starvation, destruction of ecosystems, precious species going extinct, the restavek system in Haiti, slavery in Qatar, and … [Continue reading]