Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art
Here are some amazing images from the exhibition at the Ashmolean: Visions of Mughal IndiaSultan Muhammad Adil Shah and Ikhlas Khan riding an elephant Bijapur, c.1645 Gouache with gold on paper 28 x 32 cm. LI118.54 © Howard Hodgkin CollectionSultan … [Continue reading]
More modern and edgy than the sheerly beautiful and sublime Of Gods and Men, this French language film had me gripped and intrigued.Daniel Coulombe, an out of work actor is hired to modernize Montreal Cathedral's dated and floundering passion … [Continue reading]
Once again the fierce dispute, Betwixt damnation and impassion'd clay Must I burn through; once more humbly assay The bitter-sweet of this Shakespearian fruit.So John Keats writes on sitting down to read Shakespeare’s unbearably painful “King … [Continue reading]
I watched this film by Xavier Beauvois last night. It is one of the most beautiful, even sublime, films I've seen in a long time. It's the true story of 9 Trappist monks in the Tibhirine Monastery in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria. They live a … [Continue reading]
In Praise of NapsI remember reading this cool story about Edison. He didn’t have a firm separation between day and night and kept a bed in his office. When he was tired, in the middle of the day, he had a 15 or 20 minute nap, and then woke up, full … [Continue reading]
Our family has never yet got the hang of watching TV—the few times we’ve paid for cable or a licence, we never remember to watch it and cancel it within the month. So, we’ve made peace with watching documentaries etc. on DVD, gulping down several … [Continue reading]
Fflad-y-Brenin, the splendid retreat centre founded by Roy Godwin “The key is searching for God, learning to listen for his voice, burrowing into his heart, listening to what he says, and then doing it, however simple or complex it might … [Continue reading]
Bread must be broken to be eaten. The grain of wheat split to live The chrysalis crumble for the butterfly, The egg splinter for the chicken The snake moult to grow. And sheets of coloured glass Must be shattered To be refashioned Into … [Continue reading]