Ravens

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Cheltenham, glass, matthew's gospel, parables, ravens, St Christopher's Church, stained glass, Tom Denny, Warden Hill

Glass by Tom Denny

St Christopher’s Church, Warden Hill, Cheltenham

Not a Whit of Difference

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life choices, parallel universes, road less travelled, Robert Frost

Two paths diverged in the woods.

I chose the one indicated by the left fork

and that made not a whit of difference –

as far as I know.

Photo and poem by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Ghost of a Reader- Doha Airport

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Barthes, hauntology, Jacques Derrida, literary theory, Steen Christiansen

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart. Credit to the original artist, whoever produced it.

Are all forms of representation ghostly? Discuss.

Accordion Book of Theseus and the Minotaur

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Ashmolean, Dionysius, labyrinth, minotaur, Naxos, Oxford, Pasiphae, Theseus

Pasiphae and the White Bull; the Minotaur and sacrificial victim,

Theseus in background;Ariadne with sword and twine; death of

the Minotaur; Theseus departs for Naxos with Ariadne; Dionysius

gets the girl!

All acrylic and ink by Candia Dixon-Stuart- after going to the Knossos

exhibition at The Ashmolean, Oxford.

Pre-Raphaelites

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Ashmolean, Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, King Arthur, Millais, Oxford, Pre-Raphaelites, Ruskin

From the closing exhibition at The Ashmolean, Oxford

Photos by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Whirling Dervishes

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Elif Shafak, Forty Rules of Love, Konya, Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, Sufi, Sufism, whirling dervishes

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Just finished reading Elif Shafak’s novel about Shams of Tabriz and his

relationship with Rumi, the Sufi poet.

Lengthened Shadows

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Emerson, lengthened shadows, Sweeney Agonistes, T S Eliot

Reference to Emerson and T S Eliot

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

The lengthened shadow of a man is History, said Emerson,

Who had not seen the silhouette

of Sweeney straddled in the sun…

Warning

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deep water, drowning, moat, Not Waving But Drowning, Stevie Smith, warning

I am trying my best!

‘Not Waving, but Drowning’ poem comes to mind. Stevie Smith.

Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short A Day

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Autumn, decay, end of summer, every fair from fair sometime declines, momento mori, nasturtium, poignant beauty, Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, still life

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Parp! Parp!

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Highnam Court Gardens, Kenneth Grahame, Mr Toad, parp parp!, Rolls Royce, Toad, Toad Hall, Wind in the Willows, wooden sculpture

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart