Timely Injunction?

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Bible, Book of Proverbs, church wall plaques, injunction, King, Old Testament, Wiltshire

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart. Seen in a Wiltshire church

Batsford Arboretum

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acrylic painting, Batsford Arboretum, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Moreton-in-Marsh

Acrylic painting by Candia Dixon-Stuart

St Luke’s, Sapperton

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benediction, epiphany, faith, happenstance, labyrinth, peace, prayer, reassurance, revelation, Sapperton, serendipity, St Luke's, stained glass, Ukraine

After I’d walked the churchyard labyrinth and prayed for Ukraine

in its centre, I opened the door of the church and saw this reflection

on the wall.

There was no stained glass window with a representation of a man on

the opposite wall for the sun to shine through. It was not spooky, just

somehow comforting and validating.

Debut Cotswolds Exhibition

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art exhibition, Cirencester, Corinium Museum Gallery, digital photographs, disabled access, free access, giclee prints, paintings in acrylics

Please support, if you are in the area!

Hanging Out with David Hockney

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butler, contemporary artist, David Hockney, Melbourne, NGV, studio

Photo by Candia’s butler

Divine Assurance

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baptism, blessing, chrism oil, comfort, commitment, covenant, divine assurance, Emily Young, faith, font, Salisbury Cathedral

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart (Salisbury Cathedral font)

Ai Wei Wei: ‘bye ‘bye

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Ai Wei Wei, Chinese artist, global figure, NGV, political protest, Victoria

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Taken by Candia Dixon-Stuart as he left the NGV, Melbourne, Victoria.

Actually, he then took a photo of me taking one of him and he posted

it on his blog that evening (2015/2016)

I find the blacked out presence in the middle photo foreboding. He is so brave.

New book out.

Water Wall, NGV Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

In this photo I think I captured the tripod hood that the professional

photographer had been using for a photo shoot. It reminded me that

Ai Wei Wei had been seized and a black hood placed over his head.

Me and My Shadow

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Brockenspectre, elongation, Me and My Shadow, shadow

… ‘all alone and feeling blue,’ according to the song!

Not really a Brocken Spectre.

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

The Swan at Bibury

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Bibury, Cotswolds, glass engraving, Oxfordshire, The Swan pub

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Rejection

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empathy, Goya, jealousy, Los Caprichos, quennet, rejection, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Wikimedia Commons.

Goya: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters from Los Caprichos

black mood patient endurance anguished thoughts

dashed hope

groundless expectation tunnel light silver lining?

suppressed frustration

wry smile forced laughter gnawing jealousy

daily grind

scarce empathy

gritted teeth

voluntary solitude

brittle persona

crushed spirit

low ebb

arrested development

black tunnel anguished grind daily endurance

groundless jealousy?