Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart
Injunction displayed at St Mary the Virgin., Oxford
05 Sunday May 2024
Posted Photography, Psychology, Religion, Social Comment
in05 Sunday May 2024
Posted Photography, Psychology, Religion, Social Comment
inPhoto by Candia Dixon-Stuart
14 Sunday Apr 2024
Posted Photography, Psychology
inPhoto by Candia Dixon-Stuart
26 Sunday Feb 2023
Posted Environment, Humour, Literature, Nature, Personal, Photography, Poetry, Psychology, Satire, Travel
inTwo 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
03 Saturday Dec 2022
Posted art, History, Humour, Photography, Psychology, Relationships, Sculpture, Social Comment
inPhoto by Candia Dixon-Stuart
02 Friday Dec 2022
Posted art, Philosophy, Photography, Psychology
inTags
collage, handmaid, humanity, memento mori, skull, Tempus Fugit
Last -for now- in my collage series.
Candia Dixon-Stuart
01 Thursday Dec 2022
Posted art, Personal, Philosophy, Psychology
in29 Wednesday Jun 2022
Posted Architecture, Personal, Photography, Psychology, Supernatural
inTags
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.
14 Thursday Oct 2021
Posted Personal, Poetry, Psychology, Relationships, Writing
inTags
empathy, Goya, jealousy, Los Caprichos, quennet, rejection, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
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?
30 Wednesday Jun 2021
23 Sunday May 2021
Posted Fashion, Humour, Literature, Personal, Poetry, Psychology, Satire, Social Comment, Writing
inI think I wrote this poem based on an entry in The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon,
which was a list of ugly things. I tried to bring it up to date with pet hates of the
20th and 21st century.
Juxtaposing hair
which is unkempt with fine clothes;
a fascinator
on a helmet-like mullet;
hand-made paper spoiled
by spidery handwriting;
low-cut brides kneeling
in front of praying vicars;
presenting logic to the
concrete operational,
who try to pretend
that they understand;
a trout-pout selfie taken
by a narcissist – tramp-stamped,
and no Spring chicken either.