It seems to me that the genius of the late composer & musician Ryuichi Sakamoto was in his offerings of serenity and momentum, with subtleties of transitions, always with exquisite timing, as befitting the visual imagery and the moment. Listen to his composition Blu, commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the Aoyama clothing company in…
When we visited Jeju island in the autumn of 2022, we had not expected to experience another Encounter with the Lord. As it were, the allure of old friends reuniting, nature beckoning, and savouring the yet unfamiliar Korean cuisine was enough to assure us of a most fulfilling week of fellowship and experience to come.…
Today, I was reminded at Palm Sunday Mass (this post was first drafted on 28th March 2021) that when Jesus Christ was at His weakest physical state as God-Made-Man, the devil struck again to taunt, to try to tempt Jesus to succumb to the order of the world, and to let His material wants take…
The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer vinegar they said, ‘If you are the king…
St Paul denied his original self, in order to replace it with something fundamentally more Precious. His narratives and actions, have been recorded in history through his own prodigious inspired writings and that of his collaborators, and in recent history by the cinematographers. When I first watched Paul, Apostle of Christ the 2018 American biblical drama film, it…
[Chorus]Only this I want: But to know the LordAnd to bear his cross, so to wear the crown he wore [Verse 1]All but this is loss, worthless refuse to me For to gain the Lord is to gain all I need [Verse 2]I will run the race; I will fight the good fight So to…
Comfort food today was a bowl of uma-kara spicy flavored Nissin Instant Ramen, with a local Chew’s Sakura egg, lightly cooked in heated broth, and topped by fried dried shrimps, a local sun-dried garnishing imparting a unique umami taste. Served in a Chinese Jingdezhen dragon motif porcelain bowl. Panasonic Lumix G9, 42.5 mm Lumix lens (iso…
I have often wondered what our Creator’s intentions for Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 is? Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 NRSVCE A young person once argued that “vanity” was akin to a loss of…
As I read the fragile and parched first pages of my father’s 1952 diary, the sands of time slowly weaved the context of its moment into my consciousness. He was writing well past midnight, having attended to his daughter, my sister. Now he paused to slow down to pen a few thoughts. He was more…
G9 Lumix; M. Zuiko 75-300 mm – 1/400 sec. f/6.3 228 mm; 2x cropped. August 2021