Amanda Joy
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"Supernumerous existence wells up in my heart" -- Rainer Maria Rilke
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"The fire and the rose are one"
#collage #papercollage #TSEliot #fourquartets #poetry #poem #JulianofNorwich #revelationsofdivinelove #saintlukedrawingthevirgin #curlew #rose
#collage #papercollage #TSEliot #fourquartets #poetry #poem #JulianofNorwich #revelationsofdivinelove #saintlukedrawingthevirgin #curlew #rose
September 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
"The fire and the rose are one"
#collage #papercollage #TSEliot #fourquartets #poetry #poem #JulianofNorwich #revelationsofdivinelove #saintlukedrawingthevirgin #curlew #rose
#collage #papercollage #TSEliot #fourquartets #poetry #poem #JulianofNorwich #revelationsofdivinelove #saintlukedrawingthevirgin #curlew #rose
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"And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one."
-- T. S. Eliot, final stanza of "Little Gidding", The Four Quartets, 1943
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one."
-- T. S. Eliot, final stanza of "Little Gidding", The Four Quartets, 1943
September 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one."
-- T. S. Eliot, final stanza of "Little Gidding", The Four Quartets, 1943
All manner of thing shall be well
When the tongues of flames are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one."
-- T. S. Eliot, final stanza of "Little Gidding", The Four Quartets, 1943
December 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
From "Meditations on Garden Themes" by Josephine Robertson, 1959 🍎
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
From "Meditations on Garden Themes" by Josephine Robertson, 1959 🍎
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December 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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"But stand brave, life-liver
Bleeding out your days
In the river of time
Stand brave
Time moves both ways"
youtu.be/PYefVGPHAE8
Bleeding out your days
In the river of time
Stand brave
Time moves both ways"
youtu.be/PYefVGPHAE8
Time, As a Symptom
YouTube video by Joanna Newsom - Topic
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"But stand brave, life-liver
Bleeding out your days
In the river of time
Stand brave
Time moves both ways"
youtu.be/PYefVGPHAE8
Bleeding out your days
In the river of time
Stand brave
Time moves both ways"
youtu.be/PYefVGPHAE8
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Henry Vaughan, 1650
"There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50441/...
"There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50441/...
The Night
Through that pure virgin shrine, That sacred veil drawn o’er Thy glorious noon, That men might look and live, as glowworms shine, And face the moon, Wise Nicodemus saw such light As made him know his ...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Henry Vaughan, 1650
"There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50441/...
"There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50441/...
December 14, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Rick Steves' European Christmas: Norway
YouTube video by Rick Steves' Europe
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Feast of St. Lucy 🕯🕯🕯🕯
Poem from Thomas Merton
Poem from Thomas Merton
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Feast of St. Lucy 🕯🕯🕯🕯
Poem from Thomas Merton
Poem from Thomas Merton
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feast of st. lucy, 13 december
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
feast of st. lucy, 13 december
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Today's the feast of St Lucy, 'the year's midnight' according to John Donne's 'A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day', which was written before the Gregorian Calendar moved the feast away from the Winter Solstice. it begins:
December 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Today's the feast of St Lucy, 'the year's midnight' according to John Donne's 'A Nocturnal Upon St Lucy's Day', which was written before the Gregorian Calendar moved the feast away from the Winter Solstice. it begins:
John Donne, 1627
"Study me then, you who shall lovers be
At the next world, that is, at the next spring;
For I am every dead thing,
In whom Love wrought new alchemy.
For his art did express
A quintessence even from nothingness"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
"Study me then, you who shall lovers be
At the next world, that is, at the next spring;
For I am every dead thing,
In whom Love wrought new alchemy.
For his art did express
A quintessence even from nothingness"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
A Nocturnal upon St. Lucy's Day
'Tis the year's midnight, and it is the day's, Lucy's, who scarce seven hours herself unmasks; The sun is spent, and now his flasks Send forth light squibs, no constant rays; The world's whole sap is ...
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December 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
John Donne, 1627
"Study me then, you who shall lovers be
At the next world, that is, at the next spring;
For I am every dead thing,
In whom Love wrought new alchemy.
For his art did express
A quintessence even from nothingness"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
"Study me then, you who shall lovers be
At the next world, that is, at the next spring;
For I am every dead thing,
In whom Love wrought new alchemy.
For his art did express
A quintessence even from nothingness"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44122/...
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René Magritte, "The art of conversation", 1963
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
René Magritte, "The art of conversation", 1963
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A Prayer by Howard Thurman, 1951
#HowardThurman
"As the sea gull lays in the wind current, / So I lay myself into the spirit of God."
#HowardThurman
"As the sea gull lays in the wind current, / So I lay myself into the spirit of God."
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A Prayer by Howard Thurman, 1951
#HowardThurman
"As the sea gull lays in the wind current, / So I lay myself into the spirit of God."
#HowardThurman
"As the sea gull lays in the wind current, / So I lay myself into the spirit of God."
Emily Dickinson, 1862
"And so of larger – Darkness –
Those Evenings of the Brain –
When not a Moon disclose a sign –
Or Star – come out – within –
The Bravest – grope a little –
And sometimes hit a Tree
Directly in the Forehead –"
"And so of larger – Darkness –
Those Evenings of the Brain –
When not a Moon disclose a sign –
Or Star – come out – within –
The Bravest – grope a little –
And sometimes hit a Tree
Directly in the Forehead –"
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Emily Dickinson, 1862
"And so of larger – Darkness –
Those Evenings of the Brain –
When not a Moon disclose a sign –
Or Star – come out – within –
The Bravest – grope a little –
And sometimes hit a Tree
Directly in the Forehead –"
"And so of larger – Darkness –
Those Evenings of the Brain –
When not a Moon disclose a sign –
Or Star – come out – within –
The Bravest – grope a little –
And sometimes hit a Tree
Directly in the Forehead –"
Henry Vaughan, 1650
"There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50441/...
"There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50441/...
The Night
Through that pure virgin shrine, That sacred veil drawn o’er Thy glorious noon, That men might look and live, as glowworms shine, And face the moon, Wise Nicodemus saw such light As made him know his ...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Henry Vaughan, 1650
"There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50441/...
"There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!"
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50441/...
Gregory of Nazianzus, 4th century
December 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Gregory of Nazianzus, 4th century
René Magritte, "The art of conversation", 1963
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
René Magritte, "The art of conversation", 1963