Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
Tag: Beauty
My Old Sweet Etcetera – A Reading
For Eleanor.
This anti war poem, written by American poet EE Cummings and published in 1926, is such a perfect specimen of the genre.
John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent ranks high in my list of favourite painters.
Van Eyck – The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck painted what has become known as the Arnolfini Portrait in 1434.
The Beauty of Performance
Beauty comes in so many forms and is so utterly transformative wherever it is encountered.
A Secular Epiphany
Epiphany is usually thought of in a religious context but it can equally be a secular phenomena where one is struck by some extreme beauty or revelation.
The Book of Common Prayer
You do not have to be a Christian to immerse yourself in the timeless reflections of the Book of Common Prayer.