… By what unnatural ignorance is it that you do so deny her? By what unnatural pride is it that you do so ignore her? By what unnatural selection is it that you do so seek to dethrone her? For know you that she is everywhere, and in every thing, now, and will always be. …
… Do you know not of her fragility, her dance with nature, behold, a true wonder Do you know not of the delicateness of that Dale over yonder? Do you know not of that which seems immutable, perpetual, unchanging? That which the foolish would desecrate, and pillage, and plunder, and all, all, for their…
… Then, be as the most beloved of Queens unto others. For if this be your kingdom, if this be your rule, then you shall prevail over the pretender. For if this be your covenant, if this be your bond, then you shall pity the subjugator. • Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Gate & Queen Victoria…
… Remember Talavera. Remember. Remember the souls whom on stone were unneedfully dashed Remember the brave whom in battle a Serpent they crushed Remember the sacrificed in a war they called victory Remember the scars that were left, never seen, only empty. Remember Talavera. Remember. Remember this battle, and more such as these, in times…
… yet everyone is not for God Just as God is for all, yet all are not for God. • Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Guadalupe, Extremadura, ESP ~ 8 September 2023 ——*Photography: Original and sourced.
• New College & New College Chapel, Oxford, England, U.K. ~ 30 July 2023
… Bright, bright, blazing, brightest star of mineHaste, haste, quicken, across the all divine Dark, dark, denseness, never hindering your wayLight, light, lightning, asunder parts the day Glory, glory, glorious, in eclipse over starry ovationSing, sing, sings, my soul unto God, and all of creation. • Edmond Halley’s House & Bridge of Sighs, New College…
… She is my light, my darkness, my twilight madness, Me, the littlest of motes, flying on sunbeams, among the darkness. They may snuff out the sun, or even stop time, in every variation, Still, there she will be, to save, and save again, my always salvation. For from no man, nor beast, nor Devil,…
… not of the beholders’ • The Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, England, U.K. ~ 28 July 2023 ——*Photography: Original and sourced. The Motto inscribed above the library entrance reads: ‘Mens cujusque is est quisque’Meaning: ‘The mind is the man,” or, ‘As each person’s mind is, so is the person,’ or, ‘Each person is defined by their…
… To do evil upon? To trap, to manipulate, to use, to discard, like a child’s broken plaything. Would you help? Would you but truly help? For has God not shown you that in the helping of the good of others is as in helping of the good of yourself? And as it is so,…