Tag: Religion
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Sacred pomp
Sacred pomp It reminds me of my catholic youth in Holland. Sunday mass in the 50s of last century. A nostalgic image of a distant past. Forever gone … but not in Poland! Photo of the week: Church of Corpus Christi, Krakow, Poland 2007
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Fallen angel
Fallen angel Fallen from his heavenly nest, wings too small to keep his baby-build up in the air. Photo of the week: Fallen angel, Church of Corpus Christi, Krakow, Poland 2007
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Hi Gautama
Hi Gautama Churches, temples, mosques … they are not just places of worship where the devotees come together to pray to their god(s). Nowadays they are also favourite environments for group photos and selfies. And for chatting of course, since that goes on day and night irrespective of where one finds oneself. Who knows the…
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Heavenly nymphs
Heavenly nymphs Liked by hindous and buddhists alike in their temple decorations, the dancing apsaras fulfil the ideal of feminine beauty:round-breasted wasp-waistedbroad-hipped Photo of the week: Namdroling Monastery, Madikeri, Karnataka, India 2019
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Surya
Surya A stream of men, women and childrenstrolls amongst the sanctuaries of the Surya Temple.A thousand years, day after day, ever changing,yet always the same, like the sun that rises and sets.Centuries … a millennium … today. Photo of the week: Surya (Sun) temple, 9th cent. AD, Katarmal, Uttarakhand, India 2021
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A wall in Kazimierz
A wall in Kazimierz Broken, mangled, scattered in disarray,unearthed from layers of dust and sand: fragments of memory of the deceased,which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. A memorial wall for the dead,for the eyes of the living. Photo of the week: 16th cent. Jewish R’emuh Cemetery wall, Kazimierz, Krakow, Poland 2007
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Memento mori
Memento mori When we walk through a cemetery, we may well be glad that we still belong to the world of the living, but it inevitably reminds us of our own mortality. This is certainly true of the Portuguese Jewish cemetery near Amsterdam. Many gravestones feature images symbolising death: an hourglass running out (and which…
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Anno Mundi 5490
Anno Mundi 5490 The Jewish cemetery at ‘Ouderkerk aan de Amstel’ near Amsterdam is called Beth Haim which means House of Life. This tells us something about the Sephardim philosophy of life – and death. The picture shows a detail of a partly submerged gravestone in which we see a shepherdess with her cattle. A…
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Death and decay
Death and decay Two headstones, one a bit more pointed than the other, are each covering a corner of two gothic church windows, one a bit more pointed than the other. A harmonious rhythm of corresponding forms that subconsciously may have caught my eye. But I took the picture in the first place because I…
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Cross on stilts
Cross on stilts I.I climbed up to an elevated cemeteryand saw a cross on stilts.Raised for a still better view?For the pursuit of heaven?Or just for fun? II.I descended the steps into a pitch-dark tomb. Groped for my camera, managed to put on the flash and took a picture. The photo shows what I couldn’t…
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