An Andy Warhol Christmas

The American artist and pop icon Andy Warhol was one of the first artists I admired as a middle-school kid in the early seventies.  But I only discovered his sweeter side when I looked at a package of Christmas cards about ten years ago. 

The following is an excerpt from a Washington Post article entitled A Look at Andy Warhol's Spiritual Side:

The man often called the Pope of Pop attended Mass several times a
week, worked in a soup kitchen, kept a crucifix and devotional book on
his bedside table and prayed daily with his mother, a devout Byzantine
Catholic who lived with him until her death in 1972.

(For a more complete post on the life and work of Andy Warhold, please see my post here)

 

Pagan Sphinx Entertainment Highlight: The New Coen Brothers Movie

If life is just a series of small, pleasurable amusements, I think I'll take it.   ;-)

Film makers Ethan and Joel Cohen Coen prove that good American films can still be made. Here is the trailer from their latest movie A Serious Man. WP, Lovely Stepdaughter #1 (visiting from San Francisco for the weekend) and I went to see it on Saturday night. We got there late and had to sit 12" from the screen but well worth it, since the offering from the creators of Fargo, is always likely to be entertaining.

That all religions often fail us than not, is an under-statement. Not to mention the god of Mathematics.



And because there's not a bone in my body that can resist the song in its entirety - Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane:

A Blog Award

Kelly, thank you for this. I mostly take creative license with the work of others but I'm glad it makes you want to come here. I'm really honored.

I've probably not followed all the rules on this one - I'm afraid I've been a lazy blogger of late.

Kelly is a Sky Watch participant and I think that's how we found each other's blogs. She takes great photos, values peace and tolerance and is among one of the people who has supported my family posts. It always an honor to be connected to one who cares about justice and tolerance, love and peace.

Oh, you're supposed to name six things that make you happy.

1) Belting out loud songs with the radio while I drive
2) Keeping in touch with friends and family. I talk to each of my kids every day. Sometimes for a long time.
3) Picking up my SG2 at the train from Boston when she comes home from college.
4 ) Hanging out with my feeeeeonsay, W.P.
5) Art
6) Little children and all the animals
7) Helping SP1 do errands near her school, which is only 45 minutes from home. I helped her buy a warm jacket today.
8) Realizing how much I have to be grateful for

Namaste.

Gampo Abbey

Nova Scotia, Part II

We left Meat Cove and drove to the eastern shore of Cape Breton to find Gampo Abbey, a Tibetan Buddhist community and retreat. We arrived on a Saturday, not knowing that they're only open to visitors Monday through Friday, but we looked around this beautiful, peaceful place and walked The Path of Enlightenment. Thanks to Susan for the tip on Gampo Abbey.





On the path, we came upon these two young monks, blowing their horns into the wind. I wonder of the specific purpose of this. I so loved getting a glimpse of this ritual but I tried to keep my distance.

I hope you enjoyed the walk

Margaret Atwood On Religion Part 1/3

In this interview by Bill Moyers, Margaret Atwood discusses the themes in her novel The Handmaid's Tale. Atwood is one of my favorite writers. I'm awed not only by her talents as a novelist and a poet but also by her remarkable intellect, her perspective and her articulate voice. I hope you enjoy this as much as I have. If so, parts II and III are just as riveting.