tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post4403802263515348268..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Easter Triduum greetings--Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-23261573668140118682019-04-22T14:37:18.353-04:002019-04-22T14:37:18.353-04:00Is it complicated or profoundly simple or simply p...Is it complicated or profoundly simple or simply profound?<br /><br />I don't know which has the more art, but Pascha or Easter is responsible for both Easter and Christmas art... Christmas is meaningful because of Easter, right? So it gives birth to all Christian art.marlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-70396819103690279282019-04-22T13:27:27.656-04:002019-04-22T13:27:27.656-04:00Happy Easter .... such a complicated moveable feas...Happy Easter .... such a complicated moveable feast .... the theology is mind bending .... I wonder: which has inspired more art: Easter to Christmas....hmmmm...RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50698284602022005342019-04-21T22:16:29.397-04:002019-04-21T22:16:29.397-04:00So he sticks to twelve? Well, that is certainly ex...So he sticks to twelve? Well, that is certainly exact and appropriate. In Cooperstown, we just wash any dirty feet that show up! XDmarlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-14268151534417727422019-04-21T21:15:46.215-04:002019-04-21T21:15:46.215-04:00St. Matthew's Cathedral is handy to my workpla...St. Matthew's Cathedral is handy to my workplace, so generally I go there on Holy Thursday. The washing of feet by the archbishop is one of the factors that extends the service. I meant to notice this time whether he puts a towel around his waist, but didn't: I think he does not. But twelve pairs of feet he does wash.<br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-59570967893595936402019-04-21T12:47:36.110-04:002019-04-21T12:47:36.110-04:00I do love bleeding hearts, though mine are being c...I do love bleeding hearts, though mine are being crowded out by solomon's seal at the moment (that's probably also weirdly emblematic!) <br /><br />And a happy end of Holy Week to you! Enjoy your new home...marlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-82574019258244989362019-04-21T12:44:39.173-04:002019-04-21T12:44:39.173-04:00Pooh! (That's for the latchet part...) I am th...Pooh! (That's for the latchet part...) I am the last person to describe that way. In my upcoming book, the person I identify most with is the Fool.<br /><br />And if you're going to decide what not to do based on "some (most?) Christians," well, a foundation stone of the religion is that every human being on the face of the earth bears "the likeness" of God. So there&#marlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-26313917812404347992019-04-21T12:29:52.888-04:002019-04-21T12:29:52.888-04:00Wishing you a happy Easter from the Maryland woods...Wishing you a happy Easter from the Maryland woods! We're watching the beds in our new little shaded yard to see what the previous owners of our home, in their wisdom and experience, planted years ago. So far we've an abundance of hostas and several bleeding hearts. There's a metaphor for faith and tradition in there, waiting for someone to word it better than I just have....Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-1434760222209807932019-04-21T02:35:44.862-04:002019-04-21T02:35:44.862-04:00Should I even continue commenting on The Palace at...Should I even continue commenting on The Palace at 2 AM since I'm beginning to wonder if I am worthy enough to undo the latchet of your shoes. This post sent me scurrying for a definition of ekphrastic (wondering all the while whether there was a c missing between the e and the k. Ah, I see. Greek.). Followed by a period in which I wondered - agonisingly - whether I'd ever aspired to a Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com