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One of the wonderful things about a museum is how you’re jolted into confronting art from strange and wonderful civilizations and you look and learn and expand your horizons.
Sister Wendy Beckett She was born in South Africa and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. She became a nun in 1946 in the order of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was sent to England to begin her… more →
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Sister Wendy, Happy 83rd Birthday!
wrote 1 month ago: Sister Wendy Beckett (born 25 February 1930) is a Catholic nun, who was born in South Africa and edu … more →
Natural Woman
wrote 2 months ago: I was hoping to squeeze one more entry before February ended, but so many things happened, it’ … more →
Thinking for the world?
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wrote 4 months ago: [Warning: I’m about to use the word ‘praying’ as part of an attempt to have an original thought. Be … more →
The Journey Begins
wrote 4 months ago: I’ve often thought about keeping a diary and like many others I’ve often started but nev … more →
Painting by blunders: Spear me your insults
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wrote 4 months ago: By Frisco Rosso Just over a week ago a portrait by South African artist Brett Murray was exhibited i … more →
Painting by blunders: Spear me your insults
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wrote 4 months ago: By Frisco Rosso Just over a week ago a portrait by South African artist Brett Murray was exhibited i … more →
On My Bookshelf...
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wrote 1 year ago: I love books. I’ve loved them since I was a little girl, walking all by myself past the creep … more →
Cif Belief: Religious art is about being human
wrote 1 year ago: Even the most iconic of religious artworks can have profound meanings for the nonbeliever Launching … more →
The Reciprocity of Vulnerability in Art
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wrote 1 year ago: In an interview released on the Criterion Collection of The Double Life of Veronique the Writer/Dire … more →
"Piss Christ"
wrote 1 year ago: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. (WB Yeats, The Second Coming) Piss Christ, the picture th … more →
Shattered civility
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wrote 2 years ago: On April 18, 2011, artist Andre Serrano’s 1987 photograph Immersion (Piss Christ) was vandaliz … more →
SURPRISE ME ...
wrote 2 years ago: IT’S PROBABLY AN AGE THING, but at the end of a day like today, a back-to-back-sort-of-a-day, … more →
What's Sister Wendy Doing in Rome?
wrote 2 years ago: Image by spike55151 via Flickr Sister Wendy Beckett. Ever heard of her? When my kids were little, v … more →
Sister Wendy speaks
wrote 2 years ago: Ever since she appeared in a BBC documentary on the National Gallery 19 years ago, Sister Wendy Bec … more →
Nativity
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wrote 2 years ago: An hour to refuel, regenerate, rethink! I am sitting in my favorite chair with a plate of my neighbo … more →
Can a holy, virgin hermit not be my role model?
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wrote 2 years ago: Last week I sent the following email to friends: ‘I knew I would have a role model somewhere. I just … more →
on the night table
wrote 3 years ago: Speaking to the Heart 100 Favorite Poems Sister Wendy Beckett Carroll & Graf, 2006 … more →
One of the wonderful things about a museum is how you're jolted into confronting art from strange and wonderful civilizations and you look and learn and expand your horizons.
wrote 4 years ago: Sister Wendy Beckett She was born in South Africa and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. She became a n … more →
The intricacies of theology are not usually what concerns the artist. They're concerned with the big, beautiful fundamentals.
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wrote 4 years ago: Sister Wendy Beckett She was born in South Africa and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland. She became a nu … more →
