Joe, I lived just across the street from St. John the Divine for many years... Had a great view from my living room windows... Woke to the sound of the peacocks...
Edgar On Aug 5, 2012, at 8:36 PM, Joe wrote: > Merle, > > I suggest, Go when there's nobody there. That is the best time. > > That's what I did, at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, in New York > City. > > Or sometimes, the Organist practiced. Fine. > > Frankly, New York's Saint John's is in fact the largest cathedral in the > World, in this Solar Syatem. Saint Peter's in Rome claims to be "large", but > Saint Peter's is NOT a Cathedral: it is a Basilica! Hahahahaha! I laugh, > although a lapsed Catholic. I'm more true to New York City than to Rome, for > true. > > M., You are a painter; those stained-glass windows ought to be the inverse of > anathema to you. What's the word for that? And, do you see them this way? > Surely, you do not miss them. > > I loved the Rose-Window at Saint John's. Grew up with it. Even while I danced > Sufi dances there, on Wednesdays. Especially. Sheikh would put his hands to > his ears and shout the Call-to-Prayer, inside the Episcopal cathedral, to the > stone rafters 120 feet above. I'd tear-up, inevitably. The terrorists do not > know this kind of sweetness in their own religion, alas. It was sweet-honey > to us, and is salty-blood to them, I fear. Not that they distinguish. But, we > were Sufis! The only mystic sect! We were not obeying nasty sheikhs with > nasty pulpits and fallacious ideas and incendiary incentives. > > Bless those windows where you are. They ought to look different every time. I > hope so! I miss my old City: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. And some > indeterminate seasons, like Today. > > Best of Love, > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > > i sift through the "crap" > > i sit > > the stain glass windows provide an aura of peace > >
