Sarah Burke Cahalan
@sarahbc.bsky.social
I'm still embarrassed about that time I accidentally wrote "skull" instead of "scull" twenty years ago
…most of what I post here deletes after a few days ✨
https://sarahburkecahalan.com/poetry
…most of what I post here deletes after a few days ✨
https://sarahburkecahalan.com/poetry
those assholes
(lovely illustration, though!)
(lovely illustration, though!)
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
those assholes
(lovely illustration, though!)
(lovely illustration, though!)
It'll be a jolly romp, I'm sure! He was a Catholic convert who was terribly shellshocked from WWI. (I think the conversion followed from the PTSD... seeking order.)
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It'll be a jolly romp, I'm sure! He was a Catholic convert who was terribly shellshocked from WWI. (I think the conversion followed from the PTSD... seeking order.)
I only recently put together that the visual artist and the writer = the same person! Might be ideal for a Lenten book club..?
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I only recently put together that the visual artist and the writer = the same person! Might be ideal for a Lenten book club..?
I was hoping you had read it :)
It's one of the many things I haven't gotten to yet but maybe I need to bump it up the list. My understanding is it's sorta like The Wasteland but about the Eucharist.
It's one of the many things I haven't gotten to yet but maybe I need to bump it up the list. My understanding is it's sorta like The Wasteland but about the Eucharist.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I was hoping you had read it :)
It's one of the many things I haven't gotten to yet but maybe I need to bump it up the list. My understanding is it's sorta like The Wasteland but about the Eucharist.
It's one of the many things I haven't gotten to yet but maybe I need to bump it up the list. My understanding is it's sorta like The Wasteland but about the Eucharist.
@ohioan49.bsky.social have you read The Anathemata?
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@ohioan49.bsky.social have you read The Anathemata?
I think I actually got all of the references here 😀
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I think I actually got all of the references here 😀
The "bad thief" tree looks vaguely like the Roman fasces topped by an imperial eagle in this arboreal crucifixion scene, just saying
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The "bad thief" tree looks vaguely like the Roman fasces topped by an imperial eagle in this arboreal crucifixion scene, just saying
Here is a crucified tree that David Jones painted in 1948 😮
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Here is a crucified tree that David Jones painted in 1948 😮
yes!! This is why middle initials are great 😀
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 AM
yes!! This is why middle initials are great 😀
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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I'm not actually an expert on any of these characters or the period, but I wonder if we would all talk a lot more about David Jones if he had a more distinctive name? It took me a while to realize he was all one person en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J...
David Jones (painter) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm not actually an expert on any of these characters or the period, but I wonder if we would all talk a lot more about David Jones if he had a more distinctive name? It took me a while to realize he was all one person en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J...
I'm not actually an expert on any of these characters or the period, but I wonder if we would all talk a lot more about David Jones if he had a more distinctive name? It took me a while to realize he was all one person en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J...
David Jones (painter) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I'm not actually an expert on any of these characters or the period, but I wonder if we would all talk a lot more about David Jones if he had a more distinctive name? It took me a while to realize he was all one person en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J...
What's even weirder is the role (the monstrous) Eric Gill plays in converting Jones to Catholicism between the two paintings.
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
What's even weirder is the role (the monstrous) Eric Gill plays in converting Jones to Catholicism between the two paintings.
I like that they are both vaguely horticultural (one is titled "Gardening" and the other is "Vase on sill") but his perspective gets both closer-up and more transparent.
November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I like that they are both vaguely horticultural (one is titled "Gardening" and the other is "Vase on sill") but his perspective gets both closer-up and more transparent.
Both images are from AGSA www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-p...
David Jones
Born 1895 - Died 1974. Nationality Britain.
www.agsa.sa.gov.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Both images are from AGSA www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-p...