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Tag: Jesus Christ

When it happens you will know.

You navigate the sacred & you navigate the profane.

You navigate transient & symbolic worlds.

You navigate the fire extinguishers of culture.

You navigate the hypnotizing sucrose of media.

You navigate the razzle-dazzle of illusion in a surrealistic

disordering of the senses.

You navigate translucent nourishment within

the blood & dreams of your ancestors.

In all of this you are certain.

When it happens you will know.

You are surrounded by shadows.

Shadows lead to this moment.

A moment determining the future.

In nourishment you navigate.

In navigation you are nourished.

In all of this you are certain.

When it happens you will know.

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Beneath the Gaze of Spiritual Machinery

History will not tell you this but I was there

a gnarly oak branch growing out my back 

animals conceal buried acorns

Julius Caesar ignites his clothing

Jesus Christ recites the Brehon Laws of ancient Ireland

Mary Magdalene instructs me to bring my own basket

typewriters made of ice float in the sea

poets climb staircases carved into ice mountains

your neighbour conceals snakeskin sheathing his heart

the guardians of upper eternity affix their shadows

maps made of powdered sugar swirl into the wind

I forget the knotted scarf

I forget to die

I wash lead cisterns

my eyelids purple with prophetic script

beneath the gaze of spiritual machinery

I said take me with you.

Spiritual Machinery, digital drawing, S. McCabe

To Such Belong the Kingdom of the Heavens: A Visual Essay on The 11th Hour of The 11th Day of The 11th Month (Remembrance Day)

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As I understand the accepted wisdom Jesus was a peacemaker. Reflecting upon Remembrance Day one cannot help but think of how children (and civilians) are affected by war. I have incorporated the biblical quotes/visual references into this digital essay as a way of contemplating the historical workings of religion towards war.

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‘Jesus however said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them; for it is to those who are childlike that the Kingdom of the Heavens belongs.’ – Weymouth New Testament, Matthew 19:14

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‘Blessed are the Peacemakers…’ – Matthew 5:9

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Images of Christ from the Ravenna Mosaics – a public domain image from Wikipedia Commons.

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Credit: Photos of children from the online collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art released for non-commercial adaption. I have used images from the great photographers Ansel Adams, Walker Evans,  Johan Hayemeyer. If I have misunderstood the terms of conditions attached to these images I will remove the digital collages from online publication.

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