tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post8782636979964792516..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: Visiting St. John the Divine With A CameraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-57660507572307503792012-04-26T05:21:51.030-04:002012-04-26T05:21:51.030-04:00I'm back, finally. So many thoughts.
* Pictu...I'm back, finally. So many thoughts. <br /><br />* Picture 3: that Romanesque transept is unfinished, right? I always thought so.<br /><br />* Kinda eerie, that the Twin Towers in the sculpture are shown being knocked down? "Dust to Dust"<br /><br />* Yes, I must face the facts---as w/ so many other things now---I won't live to see JtD finished. Just live in the moment and enjoy it now (even afar).<br /><br />* I think some of those "jamb statues" were completed even when I lived there: early 90s. I like them.<br /><br />* I'm afraid the bronze doors just don't do it for me.<br /><br />* I remember that FDNY Memorial wel. Very moving---and how much more so, since of course the losses of 1967 were dwarfed by those of 9-11.<br /><br />* EVERY church should have an apse! Love 'em.<br /><br />* "Born and bred Episcopalians are comparatively scarce." I feel So Exotic. ;-)<br /><br />Thanks again, Doug!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-29950713438886890782012-04-18T20:08:03.902-04:002012-04-18T20:08:03.902-04:00Thanks for a splendid tour and history of St John ...Thanks for a splendid tour and history of St John the Divine, Counterlight. I visited the cathedral over 50 years ago, but I know I got more out of your post than I did out of my real live visit. Your pictures are terrific.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-56741960328877440202012-04-18T07:48:10.400-04:002012-04-18T07:48:10.400-04:00JCF,
I miss "Baghdad by the Bay." I ho...JCF,<br /><br />I miss "Baghdad by the Bay." I hope to get out there soon.<br /><br />That's the thing about digital cameras, it's so easy to go nuts with them, and all that technology makes it possible for a rank amateur like me to take a lot of decent pictures that come out well.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-28341742167871464612012-04-17T23:52:19.372-04:002012-04-17T23:52:19.372-04:00I loved the carving of the Sefirot - I have a spec...I loved the carving of the Sefirot - I have a special place in my heart for Kabbalistic thought.MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-6522256510118408862012-04-17T23:40:01.663-04:002012-04-17T23:40:01.663-04:00Miss you, Doug, out here in the West . . . but &qu...Miss you, Doug, out here in the West . . . but "Sodom By the Sea" will still be waiting! ;-)<br /><br />Wow, you really went nuts (w/ the camera) at Big John's (forever known to me, as "the place where my doctorate was awarded"). Look forward to going over your pics, at length! :-)JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-9377649009108297042012-04-17T09:45:36.861-04:002012-04-17T09:45:36.861-04:00But we kept looking for the mouse.But we kept looking for the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cathedral-Mouse-Kay-Chorao/dp/0525444009" rel="nofollow">mouse</a>.Paul (A.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543357437252555101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-45048548642161242262012-04-16T13:48:34.557-04:002012-04-16T13:48:34.557-04:00A stunning and thoughtful post. Thanks for taking...A stunning and thoughtful post. Thanks for taking the time to photograph, ponder, and share. A real treat for those of us who have never been there. (Minor cavil: the title of the last book of the NT is the Revelation - singular - of Jesus Christ to John.)<br /><br />Again, thanks for a great post and loving tour.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-41672063957555001742012-04-15T20:43:58.364-04:002012-04-15T20:43:58.364-04:00Thank you forthe tour and pictures. I love the sc...Thank you forthe tour and pictures. I love the sculptures.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203286781888444548noreply@blogger.com