White-capped sea
This is Jesus being spoken to by Peter, but unable to hear through the noise of his own turmoil or...
See me, pity me
Simeon is one of the strongest, most dynamic characters in this vibrantly retold story of Christ's life. He is Jesus'...
Heaven-kissed Carmel
In Kazantzakis' telling of the story of Jesus, his mother does not go through life beatifically accepting her God-ordained role...
Well-nourished horses
A shocking juxtaposition of this attractive image of fine, strong, cared for horses, and their use by Roman cavalry as...
Wrinkled like a raisin
It's obvious when you read it, but we don't tend to use 'wrinkled like a raisin' despite its pleasing alliteration....
Of smoke and goats
A refreshing image for a choking smoke. I tried to find a picture of goats who looked as though smoke...
Steady as she goes
Sometimes the world - at least our human version of it - feels wobbly, so I found this affirmation of...
When is a virtue not a virtue?
This struck me - virtues that are but by-products of fear and poverty, may not be virtues at all. If...
When God mixes with man
An uplifting depiction of a potentially winning combination?
I also liked the intimacy and proximity implied here, not a distant...
A transcendent mind
A capacious mind which rises above and speeds ahead of the spillth and swirls of world affairs, political, sociological or...
Cretan KPIs – Key Penmanship Indicators – VII
I found this description of the stark Cretan landscape startlingly original, using good prose as a metaphor and incidentally giving...
Career choices
Here Zorba points out the choices his boss has to make, since you can't prattle about socialism and be a...
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