On spherical emotions and the need for adjectives
Never thought of emotions as spherical before, but grasp the need for their many-sided expression. And the fact that emotions...
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...
All the doors of Israel
It's now a month since I read this book and I still have a burning impression of dazzling light and...
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...
The desert of Idemea
Lovely likening of the heat-haze quivering of a desert to the rippling pattern-dappled back of a leopard.
'To the south,...
Newly-foliaged poplar
A curious tree for a Biblical era village, since the poplar isn't a tree you associate with the region. And...
A man with no plan
We went to a charity bazarre the other morning, and came staggering out with a sack load of books. Before...
Man in a hurry
Jesus lays out a few ground rules to Judas whom, it seems, could have done with a dose of
Of love and torment
Kazantzakis' bold and imaginative retelling of Christ's life - and death - gives a new take on some of the...
As vindictive as…
Apologies to all camels if this sullies your good character, but I liked the simile and had fun finding a...
Wheat-complexioned face
You would not expect that this unusual hue - wheat-complexioned - describes a young and uncertain Jesus. Kazantzakis' surprising version...
Of globs and blubber
This charming image - of a priest no less - had me searching all kinds of strange photos to illustrate...
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