For today, Ash Wednesday: “God Help Me!” by Ni Ketut Ayu Sri Wardani. Oil on canvas: ow.ly/i/4NJHU

Eavan Boland, “Outside History”

There are outsiders, always. These stars—these iron inklings of an Irish January,whose light happened thousands of years beforeour pain did: they are, they have always beenoutside history. They keep their distance. Under them remainsa place where you foundyou were human, and a landscape in which you know you are mortal.And a time to choose between […]

There were horses on the way home from work, so I painted a picture. Watercolor pencils finger washed with coffee on paper by Seth Wieck.

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/133302717″ params=”visual=true&liking=false&sharing=false&auto_play=false&show_comments=false&continuous_play=false&origin=tumblr” width=”100%” height=”500″ iframe=”true” /] Poet Christian Wiman reads “Every Riven Thing” in an excerpt from RN Encounter’s program, My Bright Abyss, about his recent work and spiritual journey. You can hear the full program at http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/encounter/my-bright-abyss/5223134

The Getty Makes 250 Art History Books Available for Free

This will save so much money. The Getty Makes 250 Art History Books Available for Free

Mayah Louise Wieck, y’all. Mom and daughter are doing great!

When Pompeii was destroyed, the meaning of Pompeii remained. John M. Frame. “The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God”. 1987. pgs 34-35. Footnote. A few weeks ago, I posted a letter to my daughter who will be born next week, so I have the act of naming a person in my head as I read […]

I was arguing with a Franciscan nun about the Resurrection. I said, “Clearly this is horseshit. Surely, you don’t believe this stuff.” She said, “It’s easier for you to believe that the meek will inherit the earth?” Mary Karr. Lunch Poems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_VWjKShI-0

To My Daughter at the Approach of Her Birth

Sunday, October 6, 2013 Dear Mayah Louise Wieck, Your mother and brothers and I will call your name daily and more commonly than we take bread. And we’ll pronounce it with every inflection of emotion one can imagine, and some that we can’t yet because we haven’t met you and those emotions haven’t even begun to resonate […]

Ruins of Rome

Du Bellay in Rome  PDF view You who arrive to look for Rome in RomeAnd can in Rome no Rome you know discover:These palaces and arches ivied overAnd ancient walls are Rome, now Rome’s a name. Here see Rome’s overbearing overcome—Rome, who brought the world beneath her powerAnd held sway, robbed of sway: see and […]