Neither Use Nor Ornament

A Matter Of Waiting

JofIndia — Fri, 03 May 2013 08:20:51 +0000

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Picture taken in Kannur Railway Station, Kerala.

Filed under: old age, waiting Tagged: Alicia de Larrocha, Kannur, Liszt - Consolation No.3, Railways Stations

Looking Back

JofIndia — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:21:29 +0000

Unni, our young driver, takes a break beside the lake.
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Picture taken by the lake at Thattekad, Kerala

Looking Forward

Filed under: resting Tagged: Daniel Barenboim, Kerala, Lakeside, Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Op.19 No.1 in E, Thattekad

Looking Forward

JofIndia — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:26:49 +0000

To celebrate my return,
and all that we share,
a day-trip to Thattekad is arranged:
our annual “works outing”

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Picture taken beside the boating-lake in Thattekad, Kerala.

The Day-Trip

Filed under: Orange Tagged: Chopin Nocturne Op.9 No.2 (Arthur Rubinstein), Day-trips, Lakeside, Thattekad

The Shade Of Breakfast

JofIndia — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 06:56:50 +0000

Today Shaji and Dalila are away at a family celebration.
Our breakfast was a café affair.

Picture taken in the Sri Krishna Café, Fort Cochin

Filed under: light, shade Tagged: Breakfast, Fast food restaurants, Fort Cochin, Mendelssohn Songs Without Words Op.30 no.6 in F sharp, Sri Krishna Café

Beginnings… And Endings

JofIndia — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:08:11 +0000

A new day dawns.
And my stay ends…

Picture taken from Southern Star Abbey, Kopua Monastery, New Zealand

Filed under: beginnings, dawn, endings Tagged: Dawn, Edvard Greig: Morning from Peer Gynt Suite, Kopua Monastery, Southern Star Abbey

The Liturgy Of The Hours: Compline

JofIndia — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:14:31 +0000

“We entrust ourselves to the night as if it were a great ocean from which we can fish up all sorts of wonderful things..”
From The Music of Silence by David Steindl-Rast

Compline completes the Liturgy of the Hours.
Its end marks the beginning of the Great Silence

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“Let all mortal flesh keep silence..”

Picture taken at sunset, Kopua Monastery, New Zealand

Filed under: night, prayer, silence Tagged: Compline, David Steindl-Rast, Kopua Monastery, Let all mortal flesh keep silence - Bairstow, Liturgy of the Hours, Southern Star Abbey, The Music Of Silence

The Liturgy Of The Hours: Vespers

JofIndia — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:05:38 +0000

Vespers: evening prayer.
The dying of the light…

Picture taken at dusk in Kopua Monastery, New Zealand

Filed under: evening, prayer Tagged: Dylan Thomas, Liturgy of the Hours, Southern Star Abbey, Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339: Laudate Dominum: W A Mozart, Vespers

The Liturgy Of The Hours: None

JofIndia — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:43:16 +0000

None: the ninth hour:
a rainbow begins to break through the storm clouds.

Picture taken at Southern Star Abbey, Kopua Monastery. New Zealand

Filed under: afternoon, rainbow, storm Tagged: Kopua Monastery, Liturgy of the Hours, None, O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen, Southern Star Abbey

The Liturgy Of The Hours: Sext

JofIndia — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:02:43 +0000

Sext: the sixth hour

Picture shows the Abbey church and guesthouse, Kopua Monastery. New Zealand

Filed under: monastery, noon Tagged: Hear my prayer (O for the wings of a dove) - Mendelssohn, Kopua Monastery, Psalm 55, Sext, Southern Star Abbey

The Liturgy Of The Hours: Terce

JofIndia — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:57:50 +0000

Terce: the third hour

Picture taken at Southern Star Abbey, Kopua Monastery, New Zealand

Filed under: monastery, morning, sunlight Tagged: Kopua Monastery, Liturgy of the Hours, Psalm 120, Terce

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