Nick Cave and the Trials of Job
Yesterday, at the thrift shop, I suggested they play Nick Cave.
This didn't last so long with my partner, who listened to about 5 songs and then changed the music.
Whatever.
And then - in the evening - I heard of his second son's death.
This man, he's going through the trials of Job. And this, this, well... you wish this on no one. Certainly not someone you hold in such high regard.
And I know he has faith - of the Christian order, and I know he thinks - but this heartbreak, it's beyond reason. There's nothing I can say. No commiseration that doesn't sound trite - and - while I can well imagine his pain - and in some measure share it - I have no desire to live through it's equivalent. Imagining it is but a pale shadow of what he is living...
SO I am sorry and I hope he can survive this. And if he doesn't I understand. But - fucking hell - he's being put through it. The trials of Job. The test of all faith beyond all reasonable limits...
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Ozark
For a 5 star Netflix I fucking hated it. And - yeah, I got the "point" - no spoilers - but, damn, suffering through 4 seasons of the most implausibly written, despicable, unsympathetic characters in television - well, I wanted - not better - but different than this.
Anyways, thank god it's done.
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Met the artist...
And today, on errands, delivery truck, another pick up at the junction, a couple dozen boxes of kitchen stuff (really, no kidding, like WTF?) and a hundred or so paintings. The artist? A. Moder. An older, elderly even, German (?? From the accent) fellow, I shook his hand and told him how glad I was to meet him and that his paintings were selling out at the thrift shop. I didn't mention the $5.00 Price-Point.
He seemed pleased, I told him he should continue painting. That his best work was yet to come. And I think he went off to his studio afterwards...
Unloading at the thrift shop I met a fan of his. He wondered where all this great art was coming from, deceased perhaps? And I said no, I thought the same, but I was just there, met the man, shook his hand, and now he wants to know all about him...
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"Divine Union, Divine Purpose"
My find of the day - found a few days ago, put aside, then lost, then found again today:
"Divine Union, Divine Purpose". Mary Magdalene and Jesus sharing a glass of wine.
A bit of googling and I find it: https://www.gaiarising.com/products/western-mysteries-statue-divine-union-5-5
Mine is a bit smaller - maybe 2 inches, resin made to look like ivory, cheesy as all get out - but there's no king of Kitsch and Bad Taste bigger than Jesus. And doesn't Mary have a fetching bosom? And isn't Jesus's chest - well, something? Anyways, my treasure of the day...
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