http://www.ashokkarra.com On Poetry, Politics and Philosophy - A Sketch, An Intersection Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:47:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en for Marilyn Walker and the Collegium Cantorum The University of Dallas isn't really a place, but a spirit. Some want to say the spirit is that of critical inquiry, or that it stems from a vision of the one true Church. The truth might be simpler than that: it could be ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2009/01/remarks-delivered-at-the-university-of-dallas-due-santi-campus-1409/ Just an opinion. Quite obviously, many others in the same group will differ. Also, an additional note: our tour guide, Alessio Rosoldi, was excellent. He can be reached at alessiorosoldi@hotmail.com - if you're planning on going to Rome, contacting him is a very smart idea, and I do have his ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2009/01/collegium-cantorum-of-the-university-of-dallas-pilgrimage-to-rome-122608-1509/ Seen in person at Santa Maria Novella in Florence. The Holy Trinity, with the Virgin and Saint John and donors The classical elements are not superfluous. The hallway supported by arches suggests the Father is walking towards us, except He is holding the cross bearing His Son. The dove, the Holy Spirit, ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2009/01/masaccios-holy-trinity/ 1. New friends: mosaic artist Julie Richey not only does some amazing work, but is even blogging about the Collegium Rome trip I'm still on. Cherie Peacock's (who's on the trip) Catholic Answers site explains the piety of many on the trip, even though she's not blogging about this publicly ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2009/01/when-in-rome/ At the University of Dallas Rome campus at Due Santi, with Collegium Cantorum. Very lucky to have Internet, some very bad news has come my way, and I do ask for your prayers - it is a personal matter. It is awesome and gorgeous out here in the Italian countryside, ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/sharks-teeth-by-kay-ryan/ Dear _____: I'm packing for a trip as I write this. When I come back, the new year will have arrived and all will be at work again. I think of you often. I love all my exes even though I talk to none of them, and there are many whom I ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/flying/ Letter of Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, Paris September 6, 1789 I think we can see a more radical Jefferson in this letter, one who may have changed in some ways after holding the Presidency, but I'm not sure. What I am sure about is that this letter has a few ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/does-the-earth-belong-to-the-living-on-jeffersons-letter-to-madison-sept-6-1789/ I'm out of the country from Dec. 26th - Jan. 5th. My brother whom I haven't seen in months is back for a short while and I want to hang out with him, but I'm also rushing to get a little something done for the dissertation before I leave - ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/im-around-just-quiet/ "I dwell in Possibility..." (657) Emily Dickinson I dwell in Possibility - A fairer House than Prose - More numerous of Windows - Superior - for Doors - Of Chambers as the Cedars - Impregnable of Eye - And for an Everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky - Of Visitors - the fairest - For Occupation - This - The spreading ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/towards-immortality-on-emily-dickinsons-i-dwell-in-possibility-657/ Jennifer [that link may not work well] has been a huge help to me and this blog - it's because of her that the template you're seeing now was found; she helped me figure out how FTP worked, what service to go with, and how not to be scared of ... http://www.ashokkarra.com/2008/12/a-note-of-thanks-and-a-request/