Luke Mohan’s Reviews > Island of the World > Status Update

It is essential to have nothing in order to keep the riches he has been given.

The old man kisses the dust because the earth was made holy and it is the Lord’s. Then he kisses the wounds of Christ, and in this movement he understands at last that he is kissing his own wounds too. He is also kissing this land and all its people, from whom he will never again depart. All crucified churches are resurrected churches, some within the boundaries of time and some only in eternity.

I do not ask why;
I do not seek to be as you,
though I am you.
I seek the ocean that is above me
and within me, for it is one sea;
and I leave behind
the island of the world.

...If we do not run away occasionally, we will never be at home...If we do not waste time properly, nothing will be accomplished.

Her articles examine only to demolish what does not fit into her narrow agenda - which of course she promotes as the broadest possible worldview.

“Culture is the last refuge, the sanctuary, the human place in the midst of the surrounding dehumanization. Through the arts man is able to know himself, even if only on the intuitive level. He senses his own worth, even when he cannot articulate it.”