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Power Rendered as Structure
Political titles rarely appear in abstract painting without some degree of irony. When they do, they often function as commentary—an external reference layered over a purely formal composition.
By Thelma Goldenabout 5 hours ago in Art
Wheat and weeds, Part 5
The conversation felt weak and unbalanced; The interlocutor in that video often doesn’t know basic historical facts. And that’s not my imagination. When someone with weak historical grounding interviews someone who is very confident but not academically trained, the result is exactly what I sensed: a conversation that sounds bold and revolutionary but collapses the moment one check it against real scholarship.
By CA'Di LUCE * Confessions & Memories in Conversations with friends!/ It’s not a revolution—it’s a quiet evolution.about 6 hours ago in Confessions
The Conceptual Portrait in Abstraction
Within the long tradition of portraiture, the subject is typically recognizable. A face, a posture, a gesture—something that anchors the viewer to the individual being depicted.
By Thelma Goldenabout 6 hours ago in Art
Wheat and weeds, Part 4
To be even more explicit: 1.About Epiphanius, the Panarion, and heresiology When scholars study Epiphanius, they do not rely on Wikipedia. They use the critical editions and commentaries published by Brill, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and similar academic houses. The standard English translation of the Panarion is by Frank Williams, published by Brill. Williams’ introduction explains in detail that Epiphanius is a polemical writer whose descriptions of heretical groups must be read with caution.
By CA'Di LUCE * Confessions & Memories in Conversations with friends!/ It’s not a revolution—it’s a quiet evolution.about 6 hours ago in Confessions
Wheat and weeds, Part 3
Extra points i thought to bring to your attention: When I said modern scholarship on heresiology and the Panarion is clear that Epiphanius is polemical, I’m thinking of people like Frank Williams, who produced the standard English translation of the Panarion for Brill, with a long introduction explaining Epiphanius’ methods and biases; of Averil Cameron, who has written extensively on late antique Christian polemic; and of David Brakke, whose work on Gnosticism and heresiology (for example “The Gnostics” and his studies on Athanasius and Egyptian monasticism) shows how heresiologists constructed enemies rhetorically. These are the kinds of names you’d see in university syllabi, not just on Wikipedia.
By CA'Di LUCE * Confessions & Memories in Conversations with friends!/ It’s not a revolution—it’s a quiet evolution.about 6 hours ago in Confessions
Wheat and weeds, Part 2
Why Epiphanius looks “clean” online but sounds extreme in the video Epiphanius lived in the 4th century, long after Jesus, long after Paul, and long after the earliest Christian communities. By his time, Christianity had become institutionalized, and the Church was trying to define orthodoxy and eliminate competing interpretations.
By CA'Di LUCE * Confessions & Memories in Conversations with friends!/ It’s not a revolution—it’s a quiet evolution.about 7 hours ago in Confessions
Wheat and weeds
The conversation from a podcast, i saw last week, explores how some of the earliest Christian writings and alternative traditions paint a very different picture of God and Jesus than what later mainstream Christianity adopted. The host and guest discuss how certain ancient groups, especially Gnostic thinkers, believed the creator figure in the Old Testament was not the ultimate divine source but a flawed or even harmful being. In their view, Jesus appears not as the obedient son of this creator but as a messenger from a higher, hidden reality who comes to free humanity from ignorance.
By CA'Di LUCE * Confessions & Memories in Conversations with friends!/ It’s not a revolution—it’s a quiet evolution.about 7 hours ago in Confessions
Situationship Boundaries Help Prevent Confusion In Casual Romantic Connections
Modern dating has been characterized by the rise of situations where relationships are formed between friendship and committed relationships which are termed as situationships. The dynamics may be emotional closeness, similar experiences, even physical intimacy, but do not have definite labels or expectations. Although this may be a liberating aspect, it also brings in ambiguity. In the absence of defined roles, a person can find it difficult to determine the kind of relationship and end up being confused about the intentions, limits, and emotional commitment in the long run.
By Robert Smithabout 9 hours ago in Confessions