A Last Day Surprise

Today we are in Milan getting ready to fly back to the USA for the Virginia Beach conference.  And, by accident, I happened to find some references to the Certosa of Milan, a place that looked interesting but one I had never seen.  One hour of metro, tram and walking later, I arrived.  WOW!  I…

Revising The Text

Revising The Text

Here is a painting of the last supper.  It is in San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore in Milan.  Of course, the entire interior is a superb work of art from floor to ceiling (as most of these building are), but there is something quite unusual, deliberately so, in this representation of the meal.  Do you…

Still Life

Still Life

These are images from the cemetery in Milan.  I think I should do a photo book on the way we express the pain of death.  You don’t see much hope in these despite the Christian culture.  Death really is the epitome of hopelessness in life.  If we have no way to overcome this last bastion…