• The limits of language and understanding

    Today I came across a quote from Karen Armstrong that I feel exemplifies the substantial and enduring in any religion: “… religious discourse should not attempt to impart clear information about the divine but should lead to an appreciation of the limits of language and understanding.” Armstrong, Karen. The Case for God. Knopf: 2009

  • A Transliteration: A War, A Language

    We often think of images as illustrations of things, or as “things” themselves. But we forget that in times before the written word was so prominent; images were complex symbols, used as a form of transmitting and preserving concepts.