http://www.rainycitystories.com/2009/12/07/sacrament A writers' map of Manchester Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:55:43 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.rainycitystories.com/2009/12/07/sacrament/comment-page-1#comment-6569 jim holloway Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:12:49 +0000 http://www.rainycitystories.com/?p=708#comment-6569 But the world isn't just a hate machine; and the numbers "pouring in" are largely balanced by those "pouring out". Yes, sometimes it feels pretty grim, but other times even the chavs and wanky students can show their humanity. I'll look out for Rothko, though! But the world isn’t just a hate machine; and the numbers “pouring in” are largely balanced by those “pouring out”. Yes, sometimes it feels pretty grim, but other times even the chavs and wanky students can show their humanity.
I’ll look out for Rothko, though!

]]> http://www.rainycitystories.com/2009/12/07/sacrament/comment-page-1#comment-5730 Ian D Smith Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:24:01 +0000 http://www.rainycitystories.com/?p=708#comment-5730 Fascinating and thought-provoking story. Thank you. Rothko was persecuted as a Jew and then as an artist. No surprise that he took on the Rothko Chapel, where "the universal spiritual" aspect of [his] work would complement the elements of Roman Catholicism". He saw that "literal Christian belief" was far from an "outworn cultural specific", but part of the "universal spiritual aspect". He showed that the "Hate Machine" (nice image for lumpen secularism) shouldn't persecute Christianity, Islam, Judaism. He was a truly great artist. Fascinating and thought-provoking story. Thank you. Rothko was persecuted as a Jew and then as an artist. No surprise that he took on the Rothko Chapel, where “the universal spiritual” aspect of [his] work would complement the elements of Roman Catholicism”. He saw that “literal Christian belief” was far from an “outworn cultural specific”, but part of the “universal spiritual aspect”. He showed that the “Hate Machine” (nice image for lumpen secularism) shouldn’t persecute Christianity, Islam, Judaism. He was a truly great artist.

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