Finding Light in the Darkness

Finding Light in the Darkness

Personal Perspective: We can anchor ourselves through inner awareness, human connection, and cultivating resiliency, even amid growing anxiety and instability.

Christopher Burk looks for the light in the dark – Matter News

Nocturne in Coral Square 1 courtesy Christopher Burk Christopher Burk started work toward his new exhibition about three years ago, taking early inspiration from a series of nighttime trees he painted during a 2022 residency in Dresden, Germany. Early on, Burk said these trees existed as graphic, black silhouettes set against the night sky. Gradually, however, he began to introduce light emanating from a variety of sources – a nearby porchlight,…

Light in the midst of darkness

Candles in the dough. Photo: Supplied. Wednesday of Passion Week in the Maronite Liturgical Calendar is a celebration of a rarely understood Rite, found in the middle of a week filled with penance, pain, sorrow, suffering, darkness, awaiting, and finally, joy. This celebration concludes the healing journey that began with the miracles of Christ throughout the Season of Great Lent. The Gospels of Great Lent emphasise the re-creation and renewal o…