Suddenly I see...
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Ever since I watched - and re-watch over and over - Bunel's Simon of the Desert, my interest in stylites and the wisdom of the desert fathers has been revived. Yesterday I painted a small canvas in the icon style of Simeon the Stylite. I completed it in 2 1/2 hours - I only mention it because real icons take so much longer. It's fun to paint without following any rules. I'll post it on the art blog after I photo it. I think I may do a serious icon one of these days. First I want to do The Ladder Of Monks (John Climacus) but with modern devils.
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St. Simeon:
He says that everyone who is isolated
From their neighbor sits on a high pillar,
And all who are angry with their brother
Stand solitary and alone on a high column.
- Soliloquy of Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger
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