The Triumph of Death - Bruegel the Elder, PieterThere I was a few weeks ago, on YouTube, looking for something to watch while I scarf down my breakfast (as most of us do) when I finally came across a video. I brace for the 5 seconds of tension I get while waiting for the “Skip ad” button to show up. Nothing unusual here. While the almighty algorithm knows me more than I do, it always fails as serving me something I’m actually interested in, so just another moment of “let me get this shit out ...

The Triumph of Death - Bruegel the Elder, PieterThere I was a few weeks ago, on YouTube, looking for something to watch while I scarf down my breakfast (as most of us do) when I finally came across a video. I brace for the 5 seconds of tension I get while waiting for the “Skip ad” button to show up. Nothing unusual here. While the almighty algorithm knows me more than I do, it always fails as serving me something I’m actually interested in, so just another moment of “let me get this shit out ...

St John’s eye. The Deposition of Christ - Rogier Van der Weyden.God saw the night I almost gave up. He did not miss it. He saw the moment I sat on the floor, exhausted. The tears nobody else did. The preparations I made for a day I wouldn’t witness. Listened to the prayer I didn’t have the strength to speak. I thought the silence meant I was alone. But in that quiet moment, the universe was moving. The same God that parted seas and raised the dead was holding me together. I didn’t feel him, b...

St John’s eye. The Deposition of Christ - Rogier Van der Weyden.God saw the night I almost gave up. He did not miss it. He saw the moment I sat on the floor, exhausted. The tears nobody else did. The preparations I made for a day I wouldn’t witness. Listened to the prayer I didn’t have the strength to speak. I thought the silence meant I was alone. But in that quiet moment, the universe was moving. The same God that parted seas and raised the dead was holding me together. I didn’t feel him, b...