Refuge of Sinners

Laura Wood of The Thinking Housewife has the following entry which I've posted in full, including the image.

Virgin in Adoration (detail), Fra Filippo Lippi

“SOMETIMES we doubt; often enough we have failed to be faithful to grace; and so we think ourselves unworthy to receive God’s help. But that is precisely why God has given us our heavenly Mother, to whom He turned over the whole order of His mercy, as though He wished to protect us from His justice. A way has been pointed out to us; and so long as we walk therein we can always obtain God’s grace. Never must we say that henceforth grace is beyond our reach.

Even if we have serious sins on our conscience, we can rise again. All we need is to turn to the Immaculata. So, let the sinner who has fallen come to her in full confidence. Don’t concentrate your thoughts only on yourself. Saint Paul said: I can do all things in Him Who strengthens me, and in the same way we can say, ‘I can do all things, thanks to her who gives me strength.'”

—- Fr. Maximilian Kolbe

Lucifer in Contemporary Art

I have started a new blog which I've titled: Lucifer in Contemporary Art.

I will be documenting art exhibitions, art programs, artists, and other related topics that are now (almost) openly using Luciferan imagery and concepts in their work and exhibitions.

Truth in Images

From an unpublished post in January 2012:

The indomitable Kristor, frequent correspondent at the View From the Right, and now at Laura Wood's The Thinking Housewife, makes the no-nonsense response to her post Would Protectionism Have Saved Kodak?:

Film is like buggy whips. Let’s just move on, shall we?

To this comment by Roger G.:

Donald Trump said on the Sean Hannity Show yesterday that the once mighty Kodak has gone bankrupt because they didn’t get the U.S. government to protect them from Fuji. Trump argued that Fuji destroyed Kodak by selling below manufacturing costs.

I studied photography and film for four years (about 1/3 of those years were part-time, while I worked in a completely unrelated job to fund for my school).

The program was wonderfully technical. I avoided the Leftist/Marxist/Third World/Anti-Art/Anti-Beauty/Anti-west bias of many of the "art" teachers (well it was more like a bulldozer-level bias) by disappearing into the photography dark rooms, and the film editing suites, where no-one bothered me, and I could simply work on those machines (which surprisingly, few students used until the marathon rush of due assignments). This "experimentation" was vital for my education, since most of the teachers wanted us to produce some self-expression drivel, screw technique and art!

Part of the wonder for me in the dark room and while editing was the tactile aspect of working with the celluloid (film or photography). Another was seeing the chemicals magically produce an image from nothing (a blank, white piece of paper). And yet another was the challenge of fitting a puzzle, trying to put a coherent set of images together in the editing room.

Of course, some of these pleasures are possible in digital media since the digital images are is still a puzzle to fit together, but here, we are several steps away from the original images. In film, we see them viscerally on the film strip. We can touch the strip, turn it upside down, pass it through the editing board, cut it here or there, and attache various sections together to make a coherent piece. This visceral experience was especially clear around my work area, where film strips were flying everywhere, pieces were misplaced, then found, cutting boards were sometime faulty, sometimes ruining a special frame, for which I would have to improvise another. And it took time to physically maneuver all those strips around.

In the photography dark room, it was liquid (and the smell of the chemicals) that were the messy components.

Near the end of my studies, I actually developed my own films, after having learned to do the same in photography. One more step closer to the "images."

Film editing used to remind me of sewing, or embroidery, which is probably why I went into the archaic field of textile design.

So, this is what Kodak is forfeiting (well, its been going on for a while now). I don't think it is just cheap Fuji films which destroyed photography, but the attitude that the intricate, time-consuming, artistic endeavor of making films can be replaced by fast, impersonal digital technology.

I am not completely against digital technology. I think the internet, blogs, online sources, have provided incredible services. Yet, at the same time, this digital world needs to come second to the real world. What good is a "digital" relationship unless we've given up on the real one?

Fitting Puzzles
The mage in the background is a print of this

Free Jinger's Kidist Discussions

There is a gossipy forum titled Freejinger where I have been a subject of discussion for a couple of years (sporadically). I often laugh out loud reading it.

There is also a whole topic under my name with 40 entries. Even funnier.

Forum member C. Potter-Pirbright has provded a summary which I've posted below.

Now C. Potter-Pirbright is a pseudonym somewhat sophisticated for this site of a character from Jeeves the stoic butler in P. G. Wodehouse's series of books. That alone is enough to take a look through C. Potter-Pirbright's entries.

Freejnger summary by C. Potter-Pirbright:

Kidist Paulos Asrat or Kidist P. Asrat as she likes to be known in her professional ventures, is the blogger behind cameralucid.blogspot.com and kidistpaulosasratartcles.blogspot.com, beautyforbodymindandspirit.blogspot.ca and has contributed to the American Thinker.

Kidist was born in Ethiopia and identifies herself with the Amhara people and considers herself to be Caucasian. Kidist and her family fled Ethiopia around 1974 after the fall of Emperor Haile Salassie...[T]he family moved first Paris and then London, and the United States after which they finally settled in Canada. Today Kidist lives in the multi-cultural hub of Toronto, a fact in itself that is baffling with her views.

Kidist works at a clothing store; however there is speculation that she must have family money or support to fund her lifestyle and travels (mainly to NYC).

Kidist is a firm believer in belief that her blog is an intellectual treasure trove, dealing with high-class fashion, architecture, art and social issues affecting North America (Canada & The United States). Not only is her work of a very high quality but greatly appreciated.

However her blog reads far more as her own personal diatribe against, Gays, Muslims, Liberals, Women, Asians, interracial couples and immigrants. Kidist is all for equal opportunity hating.

Kidist's Greatest Hits[...]

As a child Kidit presented flowers to the Emperor, this memory is clearly very important to her and has possibly allowed her to build up her elite status in her mind now that she lives in a world far from that of her childhood.

cameralucid.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/flower-for-emperor.html

Kidist is not of the opinion that Asian's can understand or play classical music or dance in the ballet. Her expertise in the matter is the fact that she has studied, violin, piano and sung in classical choirs in her youth. The fact that the National Ballet had Chinese principal ballerina, performing in 'white roles' appears to cause her much rage.

cameralucid.blogspot.com/2012/01/music-is-about-bringing-us-all-together.html

Kidist is creepily obsessed with the child of her neighbors, a young white couple they have a child who is approximately three years old. This little boy has a Chinese caretaker/Nanny. Kidist is not pleased by this arrangement and is constantly spying on the child and caretaker, and approaching the parents to 'warn' them. She is also very worried that the caretaker is attempting to lure the child into accepting other races to the point where he will marry an Asian woman.

cameralucid.blogspot.com/2011/07/young-beautiful-white-boy-tall-handsome.html

Not understanding the presence of Native American's in the Thanksgiving Parade.

cameralucid.blogspot.com/2012/11/raining-on-parade.html


Immigrants of the Asian/ Muslim persuasion

Kidist has a lot of pent up rage for immigrants, these range from delightful complaints that they are spending more money that herself to the fact that they bring their own language and culture to Canada. Women who dress in their native attire and speak their own language trying to ruin the real Canada (not the native Canadian's mind you). Immigrants ruin the prices of homes and bring with them their own food and scents changing the landscape. Multi -cultural Canada will be the death of Kidist.

http://cameralucid.blogspot.ca/2013/01/daily-episodes-of-icompatability-of.html

Kidist enjoys attacking the Obamas (everyone including Bo is fair game), apparently The President is incapable etc and Michelle and the girls have appalling clothing choices.

cameralucid.blogspot.com/2013/01/hypocrite-in-chief-part-ii.html

Kidist occasionally ventures an opinion on movies and award shows. Popular Movies = bad, especially if they have a tinge of race to them. Oh and Tina Fey has a potty mouth.

Kidist is friends with Lawrence Auster and Laura Wood (The Thinking Housewife), and keeps in touch not only by email but has visited them. She treats their words and thoughts as high intellect and quotes them regularly.

cameralucid.blogspot.com/2012/12/we-are-normal-ones.html

Kidist also goes out of her way to not only stare and complain about interracial couples to people serving her in restaurants but does the same for Gay couples. The lack of response she receives from others is perceived by her to be agreement and she appears to be convinced that Canada is full of people who like her are appalled by interracial couples, gays and immigrants but are too cowardly to say so publically and need her to speak out.

Kidist doesn't allow comments on her blog. While you can email her, she is very quick to threaten to report you to the HRC ,the dissonance is strong with this one. You are however encouraged to contribute to her endeavors at publish a book.

Notable Kidist threads include.

http://freejinger.org/forums/viewtopic. ... st#p469746

http://freejinger.org/forums/viewtopic. ... st#p460765

http://freejinger.org/forums/viewtopic. ... st#p171601

http://freejinger.org/forums/viewtopic. ... st#p200416