#mandorla

[jareckiworld]

Loie Hollowell —Overview Effect in Yellow and Blue with Small Mandorla (oil paint, acrylic medium & high density foam on linen over panel, 2024)

[joancasaramona]

barca parca

[escoteriica]

the iconography of the mother pelican wounding herself so that her babies can nurse from her blood (mirroring jesus' wounds so that we can take communion of his blood and flesh and have salvation - sometimes visualized by mystics as a yonic opening by which ecstatic and erotic experiences of the divine occur, including Catherine of Siena's "slaking of her thirst") in a blatantly feminine divine gesture right next to an advertisment for

edible vagina deodorant

[dustedmagazine]

Charlie Kohlhase Explorers Club — A Second Life (Mandorla)

Saxophonist Charlie Kohlhase is a lynchpin of the New England jazz scene. He has led various configurations of Explorers Club live and on record as well as playing with luminaries such as John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd and Anthony Braxton. For A Second Life the group expands to an octet, anchored by the formidable rhythm section of bassist Tony Leva and drummer Curt Newton with Kohlhase on alto, tenor and baritone saxes, Seth Meicht on tenor, Dan Rosenthal trumpet and flugelhorn, Josiah Reibstein on tuba and trombonist Jeb Bishop. Guitarist Eric Hofbauer is the versatile wildcard of the group, providing both rhythmic support and brilliant coloratura. With Kohlhase at the helm, these adventurers dexterously balance density and space, structure and improvisation into a thrilling set that pays tribute to forebears and showcases each player’s talent.

On “Lennette,” a portmanteau of Tristano and Coleman, Kohlhase combines the harmonic complexity of the former with the latter’s free approach to structure and melody. Beginning with each player sounding off a two-note motif, the Explorers Club blasts off with a series of fanfares before breaking down into smaller units to duel. The interlude between Hofbauer and Bishop a particular joy. “Airport Station” strolls along on Newton’s lock step beat as Hofbauer bends his guitar through a mazy solo. The reed and brass players mingle and part in brief nocturnal encounters, those late night, cancelled flight consultations, the participants buoying each other.

The cover versions too provide plenty of space for celebration. Kohlhase’s arrangement of Ornette Coleman’s rare 1969 single “Man on the Moon” becomes an eleven plus minute cosmic blowout that references the double quartet of Coleman’s 1961 landmark Free Jazz. The octet hits the main theme hard between breaks for various combinations of interlocking solos with Leva and Newton working double time in support. The duel between Reibstein and Kohlhase a particular delight leading into a frantic revisitation of the main theme and an outro of rocket wake through space. Their reading of Tchicai’s “Berlin Ballad” retains the original’s tender lyricism and hint of “Yesterday” whilst capturing something of Tchicai’s freer side. They close with Roswell Rudd’s “Tetraktys.” After running through the theme, a series of brief interlocking solos, before the band members put aside their instruments one by one to sing the theme in growing unison, a sort “So Long, Farewell” in reverse that brings a wonderful album to a lovely end.

Andrew Forell

[crnklart]

Pipe Evangelistar

2023

DOGS ROAMING FREE

[upennmanuscripts]

Today's #ToolingTuesday is from the binding for LJS 405, Modern binding incorporating 19th-century north African covers with flap, stamped central mandorla with gold-tooled outline and frame corner decorations. The text is from the 13th or 14th c.

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[rossodimarte]

Christ in Majesty in a Mandorla surrounded by four angels (Vision of Ezekiel), Ripoll Bible, 11th century.

[mandorloinfiore]

buongiorno!!!! Vi guardo tutti