end of a decade & the start of 2020

The final solar eclipse of the decade occurred on Thursday, December 26. When the new moon passed in front of the sun it produced a stunning and photogenic ring of fire around the moon.

This new moon not only brings to an end things we have been going through for the last ten years, the energy of this highly charged, intense lunar pull brings major change.

Giving us the opportunity to release, cleanse, refresh, and renew our energy just in time for 2020 and the start of an exciting new decade.

sacred solstice season

I found this interesting article in the Smithsonian magazine on How the Sun Illuminates Spanish Missions in the Winter Solstice.

We have a Catholic tradition back in the Philippines called visita iglesia where during Holy Week we trek to churches - new and old - reciting the Stations of the Cross. All these church visits bring on fond memories.

As folks in the Northern Hemisphere mark the longest night and shortest day of the year this winter solstice, I cannot help but contemplate on the effects of colonization - then and now, here and there.

ART | fiery women & their tor/men/tors

Today's Google doodle commemorating Camille Claudel on her 155th birthday is yet another bitter sweet reminder of a fierce forgotten female lost to us.

La Vague ("The Wave") (1897), exhibited in the Claudel room of the Musée Rodin

This is not just some disgruntled feminist grudge. That would be too petty a label to place on a much larger issue.