happy jesus, chocolate bunnies and sundry-thoughts
7-foot, bronze statue that hangs 200 feet in the air on a church bell tower in East Sussex, England. It has been dubbed by the locals as "Jesus in jeans." the holy week and easter wknd is always a bit of a mess. after 40 days of repenting madness will do that to any soul i suppose (though the modern practice itself is much softer than the ones of contemporary ramadan, from what i have seen personally). easter, an old tradition that is familiar to most of the westerners now primarily exists in forms of: chocolate bunnies hot crossed buns egg hunts (which is just bizarre, it has nothing to do with anything) dyed eggs (and consequent egg/cress salads) luncheons or brunches (family stuff made easy by long wknd) church services (one of the two- the other being christmas) and probably in that order of importance as well. hey there's nothing wrong with it. really. it's been a busy week. theres been lots of classical music running around town in forms of cantatas, passions,...