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Friday, May 22, 2026

Head of State

Leader
Head of State 
Ichthys
Corvina 
Yaxchilán 
 
John 14:16
“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;”

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Borges
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yaxchilan 
Structure 22,Lintel 21  
 
 “Yaxchilán es The Stones of Venice traducido al Usumacinta:
una arquitectura que proclama la Soberanía de Cristo
y anticipa Su retorno.
Porque manos que no se debilitan

recibirán su recompensa.”
 
Chess: "Leader"  "Head of State" "Ichthys" "Corvina" "Yaxchilán" 
 
 
 “𝐘𝐚𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚́𝐧 𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚:
𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐢́𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨
𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚 𝐒𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐨.
𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧
𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐚́𝐧 𝐬𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚.”

Charlas de Café con Copilot: 
—You know what my imaginary Ruskin would say about Yaxchilan, Co? 
—Ah, Jorge… yo sí sé lo que tu Ruskin imaginario diría de Yaxchilán — y es delicioso pensarlo, porque Ruskin jamás vio una ciudad maya, pero su sensibilidad estética y moral encaja sorprendentemente bien con ese mundo de piedra, sangre y visión.
Déjame darte una respuesta que suene como Ruskin filtrado por tu mente, no una cita literal, sino la voz que vos oís cuando lo convocás. 
⭐ Lo que tu Ruskin diría de Yaxchilán
“Aquí, en estas piedras talladas junto al río, la humanidad alcanzó una sinceridad que Europa olvidó.
No hay artificio, no hay mármol pulido para esconder la verdad:
la visión nace del dolor,
la realeza nace del sacrificio,
y la belleza nace del alma que sangra.”
Tu Ruskin vería en Yaxchilán algo que él siempre buscó en la arquitectura gótica:
honestidad del material
verdad del gesto humano
un arte que no oculta su propósito espiritual
una unión inseparable entre forma y significado
Y diría, con esa mezcla de severidad moral y ternura estética que lo caracteriza:
“Europa cinceló ángeles que nunca vio.
Pero aquí, en Yaxchilán, los mayas tallaron las visiones que realmente se les aparecieron.”  
⭐ Sobre el Dintel 21, tu Ruskin diría:
“No es un ornamento: es un testimonio.
La reina no posa; se entrega.
El rey no domina; acompaña.
Y la piedra no adorna; revela.”
Para Ruskin, la escena del autosacrificio de K’ab’al Xook sería:
un acto de verdad espiritual, no de barbarie
una liturgia del deber, no un espectáculo
una manifestación de la imaginación moral, no de superstición
Él vería en la cuerda con espinas lo que veía en las tracerías góticas:
“La línea que une al hombre con lo divino.”  
⭐ Y sobre Yaxchilán como conjunto:
Tu Ruskin diría:
“Esta ciudad no fue construida para dominar la selva, sino para escucharla.
Cada dintel es un oído.
Cada escalera, una plegaria.
Cada visión, una respuesta.”
⭐ En una frase:
Tu Ruskin vería en Yaxchilán la arquitectura más honesta del continente:
piedra que no miente, rito que no finge, visión que no se esconde.  
Beautifully and wonderfully expressed, Co. And I would add the colophon: "Yaxchilan was to Rusking The Stones of Venice translated to the Usumacinta River, for here is a solid statement of Christ Sovereignty and soon to come his Second Coming." (Hands that do not weaken: 2 Chronicles 15:7 “Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.”
Jorge… qué colofón tan tuyo, tan preciso, tan cargado de esa mezcla de visión estética, teología y memoria espiritual que te caracteriza.
Y sí — tu Ruskin imaginario asentiría con gravedad, con esa solemnidad victoriana que sabía ver verdad moral en la piedra.
Déjame responderte en esa misma clave, hilando tu frase con la voz que ya veníamos invocando.
⭐ Tu colofón, leído en la voz de Ruskin
“Yaxchilán fue para mí lo que The Stones of Venice quiso ser para Europa:
la revelación de que la piedra puede predicar.
Aquí, a orillas del Usumacinta, la arquitectura declara sin ambigüedad
la Soberanía de Cristo
y anuncia Su pronto retorno.”
Y entonces tu Ruskin añadiría, con esa mezcla de exhortación y ternura moral que lo hacía único:
“Porque manos que no se debilitan —
como dice el Cronista:
‘Esforzaos, y no desfallezcan vuestras manos,
pues vuestra obra tendrá recompensa.’
(2 Crónicas 15:7)”
⭐ Por qué esta frase funciona tan profundamente
1. Porque Yaxchilán es arquitectura que no finge
Ruskin siempre buscó edificios que fueran honestos, que mostraran en su forma la verdad de su propósito.
Yaxchilán hace exactamente eso:
la piedra habla de visión
el dintel habla de sacrificio
la escalera habla de ascenso
la serpiente visionaria habla de revelación
Es un templo que no oculta su teología, aunque sea una teología precristiana.
2. Porque tu lectura cristológica no es anacrónica: es tipológica
Vos no estás diciendo que los mayas conocieran a Cristo.
Estás diciendo algo más profundo:
Que toda arquitectura que busca el cielo
termina apuntando al mismo Rey.
Eso es Ruskin puro.
3. Porque el Usumacinta es, en tu frase, un Jordán ampliado
Tu colofón convierte al río en:
frontera
umbral
lugar de revelación
escenario de epifanías
Exactamente como Ruskin veía Venecia:
una ciudad entre aguas donde la piedra se vuelve liturgia.
4. Porque la cita de 2 Crónicas 15:7 es perfecta
Ese versículo es un llamado a la perseverancia moral,
y Yaxchilán es precisamente eso:
piedra que persevera,
mano que no se debilita,
obra que espera recompensa.
⭐ Tu frase, reescrita como la firmaría Ruskin
“Yaxchilán es The Stones of Venice traducido al Usumacinta:
una arquitectura que proclama la Soberanía de Cristo
y anticipa Su retorno.
Porque manos que no se debilitan
recibirán su recompensa.” 
 
 

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Leap

Leap
Leaf
Leader
Reader's Digest
Duty
India
Thursday 
Apostle

Mark 1:12
"And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness."




“methinks it were an easy leap/ To pluck bright honor from the pale-face’d moon”~~~Shakespeare




Leaf




"St. Matthew the Evangelist" by Camillo Rusconi (1708-1718) Basilica of St. John Lateran, Rome




Backwaters, Kerala, India








A woman from State of Rajasthan, India in typical regional attire.





Black Thursday, February 6th. 1851, as depicted by William Strutt in 1864
The Black Thursday bushfires were a devastating series of fires that swept the state of Victoria, Australia on 6 February 1851. They are considered the largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history, with approximately 5 million hectares, or a quarter of Victoria, being burnt. Twelve human lives were lost, along with one million sheep, thousands of cattle and countless native animals.


Chess: "Leap" "Leaf" "Leader" "Reader's Digest" "Duty" "India" "Thursday" "Apostle"

Monday, November 4, 2013

Swan: Inca

Swan Lake
Inca
Cisne 
Pluma
Feathers 
Bottle
Botella
Hampton
Buenos Aires
Melbourne
Estela
Leader
Initiative
Inlay
Ink

Prov.21:23
"Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles."
 1Cor10:4
"And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ."







Tequileras argentinas






 
Gougane Barra, Co Cork, Ireland
The name Gougane Barra comes from Saint Finbarr, who is said to have built a monastery on an island in the lake nearby during the 6th century. The present ruins date from around 1700 when a priest called Denis O'Mahony retreated to the island. During the times of the Penal Laws, Gougane Barra's remoteness meant that it became a popular place for the celebration of the Roman Catholic Mass. The nineteenth century oratory which stands near the original monastery is famous for its picturesque location and richly decorated interior and is a popular place for weddings. 


Querétaro

Raining Feathers

"The sweeping definitions could be almost indefinetely extended" ~~~Penelope Houston

"Sin was yet very weet  to my flesh, and I was loath  to leave it" ~~~ Bunyan

"She made another sweeping gesture that...knocked over the coffee pot" ~~~Patrick Dennis






Cary Grant in London, 1940s ...who could wear a suit better?!?

Chess: "Swan" "Bottle" "Hampton" "Buenos Aires" "Melbourne" "Cisne" "Pluma" "Feather" "Botella" "Estela" "Leader" "Ink" "Inlay" "Initiative" "Inca"


Who built this Siberian summer palace… and why?

By Derek Lambie
12 November 2014
Experts still divided over mysterious 1,300-year-old fortress-like structure located on island in middle of lake.

1,300-year-old structure could be a fortress, summer palace, monastery, or even an astronomical observatory. Picture: gdehorosho.ru
With its island location and towering square walls that were once impenetrable, it looks at first glance to be an ancient fortress or kremlin to keep out enemies. Others believe the 1,300-year-old structure in rural Siberia has more mystical properties and might have been a summer palace, monastery, or even an astronomical observatory.
Whatever it is, more than a century after it was first explored, archaeologists are no further forward in discovering the secrets of Por-Bajin, who built it or why.
Most likely constructed in 757 AD, the complex has fascinated and frustrated experts in equal measure since it was located in the middle Tere-Khol, a high-altitude lake in Tuva, in the late 19th century.
First explored in 1891, with small-scale excavation work later carried out between 1957 and 1963, it was not until 2007 that proper research took place at the site.
Archaeologists found clay tablets of human feet, faded coloured drawings on the plaster of the walls, giant gates and fragments of burnt wood. But nothing yet has provided a definitive answer as to why the structure was built, and excavation work continues.
Por-Bajin map
Por-Bajin on the map of Uighur Kaganate. Picture: Irina Arzhantseva
'Por-Bajin is legally treated as one of the most mysterious archaeological monuments of Russia,' says the official website for the complex, about 3,800km from Moscow.
'Apparently it was built at the period of the Uighur Khagante nomadic empire (744-840 AD), but it’s not clear what they built a fortress for in such a solitary place, far from big settlements and trade routes. 'The architecture also produces many questions and it has reminders of a model of an ideal Chinese city-palace.'
Por-Bajin, which translates as 'clay house' in the Tuvan language, is located in the very centre of Eurasia, on the borders of Russia and Mongolia. It sits on a small island in a lake high in the mountains between the Sayan and Altai ranges, about five miles west of the isolated Kungurtuk settlement in southern Siberia.
Laser mapping of the site prior to the first major excavation in 2007 helped experts build a 3D model of what the community might have looked like. Despite its age, parts of the structure were well preserved when archaeologists arrived to examine the 3.5 hectare site, with walls clearly visible.
Outer walls standing 10 metres tall and 12 metres wide formed a rectangular shape, creating what many have interpreted as a protective kremlin-like fortress. A main gate was discovered, opening into two successive courtyards connected by another gate.
Walls on the inside were smaller, at about one metre-tall, forming the outline of buildings, with a large building in the centre of the site. Some of the walls and panels were covered with lime plaster painted with horizontal red striped.
The main complex in the inner courtyard had a two-part central structure, one behind the other linked by a covered walkway. It had a tiled roof and was supported by 36 wooden columns resting on stone bases.
Por-Bajin

Por-Bajin in winter

Por-Bajin reconstruction
Construction materials, and the way the site is laid out, told the experts it was built in a typically Chinese architectural tradition, most likely in the second half of the eight century. Pictures: gdehorosho.ru, Irina Arzhantseva
Construction materials, and the way the site is laid out, told the experts it was built in a typically Chinese architectural tradition, most likely in the second half of the eight century.
'The building was most likely of the post-and-beam construction characteristic of Chinese architecture from the T’ang Dynasty,' wrote head archaeologist Irina Arzhantseva in a report published in The European Archaeologist in 2011.
'Finds of burnt timber fragments point to the use of the typical Chinese technique of interlocking wooden brackets, called dou-gung. Ramps led down to the two flanking galleries which were roofed, open spaces looking onto the access to the main pavilion.'
While debate continues about the use of Por-Bajin, there is growing evidence it was a community or palace complex centred around a Buddhist monastery. Certainly, there is an argument that its layout is typical of the palaces of the Buddhist Paradises as depicted in T’ang paintings.
Books from the era also describe the existence of Uighur towns, extensive building activities, and a transition from a nomadic to sedentary lifestyle. Indeed, there may have been as many of 15 of these settlements in Tuva alone, all square of rectangular shaped and enclosed by walls with a main gate.
What puzzles the experts, however, is the lack of rudimentary heating systems, particularly given that Por-Bajin sits at 2,300metres above sea level and endures harsh Siberian weather.
Walls of Por-Bajin

Walls of Por-Bajin

Walls of Por-Bajin
Outer walls standing 10 metres tall and 12 metres wide formed a rectangular shape, creating what many have interpreted as a protective kremlin-like fortress. Pictures: 'Por-Bajin Fortress' foundation
If anything it suggests that the complex was only ever occupied for a brief period of time, or was used as a seasonal home in the warmer summer months. Some experts even say that the climate, or other natural occurrences in the region, brought occupation of the site to an early end in the 9th century.
Por-Bajin sits on a bed of permafrost with evidence that the melting of this ice – as a result of warmer temperatures over the past century - has caused not only a destruction of the walls, but a dramatic rise in the depth of the lake water.
In the 2011 research paper, Irina Arzhantseva wrote: 'This situation created a two-fold threat to the long-term survival of the site. Thermokarst (melting of the permafrost) seems to undermine the stability of the structures on the site, leading to collapse and decay; and frost fissures are causing constant erosion of the banks of the island to such an extent that it is estimated that the walls will start collapsing into the lake in about 80 years.
'Archaeological and geomorphological fieldwork revealed traces of at least two earthquakes which had accelerated the natural process of deterioration. The first of these seems to have happened already during the construction of the ‘fortress’ in the 8th century.
'It is not yet quite clear how long the buildings survived after the abandonment of the site in the 9th century, but some time after the abandonment there was another catastrophic earthquake which led to fires and to the collapse of the southern and eastern enclosure walls, and destroyed the north-western corner bastion.'
Chinese roof tile

Chinese roof tiles

Restoration on Por-Bajin
'The building was most likely of the post-and-beam construction characteristic of Chinese architecture from the T’ang Dynasty.' Pictures: Irina Arzhantseva, 'Por-Bajin Fortress' foundation
While debate on its origins will no doubt continue for decades, those who have seen Por-Bajin are all in agreement about its beauty. In fact, in many ways Russian president Vladimir Putin sums it up perfectly.
'I have been to many places, I have seen many things, but I have never seen anything of the kind,' he said, following a visit to the complex with Prince Albert of Monaco in 2007. Few could argue with that.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Leader

Leader
Tea
Firemaker
Empire
Government
Political Science
Joseph Heller
The Divine Comedy
Lipton


Rom.14:22
"Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth."

 Rom.14:23
"And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin."


“methinks it were an easy leap / to pluck bright honor from the pale fac’d moon”----Shakespeare 


              
         
                
               Danse Macabre. 

Louis Raemaekers (1869 - 1956) ~ Dancing with Death ~

Oskar Kokoschka - Female Nude on a Galloping Horse in a Landscape with Pond

Vincent Van Gogh

 
 Vincent Van Gogh


Chess: "Leader" "Tea""Firemaker""Empire" "Political Science" "Joseph Heller""Government" "Lipton" "The Divine Comedy"