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Oct 01 2017

Ismaël Ferroukhi: Le Grand Voyage

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Ismaël Ferroukhi, Le Grand Voyage.
Photograph: © Pyramide Films

The journey home

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film · Tagged: french, hajj, islam, ismaël ferroukhi, le grand voyage, mecca, moroccan, sufism, travel

Jun 11 2017

Henri Matisse: Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence

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Michel Sima, Henri Matisse in his Villa, Le Rêve, Vence, 1948.
Photograph: © Michel Sima/Lebrecht Music & Arts

Sisterly love

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Visual Arts · Tagged: architecture, chapelle du rosaire de vence, christian mysticism, french, henri matisse, painting

May 28 2017

Jean Cocteau: Chapelle Saint-Pierre de Villefranche-sur-Mer

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Jean Cocteau, Chapelle Saint-Pierre.
Photograph: © Prud’homie des pêcheurs de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Vallée du Var

Prince of Poets

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Visual Arts · Tagged: architecture, chapelle saint pierre, christian mysticism, french, jean cocteau, painting, villefranche-sur-mer

Oct 07 2016

Michel de Montaigne: On Solitude

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Alphonse Mucha, Woman in the Wilderness.
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How seclusion from the active life is the only peaceful way to live

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Literature, Wisdom · Tagged: alphonse mucha, essay, french, michel eyquem de montaigne, nonfiction, of solitude, philosophy, prose, silence

Jun 24 2016

Xavier Beauvois: Of Gods and Men

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Xavier Beauvois, Of Gods and Men.
Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics

Love conquers all … even death

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film, Wisdom · Tagged: christian mysticism, des hommes et des dieux, french, monks, movie, of gods and men, spirituality, video, xavier beauvois

Mar 25 2016

Paula Marvelly: Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Laghet

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Paula Marvelly, Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Laghet.
Photograph: [CC BY-SA 4.0] The Culturium

In search of the miraculous

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Visual Arts, Wisdom · Tagged: architecture, christian mysticism, french, nonfiction, prose, sanctuaire notre-dame de laghet, spirituality, travel, women

Feb 19 2016

Philip Gröning: Into Great Silence

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Photograph: © 2016, Philip Gröning, Zeitgeist Films

The power of now

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Film, Wisdom · Tagged: carthusian, christian mysticism, documentary, french, german, grande chartreuse, into great silence, movie, philip gröning, spirituality, video

Jan 29 2016

Glenn Thomson: The Poetry of Illusion

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Glenn Thomson, Shakespeare and Company.
Photograph: © 2016, The Poetry of Illusion

How a humble Parisian bookshop became an epicentre for the creative arts

Written by Glenn Thomson · Categorized: Film, Literature · Tagged: documentary, french, glenn thomson, guest post, panmelys, proust lu, rené agostini, shakespeare and company, sing the body electric, sylvia whitman, the poetry of illusion, véronique aubouy, video

Dec 08 2015

Paul Cézanne: La Montagne Sainte-Victoire

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Paul Cézanne, La Montagne Sainte-Victoire and Château Noir (1904–06).
Photograph: [Public Domain] Wikimedia Commons

How a mountain became a painter’s creative muse

Written by Paula Marvelly · Categorized: Visual Arts · Tagged: french, montagne sainte-victoire, painting, paul cézanne, post-impressionism

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