Posted by The Huggy Merchant on August 14, 2001 at 03:31:53:
In Reply to: Re: Thought for the Day posted by Rich on August 13, 2001 at 10:39:23:
: : Huggy, so true, so true....Do you know Sister Wendy? This, from her, on human failure....
: : "What we can do, we do. Beyond that, we endure, our endurance framed by a sense of what matters and what does not. The worst is not that we may be overwhelmed by disaster, but to fail to live by principle. Yet we are fallible, and so the real worst, the antithesis of peace, is to refuse to recognize failure and humbly begin again."
: : - Sister Wendy, 1995
: Both are excellent quotes ... applying it to "our situation," I would have to recognize the failure, because there was some, but we will humbly [I would hope] begin [continue] again [on] ...
: My question to you, Druncle, is who is Sister Wendy? Enlighten me!
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Excellent quote, Dr UM - definitely one for my collection, thank you!
And Rich...how could you not know Sister Wendy....she is one of those Brits that truly falls into the category of 'unique'!!
Here is a little snippet from a review page that describes her better than I could ever do....
"The Washington Post describes her as "[a] woman, plucked from another world, who had never watched TV, never been on it, who looks, acts, and talks like no one who has, who shows up on the air one day and before long becomes a phenomenon." The New York Times notes that "she is both a Consecrated Virgin and a pop star." USA Today hails her as "stuffy Britain's most beloved if wholly improbable TV art critic." And Entertainment Weekly believes she is "the only known antidote to Baywatch."
She is Sister Wendy Beckett, British nun and art maven extraordinaire whose latest tour de force, SISTER WENDY'S STORY OF PAINTING, guides television viewers through each great era of Western art: The 67-year-old self-taught "art nun" explores the cave paintings of Lascaux; the Italy of Leonardo and the Renaissance; Goya's revolutionary Spain; Monet's Giverny; Picasso's Paris; Andy Warhol's New York; and Lucian Freud's London.
Sister Wendy believes that each work of great art has a fascinating story to tell about what it means to be human. Her eloquence, originality and charm are matched only by her fearlessness; no subject in art is off-limits to her. "So often people are held back because they fear their own ignorance," says Sister Wendy. "The STORY OF PAINTING is my guide for those who want to look, but lack the courage."
And so, Rich....if you ever get to see a documentary on art hosted by Sister Wendy, it is worth tuning into.....even if it is just to see the remarkable woman talk about one of the great nude works of art....
HM