Tag Archives: humility

The Black Madonna of Dublin

Posted on February 1, 2026 by Symbol Reader

Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin does not look grand from the outside. It is easy to walk past without noticing it. Inside, however, it houses a real treasure: a life-size oak figure of the Black Madonna, Our Lady of Dublin. … Continue reading →

Posted in Black Madonna | Tagged archetypes, Black Madonna, Christianity, Dublin, humility, Mary, Matt Talbott, Our Lady of Dublin, symbolism, symbols, Whitefriar Church | Leave a comment

From Lascaux Cave Paintings to Greta Thunberg

Posted on December 15, 2019 by Symbol Reader

It fascinates me when similar ideas come to me simultaneously from completely different directions. The first revelation was a must-read article in The Guardian on how the cave paintings of Lascaux remind us that “in our self-obsessed age, the anonymous, … Continue reading →

Posted in Psyche, Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, earth, ego, Ferdinand Hodler, Freud, Greta Thunberg, humility, landscape, Lascaux, narcissism, nature, painting, psyche, subject, symbolism, symbols, unconscious, Yeats | 7 Comments

Roma: Movie of the Year

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Symbol Reader

The movie Roma is a beautiful hymn to women. It tells the story of Cleo, an indigenous (Mixtec) woman who works as a maid to an upper-middle-class Mexican family. She is wonderfully portrayed by Yalitza Aparicio, who had never acted … Continue reading →