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Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes
Your wizzley on Marianne Stokes includes her rendition of the coffin scene of Snow White. That scene involves only three of the seven dwarfs.
Is it possible that Marianne Stokes was acquainted with the rule of threes?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/20/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
Probably not, there is no evidence of Waldensian immigration into Britain.
frankbeswick, on 09/20/2023
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
Your question requires more thought and discussion than I have time for at nearly 9pm, British time. The question needs me to put some thought into the answer. Watch this space.
frankbeswick, on 09/20/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
It's my understanding that Waldensian beliefs and practices were ancestral to modern Baptists.
Were the the first Welsh Baptists descendants -- or family members, friends or relatives -- of Waldensian emigrants from France or Italy?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/20/2023
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
Your introductory paragraph contextualizes St. Brigid of Kildare within Druid and then Christian contexts of Leinster province in Kildare county.
Were the Leinster and Kildare peoples known for their devotion to Druidism and then to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/20/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
Methodism and Congregationalism were strong in Wales, as was the Baptist movement.
frankbeswick, on 09/20/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
Thank you!
Wales seems to me to be another part of the British Isles that suggests Methodist adherents. Would that be a correct understanding?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/19/2023
Marianne Stokes
The Snow White image under the sixth fact, From naturalism to symbolism, has some intriguing elements.
For example, the painting has what looks like rocks under Snow White's coffin. But the coffin has an interesting metal design along its ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/19/2023
Marianne Stokes
The computer crashed before I could continue with my galleries-related comment.
Your commenting on galleries that collect Adrian and Marianne Stokes artwork drew to mind something that I've been meaning to ask.
Is there information somewhere ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/18/2023
Marianne Stokes
It would be interesting to view Adrian and Marianne Stokes artwork in person.
Would there be a list somewhere -- I found none no matter how much I searched -- on the internet or in some publication as to the addresses and names of the galleries ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/18/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
Cornwall is not strongly Catholic territory both the Anglicans and the Methodists are represented there, and evangelical churches are springing up.
frankbeswick, on 09/18/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
Thank you!
Internet sources indicate that the Reformation particularly was difficult for Catholicism. They seem to say that the Church had the lowest, smallest profile in Cornwall. They seem to suggest that Anglicanism and Methodism gained and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/18/2023
I CRASHED BUT REFUSED TO BURN
Derdieu, No, I resigned immediately due to Doctor’s Orders. I lost my short term memory so working was impossible. Once it returned, I found another, less stressful position and gradually worked my way back toward an office job again. But I ...
SidewalkPhilosopher, on 09/18/2023
I CRASHED BUT REFUSED TO BURN
Your sixth paragraph intrigues me with the sentence that "The doctor explained I was suffering from PTSD and first removed me from my job and gave me a prescription for medication to help my anxiety."
Was your job still your job, with you ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/18/2023
Marianne Stokes
Most of their work today is in Great Britain but I found some listed in Galleries in USA, France, and Australia.
Tolovaj, on 09/18/2023