Dark cloud with a curtain and a glass of water March 29 2020

Rain in the night and layers of heaped cloud over a silvery sea. The cockatoos, peewits and king parrots are not observing social distancing but get as close as possible. Today is the Sunday of St John Climacus who lived in the monastery of St Catherine on the Sinai Peninsula in the seventh century, a time of disasters and battles with Moslem armies across the Mediterranean.   He famously wrote about prayer. 'Prayer is the mother and daughter of tears. it is an expiation of sin, a bridge over temptation, a barrier against affliction. It wipes out conflict, is the work of angels, a future gladness, a wellspring of virtues, a source of grace, hidden progress, food for the soul, an illumination of the mind, an axe against despair, a proof of hope, sorrow done away with..'    Something to consider...

Diana Wood Conroy, ‘Dark cloud with a curtain and a glass of water’, watercolour on Arches paper 15 x 21 cm, 29 March 2020