take me away

St. Francis of Assisi, lover of all creation, patron saint of animals and the environment, founded the Franciscan Order. He was a humble man who admonished material possessions to the point of wearing only a robe with a rope belt and giving away all he owned. The birds, it is said, loved him, as did most of those he encountered in his life. Yet even here, as overseer to the hospital for the old and infirm, he is secure from theft.


Funny that such an ugly(my opinion) statue venerating a man who admonished no possessions, would have to be bolted to the ground, in case someone decided to steal it. Damn the Vandals!


Infected with white crusty lines and powder the twist in the wind of the leaf on the vine plays pattern havoc with a device unable to record fast enough the motion in this waning light. Ever since Shambhala abstraction has provided a weird and peculiar fascination for me.