#bisb

[nobeerreviews]

When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.

-- L.M. Montgomery

(Barcelona)

[aliftinax]

LUIS BISBE DE LA FUENTE

[beakyinsight]

Carrer del Bisbe - Barrio Gotico, Barcellona.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #CowAppreciationDay: there is a wall at the Museum of Fine Arts Washington County dedicated to #cow paintings 🐄🐮🐄

1. E.v.M. de Lummen, Landscape with Cows, 1870

2. W.H. Howe, Head of a Cow, c. 1890-1906

3. H.S. Bisbing, Steer in Pasture, n.d.

[reminiscingtonight]

here are some barcelona recs from someone who lives there, other than things barça related:

- the beach, especially in the mornings or during sunset

- for a pretty view of the whole city: tibidabo/temple expiatori del sagrat cor, túro de la rovira, mirador del nen de la rutlla, mirador de l'alcalde, MNAC

- shopping: passeig de gràcia, portal de l'angel/ciutat vella - try to avoid la rambla if you can

- if you like gardens: teatre grec/jardins de laribal, jardí botànic de barcelona, parc del laberint d'horta, parc de la ciutadella (+ hivernacle del parc de la ciutadella, a greenhouse in the park)

- for architecture/pretty things: parc güell, casa batlló, la perdrera, casa vincens gaudí, sagrada família (most people take their pictures in plaça de gaudí), recinte modernista de sant pau, arc de triomf, catedral de barcelona, el pont del bisbe, el mural del petó, palau de la música catalana, plaça reial

- food is very personal so just some general things: if you want to go to mercat de la boqueria, mercat de santa caterina is a better option with less tourists, try not to go to restaurants in the very busy and touristy streets, trust me the quality is bad, if you want to eat paella, eat it for lunch (it's not supposed to be a dinner food) at a specialized rice restaurant, and be prepared to eat dinner after 8/9PM haha

i didn't expect this to get this long, but here you go 😂

Don't mind me, gonna go ahead and jolt all of this down 😅

[polkadotmotmot]

Elizabeth Bisbing - Chestnuts and Quinces, 2022

[sofysta]

Carrer del Bisbe - Barcellona

[finishinglinepress]

NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: The Price of the Repair by Jennifer Bisbing

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Jennifer Bisbing is an award-winning book editor and photographer originally from the Midwest and pays respect to the Apsáalooke, Tséstho’e, and Séliš peoples, the traditional custodians of the Montana land she lives on today. She writes book reviews for Montana Quarterly, and edits for several national and international publishers. #poetry #chapbook

PRAISE FOR The Price of the Repair by Jennifer Bisbing

“In Bisbing’s rooted and riveting chapbook, we encounter a poetic voice that luminously inhabits the Western desolation without romanticizing it. There is a keen light in the eyes of this stoicism, at the heart of these petitions to wind and rock, which land so artfully ‘somewhere between the sky and riverbed.’”

–Chris Dombrowski, author of The River You Touch: Making a Life on Moving Water. He is also the author of Body of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, and the World’s Most Elusive Fish, and of three acclaimed collections of poems.

“I like the way these poems jar my brain in such unexpectedly sly ways. ‘Devouring Distance’ shifts the ground beneath our expectations, conjuring distant emotions or childhood dreams. If these poems fail to jumpstart your imagination, then my friend, you’ve been in town too long.”

–Swain Wolfe, Montanan author of The Lake Dreams the Sky, The Parrot Trainer, The Boy Who Invented Skiing, and The Woman Who Lives in the Earth (translated into fourteen languages)

“The poems are full of intriguing imagery and fascinating turns of phrase.”

–Charlotte Pence, director of the Stokes Center for Creative Writing at University of South Alabama

“One thing that strikes me about [Bisbing’s] work is that, though there appears longing for specific ‘others,’ there is no evidence that life is incomplete without ‘other.’ This is remarkable on so many levels, and especially in terms of poetry, so refreshing.”

–Jeff Kober, Montanan award-winning actor and author of Embracing Bliss

Whether she is talking about lookouts, small-town cafes, a family homestead or “No Vacancy” motels, Jennifer Bisbing’s work captures the depth and complexity of a woman’s life in the rural west, whether she is describing her visit to the haunting landscapes of grass slanting “toward the earth in prayer” of her grandfather’s homestead or seeing the checkered floors of small-town cafe shabby from “tired feet.”

–Caroline Patterson, author of The Stone Sister, Ballet at the Moose Lodge

Please share/repost #flpauthor #preorder #AwesomeCoverArt #read #poems #literature #poetry

[aspectabundgaze]

Activism : The Play, Scene II

Activism has always been around for such a long, long time. However, not a lot of people are aware of how people back in the days used to use their voices or influence in the acts of activism. Which brings up to the question I have in mind, "What was activism like in the days of Ancient Greece?" "Now I know they have protests too, but did they incorporated it into their entertainment? Entertainment has always been a tool to advocate for changes. Right?"

I've always been a huge fan of ancient Greek history, mainly mythology but sometimes, I do dabble into their philosophical and political sides. To answer my own question, I've decided to do a slight dive on Aristophanes.

First thing's first, what is activism? Nolas, S.M., Varvantakis, C. and Aruldoss, V., 2017 defines activism as an act that could be driven by the intentions to challenge social norms, practices that holds back and oppresses, suppresses identities that does not conform to the values of a society. Now activism can happen anywhere and any time, from a playground where both genders can play together without being judged for being a girl or a boy, a dinner table where discussions from studies, work, world issues can happen. Nolas, Varvantakis and Aruldoss, 2017 have also stated in their papers activism can also be a response to changes and events within the society, such as the rise of new social movements and the need to do a dive in onto political participation in the face of unexpected political outcomes. So how does this relate to Aristophanes?

Now according to an article published by Columbia College, Aristophanes was an ancient Greek playwright and comedian who lived in Athens, he was born somewhere around 446 BCE and died around 386 BCE. He was best known for his comedic plays, wrote roughly around 40 plays, where only 11 of his works survived to this very day. The reason why I found that his work is related to activism, particularly political activism is because his plays were known for its satirical and political nature. He incorporated humour, an exaggeration towards contemporary issues, philosophy and social trends into his work, making him known as one of the first people to be a public relations activist. Using political satire was one of the Ancient Greek's way to perform activism and public relations. (Bisbe, M., Molner, E. and Jimenez, M., 2019).

An example that can be taken from Aristophanes' play called "Lysistrata" written in 411 BCE that depicts the Peloponnesian war between the Athens and the Spartans. As known with his knack for satire and comedy, he wrote this as a portrayal of a fictional attempt by women from Ancient Greek to end the war by withholding sexual privileges with their husbands in order to stop the war until a treaty was signed. Albeit the play talking about a woman's needs with her spouses, the dialogue. talked about how men who focused on the war has been nothing but wasteful of the tax payer's money that women and the society contributed to, going back to Aristophanes' way of addressing the the financial effects of war, showing the frivolous nature of war and also the effects of wat on families.

Another example would be one of his well known plays "The Clouds". The Clouds was written as a political and philosophical satire on Socrates and his institution, which is also known as "The Clouds" Aristophanes used humour and exaggerated language to caricature Socrates' methods of inquiry and the perceived consequences of philosophical education. For example, here is a small dialogue from the play I read.

SOCRATES

Well now! what are you doing? are you reflecting?

STREPSIADES

Yes, by Posidon!

SOCRATES

What about?

STREPSIADES

Whether the bugs will entirely devour me.

SOCRATES

May death seize you, accursed man!

He turns aside again.

The play suggests that the pursuit of abstract knowledge and intellectualism can lead to moral and societal corruption, as The Cloud is about a man named Strepsiades who enrolled himself to Socrates' institution in order to avoid getting caught for his financial debts instead of trying his best to work things out and ethically clear out his debts. And in my opinion, activism doesn't always have to be something we do as a form of protest (physically done with marching), or an online post, or a drawing or photos but it could also be done in a form of writing. A script, a play, a book or a poem.

Refences

Nolas, S.M., Varvantakis, C. and Aruldoss, V., 2017. Political activism across the life course. Contemporary Social Science, 12(1-2), pp.1-12, viewed 22 November 2023.

Bisbe, M., Molner, E. and Jimenez, M., 2019. Public intellectuals, political satire and the birth of activist public relations: The case of Attic Comedy. Public Relations Review, 45(5), p.101790, viewed 23 November 2023

Foley, H.P., 1982. The" female intruder" reconsidered: Women in Aristophanes' Lysistrata and Ecclesiazusae. Classical Philology, 77(1), pp.1-21, viewed 19 November 2023

The Internet Classics Archive: The Clouds by aristophanes’, The Internet Classics Archive | The Clouds by Aristophanes, viewed 24 November, 2023, <http://classics.mit.edu/Aristophanes/clouds.html>

[faycb]

Calle del Bisbe Irurita, Barcelona, España.

[artnfinite]

Today, 14 of November is: St. Lorcán Ua Tuathail / Lawrence O'Toole / Laurent d'Eu

Nascut a Irlanda el 1128, Lawrence era fill del cap del clan Murray. Quan tenia 10 anys, va ser pres com a ostatge pel rei de Leinster, Dermonf McMurrough, que dos anys més tard el va enviar a l'abadia de Glendalough. El nen es va enamorar de la vida monàstica, i s'hi va quedar amb el permís del seu pare.

Als 25 anys va ser elegit abat de Galedalough, càrrec que va ocupar fins al 1162. Home d'acció i de pregària, es va comprometre a reformar els costums de l'Abadia, i va prestar especial atenció a la caritat cap als orfes abandonats.

El 1179 participà en el Tercer Concili General del Laterà, a Roma, quan el papa Alexandre III el va nomenar bisbe de Dublín i cinc diòcesis més d'Irlanda, a més de nomenar-lo el seu representant a l'illa.

El rei Enric II d'Anglaterra, incòmode amb tanta autoritat ofert a Dom Lourenço pel Sant Pare, va prohibir al bisbe tornar a Irlanda. Després de moltes negociacions, el monarca va acabar cedint i permetent que Lourenço tornés a l'illa, però el bisbe, ja vell i malalt, va morir durant el viatge, el 14 de novembre de 1180.

Canonitzat per Honori III l'any 1225, sant Llorenç O'Toole pertany al grup de sants que van patir pels petits interessos dels representants del poder temporal que no honraven els seus càrrecs perquè temien poc Déu i s'estimaven més que ell.

Sant Lawrence O'Toole, pregueu per nosaltres!

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Born in Ireland in 1128, Lawrence was the son of the chief of the Clan Murray. When he was 10 years old, he was taken hostage by the King of Leinster, Dermonf McMurrough, who two years later sent him to Glendalough Abbey. The boy fell in love with the monastic life, and remained there with his father's permission.

At the age of 25 he was elected Abbot of Galedalough, a position he held until 1162. A man of action and prayer, he was committed to reforming the Abbey's customs, and paid special attention to charity towards abandoned orphans.

In 1179, he participated in the Third General Council of the Lateran, in Rome, when Pope Alexander III appointed him Bishop of Dublin and five other dioceses in Ireland, in addition to naming him his representative on the island.

King Henry II of England, uncomfortable with so much authority offered to Dom Lourenço by the Holy Father, banned the Bishop from returning to Ireland. After many negotiations, the monarch ended up giving in and allowing Lourenço to return to the island, but the Bishop, already elderly and ill, died during the trip, on November 14, 1180.

Canonized by Honorius III in 1225, Saint Lawrence O’Toole belongs to the group of Saints who suffered because of the petty interests of representatives of temporal power who did not honor their positions because they feared God little, and loved themselves more than Him.

Saint Lawrence O’Toole, pray for us!

[mavcka]

When my birthday arrives I don't feel old or that time goes by, my anxiety has been making me get used to the age I don't already have so I can prevent the melancholy and sadness when the day arrives.

I can be on a random day minding my bisbes and then think "just two years for you to have X age, if you already think about yourself being X years old now, you will be fine in two years"

Like wtf??!!

[norts-trolls]

Tarrow, if it's not too touchy of a subject for you. Do you mind me asking what it was like being a Helmsman? I understand if you don't wanna talk about it!!! I'm just curious, that's all <:)

"…Famm fryd lyh E cyo? Dryd fyc xieda cusa desa yku. Y bycd lrybdan ev oui femm. E's hud kuehk du cyo ed fyc cusa hekrdsynecr dundina dryd syta sa fyhd du mayja. Ruhacdmo E fyc cu tnikkat ib du dra buehd drao ryt du caht amaldnel cekhymc vun sa du ajah bisb uid ziela vun dryd meddma tehk puyd." " Eh y fyo E fyc uha uv dra milgean uhac. Lybdyeh muuujat du vmyihd yht cruf sa uvv. Cu so rams fyc talunydat yht tywwmat uid fedr kumtc yht dra mega. Tuh'd kad sa cdyndat uh dra cdibet ihevunsc E ryt du fayn. Ed fyc y punehk bryca uv meva naymmo. E fecr E luimt damm oui suna uv ed pid sucd uv so cahdeahla fyc uid dra fehtuf frah E fyc y ramscsah." Translation undercut ^^

…Well what can I say? That was quite some time ago. A past chapter if you will. I'm not going to say it was some nightmarish torture that made me want to leave. Honestly I was so drugged up to the point they had to send electric signals for me to even pump out juice for that little ding boat.

In a way I was one of the luckier ones. Captain loooved to flaunt and show me off. So my helm was decorated and dazzled out with golds and the like. Don't get me started on the stupid uniforms I had to wear. It was a boring phase of life really. I wish I could tell you more of it but most of my sentience was out the window when I was a helmsmen.

[streetsineurope]

Streets in Barcelona, Pont del Bisbe

[readerviews]

"Blue California Sky" by B.L. Bruce

If you’ve walked on California land before and after a big fire, you’ll want to read this. #books #bookreview #reading #readerviews

Blue California Sky B. L. BruceFinishing Line Press (2024)Reviewed for Reader Views by Jennifer Bisbing (05/2024) It is striking how universal grief is and how many layers of it Bri Bruce weaves into this short collection of poems called “Blue California Sky.” Chapbooks usually have a central theme and tackling such a large one as Bruce does, and pulling it off in so few pages, is no small…

[lucadea]

Il ponte del Bisbe, del Vescovo, a Barcellona

Il ponte del Bisbe, del Vescovo, a Barcellona. Passeggiando nel quartiere Gotico di Barcellona sono passato sotto a questo ponticello monumentale, che unisce due palazzi, che ho scoperto essere il Ponte del Vescovo. Conosci Barcellona?  The Bisbe Bridge, of the Bishop, in Barcelona - Le pont Bisbe, de l'évêque, à Barcelone - El Puente Bisbe, del Obispo, en Barcelona - A Ponte Bisbe, do Bispo, em Barcelona - Die Bisbe-Brücke des Bischofs in Barcelona - Cầu Bisbe của Bishop ở Barcelona - 巴塞罗那主教的比斯贝桥 - バルセロナの司教のビスベ橋 Read the full article