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The Sabbath Sabotage
They told us
holiness was neat,
pressed flat like Sunday clothes,
folded into bulletins,
spoken in indoor voices,
kept safely between hymns
and handshakes.
They told us
Sabbath was a soft thing,
a nap for the soul,
a gentle pause
before returning
to the holy machinery
of earning, buying, proving, becoming.
But Sabbath was never safe.
Sabbath is a wrench
thrown into Pharaoh’s gears.
A door barred against the market.
A candle lit
in defiance of the floodlights.
A refusal
to kneel before the stopwatch.
A holy no
rising like thunder
from tired bones.
Six days, they say,
you shall labor.
And the seventh?
The seventh is mutiny.
The seventh day
the fields are not your masters.
The ledgers do not own your name.
The inbox may howl
like a beast outside the gate,
but you will not feed it.
The empire counts bricks.
Sabbath counts blessings.
The empire demands output.
Sabbath gathers manna
and says, enough.
Enough for today.
Enough for this body.
Enough for this earth.
Enough for a life
that was never meant
to be fed into furnaces
just to keep the towers warm.
Sabbath is not laziness.
It is revolt
with bread on the table.
It is trust
with dirt under the fingernails.
It is the slave
remembering he is human.
The widow
remembering she is seen.
The ox
remembering grass.
The land
remembering how to breathe.
And maybe that is why
they sabotage Sabbath.
Because rest breaks rank.
Because silence interrupts slogans.
Because delight cannot be monetized forever.
Because a people
who learn to stop
may also learn
they can refuse.
Refuse the lie
that worth is measured in production.
Refuse the sermon
of profit without mercy.
Refuse the fear
that if we cease for one day
the world will fall apart—
as though we were the ones
holding up the stars.
No.
Sabbath is the admission
that we are not God,
and the miracle
that God is still good.
So let the engines choke.
Let the schedules stutter.
Let the tyrants call it weakness.
Let the anxious call it waste.
Let the merchants stand bewildered
before shuttered stalls
and unhurried hearts.
For this is the sabotage:
to rest in a restless world,
to feast in a famine of joy,
to loosen your fist
when all of history
has trained it to clench.
To stop.
To breathe.
To bless.
To remember
that we were not made
for endless extraction,
but for communion—
with God,
with neighbor,
with creature,
with soil,
with our own forgotten souls.
And so, on the seventh day,
we commit our small rebellion:
we light candles against consumption,
set tables against despair,
sing psalms against the grind,
and call this shattered life
still sacred.
This is no small thing.
This is how the kingdom enters:
not always with trumpets,
but with napping children,
unbought hours,
shared bread,
and a people audacious enough
to believe
that the world can turn
without their frantic striving.
Blessed are the saboteurs of empire.
Blessed are the keepers of Sabbath.
Blessed are the tired
who lay their burden down
and find, beneath the weight of all they carried,
a joy the masters could not confiscate.
For every Sabbath kept
is a crack in the idol.
Every prayer whispered at rest
is a seed beneath the pavement.
Every holy pause
is a hammer blow
against the myth
that Caesar owns time.
He does not.
The clock does not.
The market does not.
Time belongs to God.
And God,
in mercy,
has given some of it back to us.
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ALBANIA. COAT OF ARMS OF ALBANIA. SAMER BRASIL
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designbohemian.com Symbolic Wall Art Meets Dark Academia Wall Art For Brooding Charm https://designbohemian.com/blogs/news/symbolic-wall-art-meets-dark-academia-wall-art-for-brooding-charm-1-1769789917857?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DarkAcademia #WallArt #SymbolicArt #MoodyDecor #GothicStyle
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Symbolic Wall Art Meets Dark Academia Wall Art For Brooding Charm https://designbohemian.com/blogs/news/symbolic-wall-art-meets-dark-academia-wall-art-for-brooding-charm-1-1769789917857?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #DarkAcademia #WallArt #GothicArt #MoodyAesthetics #SymbolicArt
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Recognizing oneself in a dream. Tribute to "The Color of Pomegranates."
#dreamscapes #pomegranates #symbolism #symbolicart #symbolicjourney #film
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Drip Drop Splash Ripple Motion by Joan Stratton - paintingsbyjoan.com
Available here: https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/featured/drip-drop-splash-ripple-motion-joan-stratton.html
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Happy Friday 😊❤️
Channel Islands, stories linger like sea mist. Some speak of women who could read the land - not with maps, but with memory.
https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/featured/green-eyed-mystic-channel-island-watcher-of-symbols-joan-stratton.html
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Striking - Do you have or do you know anyone who has, dual-coloured eyes?
Dual eyes, dual worlds, she stands at the threshold of silence and song 🌿✨
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Shamrocks in bloom, Celtic spirit alive—this portrait celebrates heritage, beauty, and symbolism. 🌿✨
Available here: https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/featured/celtic-girl-with-shamrock-flowers-joan-stratton.html
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Pieces of me drift across time - layered in colour, memory, and myth. A portrait not of one moment, but many.
https://joan-stratton.pixels.com/featured/pieces-of-me-travel-throughout-time-joan-stratton.html
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Helping Hands (8 Photos)
Look down. Look up. Sometimes the city literally reaches out to grab you. We’re talking giant hands breaking through the concrete, wrapping around trees, or holding pure fire. Artists around the globe are obsessed with this shape. Why? Because hands don’t need words. They protect. They lift. They connect. These aren’t just quiet sculptures or flat paintings. These are massive urban takeovers that make you stop, stare, and feel something real. From tiny hidden stick figures to colossal […] -
A painting started long ago, that I think may be finished today. I’m really happy where it is at.
Deciduous, Evergreen, Rocks & Hard Places
Oil on Stretched Canvas, 16 x 16”I will be making prints of this painting. Please let me know if you are interested.
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A Mural Of the Statue of Liberty In Shame
In Roubaix, near Lille in northern France, one mural depict the Statue of Liberty with her face buried in her hands, creating a strong image of shame and sorrow. Painted on tall brick buildings, the works stand out in both aerial and street-level views, confronting passersby with a powerful reinterpretation of one of the world’s most iconic symbols. These pieces are the work of Judith De Leeuw (JDL), who for a long time now have been using large walls to turn urban spaces into beautiful […]https://streetartutopia.com/2025/08/29/a-mural-of-the-statue-of-liberty-in-shame/