The Vortex
When is a vortex a portal to another experience of reality and when is it a vortex of … whatever its vortex-ish-ness holds? Monet painted this cathedral for years. Jeanne d’Arc was burned nearby. The center of Rouen, including its mighty cathedral, has been a vortex of the celebration of martyrdom for centuries. Think of that. Centuries!
While it is a fact that “she who heard the voice of Divinity and obeyed” is honored here, it is her pain…